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May 17 @ 1:59pm

Far Cry 3 crashing whatever direct x i choose

first time i played far cry 3, for around 7 hours i had no issues, then second time i got my first crash, and now at the point im at i can't play a single minute without crashing, directx 9 i get msvcr100.dll crash and directx 11 i get FC3_d3d11.dll crash

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Ozzys_Dad

May 17 @ 3:06pm

Enable Win 8 compatibility, choose DX 9 and disable MSAA. That worked for me. Before disabling MSAA I would still get the occasional crash but since I've turned MSAA off I have not had 1 crash. I don't own on Steam though, just on Ubisoft but I don't see why it would be any different since you have to launch with Ubisoft anyway.

Last edited by Ozzys_Dad; May 17 @ 4:34pm

Nanikana

May 18 @ 6:54am

I have the same problem cannot play for a minute before crashing, Nothing has helped in this situation. Update, Making the files in the gamefolder .exe solves the isuue, they ♥♥♥♥ up if you touch the directx settings

Last edited by Nanikana; May 18 @ 7:53am

SQ103A

May 20 @ 6:54am

i also encounter this issue before. what i do is i download Large Address Aware. if im not wrong the game is too old and dont know how to use more ram or something like that. if you have more than 4gb of ram and modern system like win11, runing LAA could fix the issue. search "techpowerup large address aware", follow the steps and it should fix the issue

May 20 @ 10:20am

Originally posted by SQ103A:
i also encounter this issue before. what i do is i download Large Address Aware. if im not wrong the game is too old and dont know how to use more ram or something like that. if you have more than 4gb of ram and modern system like win11, runing LAA could fix the issue. search "techpowerup large address aware", follow the steps and it should fix the issue

already done

KHR3b

May 20 @ 10:38am

Open your Nvidia App, find FC3 (both DX9 and DX11 versions). Then find option called "threaded optimization" - set it to ON.
In \Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3\GamerProfile.xml There's a setting called D3D11MultithreadedRendering. Sset that to 0 (yes ZERO). Then make this XML "read only". Setting the file to "read only" makes game the game unable to save your settings if you changed them though

Started to get crashes in DX11 mode one day but this sollution Far Cry subreddit helped me

Last edited by KHR3b; May 20 @ 10:43am

SWIGHT

May 20 @ 6:49pm

Same thing here

Tidus

Oct 4 @ 3:39pm

what works for me is running the original farcry3.exe instead of d3d11.exe, worked for me on both Dx9 and 11 afterwards
edit: also switched to borderless not sure, some older games react weirdly to full-screen, so you don't open your file browser every time you can make the launch option for it to run the original

Last edited by Tidus; Oct 4 @ 3:42pm

Oct 5 @ 8:49am

Originally posted by Tidus:
what works for me is running the original farcry3.exe instead of d3d11.exe, worked for me on both Dx9 and 11 afterwards
edit: also switched to borderless not sure, some older games react weirdly to full-screen, so you don't open your file browser every time you can make the launch option for it to run the original

might try it at some point but getting back into the game after 4 months will be hard, it ruined my experience