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[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:201901]]

= FarCry 4 Installation Issues =

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After download and install with Steam the game fails to start. I only see 'running' for a few seconds and then its gone. The required 'Uplay Activation' with the UPlay and the Uplay-account does not work. 

=== Fix ===

I found "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 4\bin\FarCry4.exe"

and enabled compatibility mode Windows 7 + Administrator mode for this file (right click - properties - Compatibility)

Did the same for the following (this might not be necessary)
* IGE_WPF64.exe
* GDFInstall.exe

Note: the Administrator setting is only needed for activation, you should disable it after you are done

Now if I start the game I get an error missing "MVCR100.dll". Which is part of the"Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package"

This one was installed on my system but only the x86 version, I did use the bundled installer (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 4\Support\Software\VCRedist\vcredist_x64.exe) before all this but that apparently didn't work.

Downloaded the latest version (https://www.microsoft.com/en-hk/download/details.aspx?id=13523) and installed it.

After this I could start FarCry 4 and then Uplay started. The game is now listed in my Uplay account in 'My Games'. 

= Regular crashes =

It is said that driver crashes occur when 'Gameworks' features are used. These are:
* HBAO+ (NVIDIA Ambient Occlusion), 
* Enhanced Godrays (NVIDIA Godrays), 
* Soft Shadows (NVIDIA PCSS), 
* Simulated Fur (NVIDIA Hairworks) and 
* TXAA (NVIDIA Anti-Aliasing).

I used below settings and this resulted in fewer crashes.

Quality settings:

* Motion blur - off 
* Textures - Ultra
* '''Shadows - High'''
* Post FX -Ultra
* Geometry - Very High
* Vegetation- Ultra
* Environment - Ultra
* Water - Ultra
* '''Ambient occusion - SSBC'''
* '''Antialising - SMAA'''
* '''God rays - off'''
* '''Fur - off'''
* Trees relief -off

Advanced settings

* Triple buffer - off
* Vsync mode - normal

= See also = 

* https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=343389791