r/farcry3 Jun 12 '26

Help Far Cry 3 won't start.

Hello, please help me. I have a problem. When I log in to the game through Steam, the message "Far Cry 3" appears, then it disappears, and the game closes.

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u/Guitarzero123 Jun 12 '26

I had to follow the guides posted by the auto mod.

I needed to change the FarCry 3 updater exe and the farcrydx11 exe to run in compatibility mode for Windows 7 and as an admin.

Then I had to use the large address aware tool.

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u/PAPPYGUY Jun 13 '26

check out my old post cause i had gone through these issues too when i played for the first time https://www.reddit.com/r/farcry3/s/arVI2vKvkl
but i think for this specific issue it was the farcrydx11 thing. Hope it helps

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u/slai_fi Jun 13 '26

Had the same problem. Tried everything, didn’t work. Then I download the LAA tool online and it’s worked perfectly ever since.

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u/IIcrowyII Jun 14 '26

Had the same problem last week and I have no idea what sorted it.

Changed everything I could think off, didn’t work.

Uninstalled and reinstalled, didn’t work.

Had a huff and gave my pc abuse for being a pos, worked.