far cry 3 :autopatch system has stopped working | Forums

[liamiscool]

hey guys

i recently bought far cry 3 in the store on a cd : i installed it and made an uplay acount i typed in the CD key and registered my game.
i tried to start it up and then i got an error message ----> "mfc100.dll " . i fixed it by downloading a program off the internet so everything was ok i tried to launch the game again but THEN i got another error -----> AUTOPATCH HAS STOPPED WORKING
DOES ENYONE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO FIX IT .




greetings : liamiscool

[john5de]

I have the same problem: AUTOPATCH HAS STOPPED WORKING. Please help!

[onmars]

I have the same problem: AUTOPATCH HAS STOPPED WORKING. Please help!

sorry to hear your problems.....wish i could help!!!but how the hell did you enter your code.....got a uplay account

but...cant find anywhere to enter the code!!!

thinking.......want my money back!!

[maximuspeto]

hey guys

i recently bought far cry 3 in the store on a cd : i installed it and made an uplay acount i typed in the CD key and registered my game.
i tried to start it up and then i got an error message ----> "mfc100.dll " . i fixed it by downloading a program off the internet so everything was ok i tried to launch the game again but THEN i got another error -----> AUTOPATCH HAS STOPPED WORKING
DOES ENYONE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO FIX IT .




greetings : liamiscool

Hi all,

I had this problem for almost 2 weeks, until Ubisoft finally got back to me for the 3rd time. Matt B. from Ubisoft gave me the following advice, and it fixed it! I've played over 10 hours in the past few days.

Note: the top part, about running as admin, didn't apply to me, and I didn't need to do it (I'm on Windows XP SP3). The only thing I did was the 2nd part (steps 4-7), about making the shortcut, and editing it with the additional portion in quotes.

Here's the quote from Ubisoft:

1. Navigate to the FC3 folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 3\bin\

2. Locate FarCry3.exe
a. Right Click and select properties
b. In the compatibility tab select the option to run as admin

3. Follow steps a & b for Farcry3_d3d11.exe
4. Create a shortcut on your desktop for whichever version you want to use.
5. Right click on the shortcut and select Properties.
6. Set the Target to:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 3\bin\farcry3_d3d11.exe" "-uplay_steam_mode"

(Remember to include the quotation marks and change C to which ever drive the game is installed to.)

7. Apply changes and launch the game from the icon.

This should force the game to launch up in the Steam version of Uplay, without launching Steam or requesting the FC3UpdaterSteam.exe to launch.

From here, I was able to (1) input (copy-paste) my CD Key from Steam into Uplay (which I wasn't able to before), (2) play the game from Uplay (no Steam starting needed)!