Games (inc Online)Double damn damn damn

  

Press Ctrl+Enter to quickly submit your post
Quick Reply  
 
 
  
 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   28 Sep 2022 18:09 
 To:  ALL 1 of 9 
42910.1 
Over the past several Ubisoft Connect ~monthly automatic updates, I started getting an error message on launching FarCry 5, that, until the latest update today, I was able to click through. Now it won't launch.

After investigating "The procedure entry point CreateDXGIFactory2 could not be located in the dynamic link library dxgi.dll" and (in hindsight, foolishly) renaming System32/dxgi.dll and copying it back in from another location on my PC, with much faffing around with file permissions to do so, I now learn that Ubisoft Connect support is discontinued for Windows 7  T_T  T_T  T_T . I had downloaded the latest and reinstalled it without any warning or complaint, but no joy as far as being able to run it.

The only good news in all this is Insurgency is still playable, even though the Steam Client is also unusable after an update, possibly for the same reasons.

Going to really miss FC5 until I can upgrade to Windows 10!
"Kentucky man seeking parole says he still hears voices that led to school shooting"
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   28 Sep 2022 18:54 
 To:  ALL 2 of 9 
42910.2 
This looks tempting ... https://www.groovypost.com/howto/dual-boot-windows-10-other-versions-windows/
"Kentucky man seeking parole says he still hears voices that led to school shooting"
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   28 Sep 2022 19:00 
 To:  ALL 3 of 9 
42910.3 
Forumites: 10 or 11, and why?
"Kentucky man seeking parole says he still hears voices that led to school shooting"
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  william (WILLIAMA)   28 Sep 2022 21:32 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      4 of 9 
42910.4 In reply to 42910.3 
No idea. You may find 10 more stable and not so likely to put up cutting edge features to test your hardware. There's also a hugely greater body of online help around if you hit problems. At the moment there isn't a world of difference, but if you just want it to run FC5 then go for 10. 

He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)   29 Sep 2022 12:10 
 To:  ALL 5 of 9 
42910.5 
Well that's what you get when you use DRM malware platforms. :<

Also, Fuck Windows: https://software.kaminata.net/linux-wine-games/far-cry-5-linux-dxvk-wine/

> Far Cry 5 is a game for Windows which runs very well on Linux with the newer versions of
> DXVK. It has some problems in the past but they have been solved by the community. To
> play this game on Linux is easy. You’ll need only Wine, DXVK, and a Windows dll.
 
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   29 Sep 2022 14:31 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)      6 of 9 
42910.6 In reply to 42910.5 
Wow. I had no idea. Thank you!
"Kentucky man seeking parole says he still hears voices that led to school shooting"
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   4 Oct 2022 13:52 
 To:  ALL 7 of 9 
42910.7 
Whelp using a combo of https://www.windowscentral.com/how-restore-trustedinstaller-owner-system-files-windows-10 (this also works in 7), and  https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-use-sfc-scannow-to-repair-windows-system-files-2626161

I managed to restore functionality to Radeon Settings and Steam, and Windows 7 now boots without error messages.

I don't use System Restore, because a) it never works and b) a huge waste of time and storage.

sfc /scannow seems fairly effective at replacing fucked system files.

I did dl an official Win10 installer iso, waiting for an opportune time to deal with the potentially system-nuking fallout

I looked into the running FC5 on Wine thing in more detail TL;DR this trick may be even more fraught than essaying a Win7/Win10/Linux multiboot. Not had good experiences with Wine (see System Restore ^^^), allowing how it's matured since I last fucked with it. Since this is my production system ...
"Kentucky man seeking parole says he still hears voices that led to school shooting"
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  william (WILLIAMA)   4 Oct 2022 15:20 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      8 of 9 
42910.8 In reply to 42910.7 
But can you run Far Cry 5?

 

He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   5 Oct 2022 13:02 
 To:  william (WILLIAMA)      9 of 9 
42910.9 In reply to 42910.8 
I feel that one day, I will again!  :-O~~~
"Kentucky man seeking parole says he still hears voices that led to school shooting"
0/0
 Reply   Quote More 

Reply to All    
 

1–9

Rate my interest:

Adjust text size : Smaller 10 Larger

Beehive Forum 1.5.2 |  FAQ |  Docs |  Support |  Donate! ©2002 - 2024 Project Beehive Forum

Forum Stats