So after having this issue constantly I went to troubleshoot it on my rig and Here s the results.



Issue: Far Cry 3 Has Stopped Responding. , hangs, freezes, crashes, on a Black Screen and or gets minimized.



Cause 1: Windows 7/8/vista is attempting to change the visual theme to basic but is unable to change it due to Far Cry 3 Auto Disabling Desktop Composition....



Cause 2: DX11 Players only -> MultiThreading is broken and doesn t work properly.



Cause 3: Missing or damaged windows runtime files.



Cause 4: Overlay and Directx Hook Software including Steam causes the Updater/Patcher/Game to crash-So after having this issue constantly I went to troubleshoot it on my rig and Here s the results.



Issue:　Far Cry 3 Has Stopped Responding. , hangs, freezes, crashes, on a Black Screen and or gets minimized.



Cause 1: Windows 7/8/vista is attempting to change the visual theme to basic but is unable to change it due to Far Cry 3 Auto Disabling Desktop Composition....



Cause 2: DX11 Players only -> MultiThreading is broken and doesn t work properly.



Cause 3: Missing or damaged windows runtime files.



Cause 4: Overlay and Directx Hook Software including Steam causes the Updater/Patcher/Game to crash....