The xr 3da exe program does not work. Influence of modifications on the in-game process
Just the other day I receive a message from my friend who asks me to call as soon as I am free. I call back. It turns out that he had a problem with the Stalker game: after installation, it began to give an xr_3da error, namely "The XR_3DA.exe program is not working." Of course, I was asked to solve this problem. And this is what came out of it...
I had to explore the expanses of Runet for a long time, but in vain - it seems impossible to fix the error by 100%. I found out that this error most often occurs when installing additional mods for Stalker games.
- The main reason for this, in my opinion, is pirated version a game that is "not friendly" with additional mods. In other words, the normal installation of the mod occurs only on a licensed game. This, by the way, is partly confirmed by the reviews on the forums.
- Another option is to reinstall the game from scratch, while saving saves. When reinstalling, it is important to disable the antivirus, which, perhaps, “eats” some of the files, without which it cannot be launched, as a result of which an error occurs.
- Maybe it's the fashion itself. Try installing another mod after reinstalling the game. If the game starts at the same time, it is most likely that the game and the mod are incompatible.
- The following advice was found: the author recommends lowering the power of the graphics, for example, put no top quality, but at least average or below average. You can even set the minimum settings to check if Stalker starts. Even if you have a powerful gaming PC, this can help as the issue is related to game optimization.
- Alternatively, you can try downloading XR_3DA.exe from the network and replacing the original file with it, which is located in the folder with the game itself. But there is a problem here - where can I download this very file, and even without viruses and trojans inside? Even in those places that, it would seem, can be trusted, it was written that installing a file instead of the original one does not guarantee the launch of the game. The same file can be asked from one of the people who have already successfully launched the game with the mod. But, judging by the reviews, even in this case, the game on another computer is unlikely to start.
- Several other possible, but dubious solutions were also found. Firstly, this is a reinstallation of Windows, which, however, even if it helps, then in exceptional cases. Secondly, uninstalling the game with a complete cleaning of the registry, which, again, does not always work, but it's worth a try. To do this, use special uninstall programs such as Revo Uninstaller.
What helped in my case? Simple reinstallation of the game Stalker. By the way, it is licensed, and after reinstallation there are no problems with launching.
Released in 2007 cult game"S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl", remembered for its unique atmosphere, beautiful graphics, as well as numerous crashes due to the unstable operation of the X-RAY engine. The error “XR_ 3DA.exe is not working” had to be seen at least once in their lives by those who launched one of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games. To fully understand the situation and further prevent it, you need to carefully delve into the topic.
Initial concepts
Many factors can serve as the cause of the failure, because even when the game was announced in 2004, the developers said that the game engine is very unstable and vulnerable to code errors, as well as foreign interference (mods, third-party patches, hacking). Many of the mod makers confirm this judgment, because every mod on the "Stalker" or other interference in the internal environment of the game leads to the crash of the XR_ 3DA.exe program and subsequent problems with the game.
The figure shows how the game reacts to in-game errors, as a result of which it crashes.
Most often, after a message appears that XR_ 3DA.exe is not working, a person begins to think that this is some kind of virus in the computer, and it needs to be restarted. No, it's not like that at all. Absolutely all games of the "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." work on a game engine that is extremely demanding on environment, namely the root folder. Any violation of its integrity in 95% of cases leads to a failure in the "Stalker" XR_ 3DA.exe. Also, the cause of the failure can be considered low-quality anti-virus software installed on the computer.
Reinstallation as an option to fix the error
As a rule, most Stalker players use builds where the game has already been patched to the latest version, and also does not require a boot disk for authorization or a special key confirming that the game was purchased and not hacked. The publishers of such assemblies, due to their inexperience, can perform their work poorly, and sometimes this is done on purpose, therefore, if the pirated version does not work on your computer, then you need to do the following:
- Try reinstalling your video card drivers. Finding drivers is easy, because there are only 2 types of GPU vendors: NVIDIA and RADEON. One has only to drive the name of your video card into a search engine, and right there on the first link there will be a website of one of the manufacturers where you can download the latest drivers along with DirectX.
- If it doesn’t matter to you which part or mod of Stalker to play, then you need to find another build of the game, but before that, be sure to delete previous version games in order to prevent possible crashes in the future.
- If all options do not fit, then purchasing a license can solve all problems. You can buy the game on a special Steam website, where you download latest version games.
Influence of modifications on the in-game process
In 90% of cases, XR_ 3DA.exe does not work for the reason that in the root folder of "Stalker" there are various modifications that are poorly written by programmers. They may simply conflict with each other. Why is the error XR_ 3DA.exe obtained. To get out of this situation, you need to go to the folder where the "Stalker" is installed, and delete the "gamedata" folder, and then start new game. This method is very effective for errors with modifications, but at the same time the game becomes original and loses all the innovations of the modification. If you create mods yourself, then you should look at the files for compatibility or delete the files of the mod that is installed the latest.
The effect of antivirus on the game
The XR_ 3DA program may not work because the antivirus is activated on your computer. This is due to the fact that during hacking, the integrity of the license file is violated, and all security certificates are reset, as a result of which the antivirus can recognize the game as malicious. software. To prevent such incidents, you need to do the following:
- when installing, put the antivirus into sleep mode, in which it will not monitor the system for malicious files;
- use only the licensed version of the game, where there are practically no crashes;
- remove the antivirus that is installed on your computer if the methods above do not work.
Errors in the licensed version of the game
Also, the appearance of the error “XR_ 3DA.exe does not work” can also occur in the licensed version of the game, due to the above-mentioned engine, which can fail at any time. If you encounter problems with the licensed version of the game, you must perform the following steps:
- Update the game from the official source to the latest version.
- Go to the C:\Users\Public\Documents\STALKER-SHOC\logs directory and delete the files in the folder.
- If this does not help, then you need to start the game again if it crashes when loading the location.
- In the case when all methods do not help, you must completely uninstall the game and install it again.
The game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R" beat into the hearts of many gamers throughout the CIS, as well as beyond its borders, but in addition to them, unpredictable crashes awaiting inexperienced players were also remembered. If you follow all the rules above, you can play safely and without fear, knowing that the "XR_ 3DA.exe is not working" error will not occur.
Hmm, I stumbled upon this (if you carefully read it several times, even those who are far from understanding how a computer works should become clear). Perhaps this is not a solution to the specific problem under discussion, but the information is worth attention.
Clever Megamozg writes on the forum:
From a technical point of view, the mechanism works like this. The user is trying to run an executable in some way. But the system does not immediately give it control, but first tries to check its compatibility by various features(such as name, checksum, etc.) If the system thought that the file is on the list of incompatible or obsolete, then it can either warn the user that it is necessary to apply compatibility modes, or block this task altogether (the installer old version Windows, for example).
In Vista/Seven, a list of legacy games was added to this list. Checking for them is carried out only by the name of the executable file. If the name of the game executable file matches one of this list, then _BEFORE_ launching this executable file, the OS launches this same rundll32 to add the game to the game explorer. While it does not work, this executable file will not be launched. The data to be added is taken from the GameUXLegacyGDFs.dll file.
Further, at some point, the GameExplorer database gets corrupted. It spoils spontaneously as a result of the work of the GameExplorer itself (more precisely, the code that was added to it in the seven). Not at all and quite rarely. Of course, the user himself is to blame - he turned off the computer when GameExplorer was doing very important optimization for the speed of his data in the background or closed the GayExplorer window early after starting the game without meditating for the prescribed 10 minutes. By DB, I mean here the totality of information from GameUXLegacyGDFs.dll, the registry and the file structure (which is scattered over a bunch of folders). After that, the GameUx.dll code cannot correctly iterate all the entries from GameUXLegacyGDFs.dll (and cannot detect metadata corruption), resulting in a loop.
Having gone in cycles, it starts to eat up the processor resource. Because fortunately, it is not multi-threaded, then it will not take up the entire processor, but only one core. For single-core it can be 70% (the rest will be eaten by other tasks), for dual-core - 50%, for my 3-core - 33%, etc.
Diagnostics:
1. The game can start and work, but at the same time slow down, not produce the expected FPS. The most obvious manifestation is a twitching sound. Even if it seems to you that everything is fine - press three buttons and see if you have rundll32 hanging in your processes. Owners of multi-core processors may not notice the problem at all, and now the majority of such processors.
2. The game starts on the second try. By the way, this is one of the solutions to the problem. Just run it again and kill the background process.
3. A similar situation may not occur with all games, but only with those that the OS recognizes as games (availability of data for GameExplorer) or the name of the executable file is in the list of Legacy games. Or even with one single game.
Solution options:
1. Method from support! In gameexplorer, turn off the collection of information about the game. The method, of course, does not work, but I mention it because everyone who encounters a problem will first be checked for viruses, then sent to the Microsoft knowledge base, where this recommendation is written.
2. Turn off everything else in the gameexplorer and clean up the collected information. It doesn't help much either.
3. Rename the executable file of the game. Disadvantages: each game needs to be renamed separately, some online games re-download the executable file or it is created during launch, etc.
4. Disable the gameexplorer by deleting the gameux.dll files or entries in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX registry branch. Also not always a way out, because. it is convenient for many to use GameExplorer, after all, it was not in vain that they did it.
5. Remove the database of old games GameUXLegacyGDFs.dll. Unlike the previous one, new game entries will still work. But the old ones will turn off.
6. Wait until one of the developers makes a diff on the old versions of gameux.dll and removes the erroneous code. It will be hard and very long, because. support, which should carry out interaction between the user and the developer, in Microsoft suffers from garbage, says that everything should be as it is, or comes up with its own ways to "solve" the problem.
Application and operating system compatibility issues:
How can an application developer deal with these things in this situation, when it doesn’t even get to the execution of his code? Does he need to write a driver that will bypass OS mechanisms and patch Microsoft errors? If this does not happen in certain games, then it simply means that the executable file name has not yet been included in the Legacy list or the GameExplorer database has not yet been corrupted on the machine.
Problems with the departure from the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R began after the first day of release. Numerous new bugs have to be solved by users. One of these are problems known to gamers. "The program XR_3DA.exe has stopped working" or "Program 'XR_3DA.exe' is not working." Next, we will give some tips that will clearly show what to do to fix this bug.
There can be many reasons for this failure. Sometimes players are suddenly denied access to the game for no reason. Others face crashes while still in the process of surviving in a radiation-infested world. Although the most terrible, by right, is considered loss of saves when loading them the screen goes dark and appears window with error XR_3DA.exe.
It is paradoxical that departures from "Stalker"(Shadow of Chernobyl, Call of Pripyat, Clear sky) are already considered the norm, the whole point lies in their number. The question is: how to reduce the number of departures from the game? First, let's figure out why this happens. The game, as everyone knows, is very poorly optimized, even though dozens of patches have been released. Problems arise at every opportunity: improper installation, poor assembly software S.T.A.L.K.E.R, spontaneous conflicts. You should better focus on how to eliminate them.
Fixing the problem by reinstalling
When installing, there is always a risk that something will go wrong. Stalker is no exception in this regard. Considering the bulk of the players, they use different collections to initialize the "Stalker" to their computer. Their quality is low. Not many are licensed. This gives rise to various conflicts when patches are badly tuned.
- First, update your drivers NVIDIA graphics cards through their official website. If you have a video card another manufacturer, then apply the update of the firewood and additionally install the program physx.dll. Restart your PC.
- For notorious "pirates" it is recommended to try again reinstall the game. If possible, download it from another source. When downloading any software, read the user comments, so you can avoid many problems in advance.
- The solution is also buying a license.
Check out our material on elimination in Stalker.
Open access XR_3DA.exe
This method is very simple. It does not eliminate the problem with throwing out at the root, but reduces their number at times. To do this, go to the folder with the game. Find the folder in it Bin. It is stored here game shortcut xr_3da.exe. By clicking the right mouse button, try to go from administrator name. Many users find this method helpful.
The problem with antiviruses
Antiviruses always find reasons to designate any file as potential trojan. S.T.A.L.K.E.R is blacklisted by many antiviruses due to its patches, which were finalized by non-developers. Removing various kinds of elements makes the whole game unusable. There is no way to restore them.
- To solve the problem, you can disable antivirus or make the game an exception.
- Be sure to reinstall the game.
- As a last resort, try changing your antivirus to a different one.
What to do if the error XR_3DA.exe in a licensed game?
A licensed game, as a rule, always works quite tolerably. However, there are cases of occurrence of "xr_3da.exe application error" and they have.
- Delete the game from your computer. Try update drivers on the operating system.
- Reinstall Stalker. Don't use any third party patches.
- Sometimes patches are very demanding on the system. Make sure the computer will pull them out.
Here are a few useful tips from Stalker fans.
Once again I want to remind you - S.T.A.L.K.E.R always predisposed to take off from the game. Fully this problem avoiding it will not work, especially for pirated assemblies. I hope our tips will tell you what to do to fix the XR_3DA.exe error in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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