Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 The Additional Dll Could Not Be Loaded Top | TESTED |

The “(Top)” error can be a conflict between the game’s renderer and Steam’s overlay hook, which injects a DLL into the game’s top-level process.

If nothing works, a full reinstall may help, but only if you wipe all traces first:

Restart PC, then reinstall.

The error often occurs when the game tries to load a DLL from a protected system folder (like SysWOW64) but doesn't have admin rights. The “(Top)” error can be a conflict between

Right-click BlackOps3.exe.

Select Properties > Compatibility tab.

Check Run this program as an administrator.

Click Apply > OK.

Repeat for BlackOps3_Launcher.exe if present.

In programming terms, when a DLL is loaded, Windows calls a function called DllMain. This is the "Top" entry point. The error means that DllMain executed but failed immediately—usually because a dependency (like a driver or another DLL) wasn't ready. For Black Ops 3, this commonly points to:

Bonus Fix for NVIDIA users: Use Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) in Safe Mode to completely wipe your GPU driver and do a clean install (not Express, but Custom > Clean Installation). Restart PC, then reinstall

Black Ops 3 relies on the DirectX End-User Runtime and Visual C++ Redistributables. A missing "Top" function usually means a missing C++ library.

To fix a problem, you must understand it. Unlike standard "missing DLL" errors (e.g., d3dx9_43.dll missing), this error is unique to Black Ops 3. The error often occurs when the game tries

Common Culprits: