[2020] CK3 wont start

Sorry about that! Please try these steps that some affected Gamepass users have found helped them:

CK3 "Launching the game failed" XBox Game pass

-V1.0.3 -Windows 10 -Xbox Game pass -No mods -A lot of pain Since yesterday i am having a issue where i am unable to launch the game, it simply states with a red triangle: "Launching the game failed" To give more context, yesterday i... forum.paradoxplaza.com

Unable to launch the game on Xbox Game Pass

For some reason, CK III stopped launching on Xbox Game Pass. Even this morning, it was still working. Now I click on "Play" on the Paradox Launcher, it loads a little, then turns off. Does anyone have a similar problem? forum.paradoxplaza.com
Good luck with that!  

And, there was an update to the Xbox app last night - I've had one report so that that fixed a won't-start issue like that, so make sure it's up to date.  

There game will simply not run an any 2 core/CPU setup, I'm sorry. As MS provide no way for you to revert to older game versions, I'm afraid all we can do is hope then get that fix out real soon!  

TheWxtcher said: If its possible I really think there should be a warning on the Microsoft Store, had I known there was an issue with dual cores I would have waited until the fix and then activated my Game Pass. I only bought it as it was £1 and now it's just going to waste as I'm unlikely to renew it for the full price. Just to save others the frustration.

It is a bug in the 1.1.x patches, it used to work under 1.03, and will be fixed. We don't put warnings up for situations like that FYI.

Sorry for the bug!  

Please go here:

Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++ Redistributable packages. support.microsoft.com And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

IF that doesn't help, Has the game ever run OK on this computer? Or never?

IF NEVER:
Install ALL these Microsoft modules:

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update from Official Microsoft Download Center

www.microsoft.com

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 RC from Official Microsoft Download Center

www.microsoft.com

Download DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010) from Official Microsoft Download Center

www.microsoft.com (run dxsetup.exe after extracting this download to its own folder anywhere on your computer)

Add CK3.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.


IF IT USED TO WORK:
Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-CK3
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/CK3 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add CK3.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again.

If those don't help:
DXDIAG is a program you run from the Windows search box on the task bar. After running it will open a window and start collecting info with a progress bar in the lower-left corner. When it completes click the 'save all information' button and save it to a file then attach that file here.

Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log