[2020] Game not responding every ten to twenty minutes

If you disable autosaves as a test, does that help the problem?  

I don't know then, that definitely helped others with similar issues.

You've basically already tried everything I would normally suggest!

DXDIAG is a program you run from a command prompt or the Windows start menu 'run' dialog box (or 'search programs' in Windows 7 or later). 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 your Documents/Paradox/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox/CK3/logs/ folder, attach system.log , error.log  

I assume the game is installed on C: not that external D: drive?

That aside I see nothing in those files to explain why this is happening to you, I'm sorry!  

It is extremely bad I have to agree! There must be somethign different on this computer that triggers this behaviour by the game, but I'm just not seeing it.

Pretty much every other case I've seen has been connected with doing autosaves.

I would suggest it be on C: though, if as I think D: is an external drive. That really makes no difference at all?


What CPU and GPU temperatures do you see in the main game menu, then when this problem starts happening?  

Actually 80c is where the computer will start to throttle its own speed to prevent hardware damage. I suspect that is in fact your problem.

Clean out all air vents it has (compressed air cans are good for this). Make sure airflow to them is not blocked by anything like walls, books or whatever.
If that doesn't drop the temps enough, you probably have a faulty fan or a heatsink/thermal paste problem. You may need professional help at that point.  

Rezimodos said: I have the same problem as you. every 10-20 minutes the game stops responding, but after 5 minutes I can continue the game.

Win 10, GTX 950, 16 GB Ram, Game installed on SSD HD. Everything is updated.

You can see all the things we've looked at and tried in this thread, and all the info we've asked for ... please go through all that. Thanks.  

Navy Groundhog said: Right, i did the best i could do, which was put my fans so once my GPU temp hit 60c it went to max, my GPU never went above 70c the issue still happened

That is unfortunate, as overheating is usually fairly easy to fix. We don't really have any clue left why this is affecting you now.

What fps do you see in the game?