[2022] CK3 v 1.5.0.2 crashes at startup every time

Glennwebb said: (Having this issue with Cities Skylines as well)

That is an unrelated game to this one, aside from both being published by us. Did this first happen with both games at the same time? Best to make a new thread in the CSL support forum anyway.


In the game launcher please set Display mode to windowed.THEN 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, 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, exceptions.log  

Looks like a problem with the nVidia driver or card:

Fault bucket LKD_0x141_Tdr:6_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys, type 0
Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

Please try this:

- uninstall that driver and all other nVidia software
- reboot
- install Feb 2022:

Download the latest official NVIDIA drivers

Download the latest official NVIDIA drivers www.nvidia.com - reboot again

Is that any better?  

In the Game settings part of the launcher, disable Vsync then set the frame rate cap to 60. Is that any better?  

It's not impossible I suppose, but I would have thought they'd prevent you from installing a driver for the wrong card. Yours would be this one I believe:

GeForce Game Ready Driver | 511.79 | Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 | NVIDIA

Download the English (US) GeForce Game Ready Driver for Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 systems. Released 2022.2.14 www.nvidia.com
Are you still seeing those nVidia driver errors in dxdiag?


In the launcher Game Settings menu, disable Vsync then set the frame rate cap to 60 - does that help matters at all?  

Yes, we still see this as the most recent entry at the end of dxdiag:

Fault bucket LKD_0x141_Tdr:6_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys_Turing, type 0
Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

Very disappointing, I hope you don't have a hardware fault with this card!


Edit that pdx_settings.txt and find the renderer line, and chang eit as follows:

"renderer"={
version=0
value="OpenGL"
}

That will be slower, but for the sake of the test is it at least more stable?  

Glennwebb said: Can a hardware fault present itself after months of working fine or could that be something which develops instantly after some time?

Either of those are possible, just as they would be with a car, say, or a phone or any other piece of hardware.

Note I am not 100% certain hardware is the problem here; as you can see in other threads around here there are other such reports against this game! But that persistent nVidia driver error is a standout in your case.

That said I am surprised openGL did not help. Can I see your pdx_settings.txt and system.log with it in place please?  

That pdx_settings.txt still shows you using DX11. Did you have some trouble changing it to OpenGL as I described?  

Can I see those two files again please, just to 100% confirm it took effect?

@Arakrates this may be another case of this problem!