[2020] Initializing the game takes forever

Darthyorke said: Hi, since I started playing (I'm playing on Xbox Game Pass), the initial loading screen just after launching the game is taking from 10-25 minutos, it's getting ridiculous.
Is there an issue regarding Xbox game pass players?

My specs are:
Windows 10 updated
16gb ram 3000mhz
I7-7700K 4.2Ghz
GTX 1070 8GB

Please any solutions?

That is not the general experience for Xbox or Steam in fact. For me from hitting PLAY in our launcher to the main game menu takes just over 1 minute. And i just have an i5, GTX 1060, 16gb memory, and the game is running from an HDD. Cannot imagine how you could see 25 minutes!

Is this just load time, play itself is okay?



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  

Are you having any other issues with this machine?

+++ WER7 +++:
Fault bucket LKD_0x144_INVALID_TRANSFER_EVENT_PTR_ED_0_DUPLICATE_USBXHCI!TelemetryData_CreateReport_VEN_1B21_DEV_2142_REV_00_FW_160906500200, type 0
Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

Is the game installed on C: or some other drive?

That aside I don't see what in that machine could be causing this for you!  

Is it possible to test it with the game on C: ? I do recall some issues with I think Stellaris if the documents and cache were on a different drive to the game itself.

Also if you exit the Steam app entirely and run ck3.exe directly - any faster?  

No, sorry, forget that part.  

CaliphHok1st said: I face the same problems. Here are the files.

Your AMD driver is from 2015. Please uninstall it with this tool
https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Clean-Uninstall-Utility.aspx then reboot.

Install this one:
https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/amd-radeon-r5-series/amd-radeon-r5-300-series/amd-radeon-r5-m330 and reboot again.

THEN delete the Documents/Paradox Interactive/HOI4/cache and shadercache folders. Is that any better?


If that doesn't help, the problem is probably your Radeon R5 M330 video system which is WELL below the power of the minimum requirement:
UserBenchmark: AMD HD 7870 vs Radeon R5
All you could really do is reduce the video quality settings in the game as much as you can stand.