[2022] Laggy Game

Has it always happened with this game? Or only since when?

Right from game start, or only in mid or late game play?


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


Please report the temperatures of your CPU and video (GPU)
1/ before starting the game up and
2/ after say 10 minutes' play.
If your PC's vendor has given you no way of reading temperatures, install
SPEEDFAN http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php  

monkey1998 said: Also how do I access the paradox documents you want?

In File Explorer click on Documents in the left column. In the right pane double click on Paradox Interactive, then the CK3 folder there.  

Can I get Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/pdx_settings.txt too please?  

From those files we can tell the game is running on the slower and weaker Intel video system, not the more powerful nVidia card as it should be. This is governed by the nVidia utilities.

And the nVidia driver is outdated, so lets fix that:

- uninstall it and all other nVidia software
- reboot
- install Feb 2022 https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
- reboot again

Now test the game; if it does not seem noticeably faster, look in that pdx_settings.txt and system.log to see which video system is now in use.

Good luck!  

Go into the Windows Control Panel. where you install or remove apps. Uninstall anything with 'nVidia' in the name.

To reboot you go to your Windows Start button down the lower left of your desktop. Choose Power-Restart.