[2020] Crash at start.

Chosen84 said: I could use some help, my game worked initially then it crashed once of many times during an auto save exit and never would launch after that. I have installed reinstalled updated game steam and launcher even sent my cpu back to factory setting I still can't get it to launch. I wont sent the error reports in generates either.

Your issue is unrelated to the one this thread is about. In future please start your own thread, thanks!


We now think this is an issue with dual CPU systems.

Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 CPU @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

CPU or GPU slightly below the minimum requirements should not cause a crash like this. If that is confirmed there will be a hotfix soon to address that problem.

Sorry about that!

In the meantime you can revert the game to version 1.03 in the Steam Betas tab for the game, which does not have that problem.  

VanAuger said: I tried to reinstall the launcher. Still the same issue.

Yes I'm aware of that but when I go into my hard drive trough the NVidia experience and try to pin point it, CK3 won't show up in the folder. I also tried to scan the steam folder and Ck3 folder but no game shows up. It's really strange. But it's not only Ck3 there's a lot of other games that I cannot find as well.

I've never seen those two crashes in paradox launcher.exe you have in that dxdiag. In this folder are some .log files:
C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.

What happens if you run ck3.exe directly from Windows Explorer?  

Let's try forcing an update of the launcher.

Download the installer package for Windows: https://forumcontent.paradoxplaza.com/emailsignatures/2020.13-win-prod.zip

Unpack the file you just downloaded and place the three files in the Steam folder for the game you're having issues with. If asked if you want to replace already existing files click "yes" - that's a sign you are in the right place!

Then please repeat the launcher reinstall procedure from post #7 above.

Good luck with that!

VanAuger said: Or by windows explorer do you mean just by going into the folder in steam and start it from the ck3.exe file?


In that case, yes I have tried that.

What exactly happens, what do you see on the screen?  

VanAuger said: The exact same thing, I get the first loading screen of crusader kings 3 for about 3-4 seconds. Then it just crashes.

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  

Always start via Steam, you should not ever have to run the launcher installer manually.