Crusader Kings 3 Dev Tracker

EUROPON said: Look this the error that i can show to you, about radar_pre_leak_64

That is not a significant error, almost any app can trigger that. Octoparse.exe gets it too in that dxdiag.

Please answer the questions I asked above, and provide those files here, thanks.  

It is still a game crash rather than out of sync errors or something else?

It still affected the same players in the same was as you described above?

This was in a new campaign, not continuing an old one?  

Howdy all!

Recently we have been receiving reports from certain players related to their Launcher or GeForce Now experience not working as intended due to platform instabilities.

We are working on correcting this issue, but certain players may be unable to access their game until that time. Please note that is a low number of players that may be affected, but we are doing our best to make sure that your experience is up to the normal standards we hold for gameplay for all players.  

You were right to check the temperatures as those symptoms sound exactly like overheating. Neither GPU nor CPU ever get to 80c or more?

The dxdiag shows several bluescreens, are you seeing those yourself? If so what text is on the screen before it restarts?

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  

I see, that looks like the long-standing MP issue that has bedevilled this game since launch - much reduced but still present. I was hoping 1.4.3 would help with that!

We have two possible workarounds that may solve it:



Disable IPv6
- Close CK3
- Go to Control Panel > View Network status and tasks > Change adapter settings (left side)
- Find your Hamachi Connection and Disable it
- Find your Internet connection adapter (for me, it was WiFi)
- Right click your internet adapter and select properties
- Scroll down to find "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and uncheck the box
- Select Ok
- Start up CK3 and should work.



Use a VPN

- Obtain a VPN

- Set the country to the US (why this works is also an enigma ><)

- Start the game

- Sign in and see if it "sticks"  

We have been able to confirm that we have not made these games unavailable on GFN in any way.

We continue our investigations into this, hopefully more info will come to light later on this week.  

Local saves are kept here:
Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/save games/

Cloud saves are visible here:

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Please try this:

- exit the Steam app entirely
- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.

Delete the following folders if still present:

- C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user

- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam

IF that doesn't help, in this folder are some .log files:
C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.  

If that patch doesn't help and you get a repeatable crash, then it ought to be fixable, yes - IF it's a game problem! If it is an issue with those particular players (eg a long ping time) then it gets much trickier.  

Vasoli said: My crash is not on start, but after short playing the game.

Then it is not the same problem, as that was a crash at start. In future please make your own new thread, thanks.

We see a number of mod errors in that log, so if this crash happens when using any mods they are very likely the problem.

Otherwise is the crash repeatable from a particular save game file? or does it happen in any new campaign you start as well?  

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.

You should add steam.exe and C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2.2021.6/paradox launcher.exe to that list.  

Please try this:

- exit the Steam app entirely
- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.

Delete the following folders if still present:

- C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user

- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam

IF that doesn't help, in this folder are some .log files:
C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.

Note that you can run ck3.exe directly from File Explorer, which bypasses the launcher.  

I can answer that last question if you provide all the files I asked for please:

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  

The next patch 1.4.3 has some MP fixes in it:

Steam Multiplayer Open Beta 1.4.3 - Updated for Azure

Update: With the release of Hotfix 1.4.2, the Steam Multiplayer Open Beta is now in version 1.4.3 ===== Hey... Read more

PlazmaBlaze said: I tried using the 1.4.3 beta, but it prevents me from logging into my paradox account in game.

I se that even if logged into the launcher you are again asked to login within the game. But that did work for me. What happened when you tried to login within the game?

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Anything over 80c is still a problem IMO! I'd suggest you look into your cooling system as I described above.  

I'll report that to Paradox on Monday too. But if (as it says there) this affects other games, not just ours, it's hardly likely to be our issue ... !  

iamjmph said: I wasn't sure if I should start a new thread for having the exact same problem.

Please do so in future, as similar symptoms don't necessarily mean the same root cause.

Lots of errors in that log, plus mention of bad mods. In dxdiag we see crashes in the Radeon software, so I'll try to cover all those possibilities here.

- uninstall the AMD driver and Radeon etc with this tool
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No that's okay, thanks for the update.

All the best!  

In the game launcher please set Display mode to windowed. THEn go here:

The latest supported Visual C++ downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++. support.microsoft.com And run the x86 and x64 installers there.


IF that doesn't help, Has the game ever run OK on this computer? Or never?

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