Crusader Kings 3 Dev Tracker

ezl said: you mentioned the processor and after limiting the affinity to 0-15, game hasn't crashed since will i have to change that in task manager each time to run the game or do you know if there is a way for it to be remembered?

Yes, I missed that in your dxdiag - the model of CPU you have triggers this issue. Sorry!

I believe if you set the desired affinity for steam.exe , all processes run from it inherit that setting. That should not bother any game, 16 CPUs ... Read more

If none of those mods were enabled at ANY point in that campaign, please make a new thread in Bug Reports here and attach the save game file there , for QA to look into.

Sorry for that problem!  

ColdAshen said: I've been following this thread and many others as I have the same problem, and have tried everything mentioned to rectify the crash, I have gone as far as reinstalling a fresh clean windows 10 installation, and it is still crashing on "Initializing game".
No other game in my library has any issues at all.

Please make your own new thread in future, as similar symptoms do not necessarily come from the same cause. Thanks.

Right click on ck3.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" ... Read more

"setting_framerate_cap"={
version=0
value="off"
}

Did you set the framerate cap? What fps do you see in the game itself?

ezl said: on 5 speed i can get about 3 years before it crashes in game probably about 2-4 mins(ish)

Does it last longer at, say, speed 4?  

Make a new WIndows user on this machine and log into it with that. In the startup settings disable everything you can and reboot. Do you still get these problems then?  

This is just in one particular campaign, or in all?

Either way, any mods in use there?  

Zar Alexander said: Yes, I have tested with 2 different players yesterday. Seperate lobbies. First with one mate, then with the other.
I still want them to test without me, to see if they have that stutter.

Please let me know here, either way. My guess is they will not see it.

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Please try this:

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

Delete the following folders if still present:

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

- exit the Steam app entirely
- 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/{userName}/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.  

I don't recall any previous such reports. Has this always been the case since you've had the game? Or it was okay up to some point?

Is this whether you are host or not?

Does it affect the other players ort just you?

If you set Stellaris and HOI4 to use the same MP service Nakama as CK3 uses, do you get the same issue there?  

_juggernaut said: I had the 'Corrupt disk' notification in the Steam download window while the launcher was reinstalling some mods. Right now in the launcher i have EPE mod dowloading at 100% progress and not proceeding to install the rest of mods.

Are you still getting these issues?  

Did you implement those settings I gave above? You don't mention them either way.  

That sounds like that mod is doing something to the base game installation, which it shouldn't!  

"setting_framerate_cap"={
version=0
value="off"
}

Did you try to set the framerate cap? If not please do that.

If so, what fps are you seeing in the game before it crashes?


LOTS of mod errors in those logs - please do ALL testing on this issue with all mods disabled, and use campaigns that have never had any mods used in them. Thanks.

And make a new dxdiag.txt for me please, but this time wait until it has finished loading before making the text file. Thanks.  

So far as I know you are the only one having experienced those two particular (and unrelated) errors, and I do almost all the support here!

There are plenty of users having crashes, sure, but not like yours and I think unrelated. I believe you have a Windows, hardware, or both problem I'm afraid! Do you have some form of Windows support you can contact about those errors?  

I think everyone's logs get that error at present, I doubt it is anything to do with your problem.

If this is an unmodded game, please make a new thread in Bug Reports and attach that save there for QA to look into.

Sorry for that problem!  

Right click on ck3.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit.
Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode, Vsync off, cap refresh rate at 60.


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  

The details in post 11 are amazing, good job @Generalizor and thank you! I do agree though that it's not really a long term solution ><. I had a chat with one of the CKIII wizards and they've asked for some files so if anyone affected by this can zip up the entire \Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\crashes folder and attach that they can open an internal investigation and see if they can sort this out.  

DamienE11 said: I have also come across this exact issue recently. I'm completely unable to play as it keeps synching with the bugged save despite every effort I've made to delete it. I now deeply regret buying it through the xbox app instead of steam.

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Is this in campaigns left over from previous patches, new campaigns, or both?

Can you see how much memory the gam eis using just before it crashes? You might try expanding your Windows paging file maximum size to 32gb

Optional: Increasing the paging file size on Windows computers

On computers that have 8 GB of RAM, the suggested paging file size is 16 GB. ... Read more

Please install the proper Steam client from their website:

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Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games. ... Read more