Crusader Kings 3 Dev Tracker

Can I see new log and dxdiag files please.

Ironman should not be a problem as such but cloud saves are. Make sure you are saving locally only, until that is fixed!


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  

I assume the game is installed on C: not that external D: drive?

That aside I see nothing in those files to explain why this is happening to you, I'm sorry!  

I don't know then, that definitely helped others with similar issues.

You've basically already tried everything I would normally suggest!

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  

Can you try updating that video driver?
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/apple-boot-camp
Don't see much else in there to look at!  

If you disable autosaves as a test, does that help the problem?  

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  

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,... Read more

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 Windows Explorer, which bypasses the launcher.  

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  

There is a logged bug where the game does not honour the refreshRate set in pds_settings.txt . Until that is fixed i suggest you use GeForce Experience or Catalyst to limit the frame rate to, say, 60hz.

Sorry about that!  

revenfett said: Further, I have seen multiple reports from Mac users here and on reddit saying they are getting the game to run well in Mac OS on similar and worse spec’d machines than what I have

Well that's interesting! And unexpected I have to say ... any further details on that?  

jjjnagy said: I use BootCamp with my MacMini (with eGPU), and CK3 runs *perfectly* on Windows, but when I switch back to Mac (OS 15.15.5), it's stuttery and has low FPS. The hardware is exactly the same, so it must be how CK3 runs on the operating system?

Hardware specs:
5600XT (6GB), i7-8700, 32 GB RAM

Note: this is true, to an extent, with all Paradox games in my experience (i.e., just runs better on a Windows with the precise same specs), but it's very very apparent in CK3, so I would guess there's a more serious issue at play

It is not the case that you can exp... Read more

If there are mods involved I'm afraid we cannot help here. Does this also happen in a save where no mods have ever been used?  

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  

Lex_The_Great said: My temps are 30-40c, so no issue with temp.

Is that for CPU and GPU?

Devilcorpsdoc said: yup and all they do is blame us for it... shocking really.

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I am sorry about that. I assume you were doing cloud saves; please only use local saves until that problem can be fixed.  

Hello there!

Thank you for your reports, I have logged them in our database for investigation!  

I see an error about that in every error.log I look at, so i suspect it's a bug.  

Note that this game is not supported on Intel video Macs , which covers most Mac laptops I'm afraid.

I doubt that's the issue with the iMacs mentioned above, but if you could all confirm your video systems and amount of RAM, thanks!  

Note that this game is not supported on Intel video Macs , which covers most Mac laptops I'm afraid.

I doubt that's the issue with the iMacs mentioned above, but if you could all confirm your video systems and amount of RAM, thanks!