Crusader Kings 3 Dev Tracker

Steam were supposed to have fixed this months ago, I'm surprised you are still seeing it.

Then the problem was due to the DLC's price of $0, which the Steam store couldn't handle. Folks worked around that by waiting until they ordered any other priced item (Paradox or not) from Steam, and adding that free DLC into the order.

Does that work for you?  

Are there any crash logs generated by these crashes? They'd be under Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3  

That pretty much confirms a launcher problem. Although why this affects you only, I cannot see.

Which error are you getting now? The code null one, the sql one, or both?

You might try deleting the launcher folder again, BUT then run a Disk First Aid against the Mac volume holding that folder.

Then use this installer for the launcher:
https://launcher.paradoxinteractive.com/v2/paradox-launcher-installer-macos
Then run any of those games.

Good luck!  

Each of you please try MP in this game with some third person. This is to diagnose which of you two have the problem.

Thanks.  

awhitecoat said: Found this post while searching online for a solution.
I am also experiencing frequent crashes on linux. no mods. 1.11.3. tried opengl mode as well, same problem. any workarounds are appreciated.

Crashes with the same symptoms (game won't start) and errors as posted above? If so please add into that user's reports in Bug Reports.

If different however, please start your own thread, with full problem details and history. Thanks.  

Do HOI4, Eu4 and CK2 work okay?  

For a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-CK3
- unsubscribe from ALL mods in the Steam Workshop for this game
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/CK3 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3 folders - In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again.
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- 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.

Unload GeForce Experience.

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 r... Read more

I know it would be unusual in MacOS, but if you have an antivirus app installed make sure ck3.app, dowser.app, bootstrapper-v2.app and Paradox launcher.app are in all its exceptions lists.

If you don't, I don't know what else could be causing this to you!

Are there any mods involved?  

Looks like you haven't done all I suggested:

"vsync"={
version=0
enabled=yes
}

Please do these steps:
in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode, Vsync off, cap refresh rate at 60.

And please instal the 2024 nVidia driver

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I see the launcher has updated itself but you haven't restarted it yet. If you do that, does it now show 2024.1 ?

Do you still get that sql error? If so please delete that file as suggested.  

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  

Can you both please try reverting to the openGL renderer in our launcher Game Settings menu?  

Wexawope said: Yes, worked fine for over a year. If I lunch directly from finder game launches, no DLC enabled however.

That implies this is a launcher problem, not a game issue.

Please delete the ~/Library/Application Support/Paradox Interactive/ folder. To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and paste in ~/Library/Application Support/ . Then run the game from the PLAY Button in Steam, to reinstall the launcher.

If that does not get the launcher working, we will need these files from that same folder:

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Driver: Intel Iris Plus Graphics

If your model of Mac only has an Intel video system, that is probably the cause of your problem. This game now only uses Vulkan as a renderer, not openGL any longer. And Vulkan does not run well or in some cases at all on Intel video Macs. FYI this game has never been supported on that hardware platform since release, so really it's a matter of luck that it ever worked!

All you can do is revert to the previous game version in the Steam betas tab for the game. Or play on any other machine you have access to with supported hardware. OR if you have Apple Bootcamp installed, play in Windows there.

Otherwise if you have just bought the game, please seek a refund from that store.

Sorry for the bad news!  

KaiserinExile14 said: have the same issue, paradox launcher wont update and when it does it wont open, idk what caused this and ive tried all i can to fix this issue

any help?

In future please start your own thread rather than reopening an old one. Thanks.

Please attach here the log files I ask for above, thanks.  

kskywalker said: I don’t have the ck3.app from the Finder.

It is certainly there. Right click on this game in your Steam Library, manage, browse local files. You'll see a folder /binaries/ ; go into that and double click on ck3.app then tell us here exactly what happens.

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

Also in Steam please click on Steam-Help-System Info, and paste everything t... Read more

Sorry, I see no further clues to your problem in there. One more try:
Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-CK3
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/CK3 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3 folders - In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again.
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- 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.

THEN 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.


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We see no crash in ck3.exe in that dxdiag, but there is one in exceptions. Odd.

After one of these crashes can you re-load the game and save and carry on? Or do you need to reboot, or wait a while?

Do try unloading every other app you can before starting the game.  

Krilato said: Is there anything more that you can think of that I can do to solve it or do I just adjust the graphics quality to low for the moment, since it is working, and we close this discussion (since people is commenting on it with questions that are not relevant to this case).

Thank you.

You'll need to wait for the devs to patch it, I'm sorry. I am actively pursuing this issue within Paradox.  

Starbird said: Except now the game can't seem to find and re-load the Ironman game I was playing right before it crashed. Ugh.

That can't be related to the render option change. Is the save file physically still in the local or Steam Cloud locations?