Crusader Kings 3 Dev Tracker

Mööpelitintti said: No, I do not have the season pass, and after uninstalling the game the dlc still showed as "owned" after which I installed them again. But the issue seems to be the main game, not dlc

I'm not sure I follow, you said before the DLC have gone! They are back now?

What's the problem with the main game now? Where did you choose to install?  

No clues in those files, although you've missed two of the other files I asked for.


Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere, and user empire designs.txt from /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/ if you have made any custom empires or races.
- "uninstall" in Steam-Stellaris
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris folders - In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again.
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add stellaris.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 optimisat... Read more

When you say 'an event' you mean host an MP game I guess?

If so, has this ever worked for you? Or it has always been like that?

Any mods involved?

Can you play MP okay when someone else hosts?  

Run ck3.exe directly from file explorer, to bypass the launcher. Do you see any Windows error then?


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  

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  

Mööpelitintti said: I tried reinstalling the microsoft store/ xbox version and at least for me the game is still in some very bizarre location, xbox app only shows it as being on C:, and won't let me browse the location.
I do not get any error message from xbox despite failing to launch the game if I try to do it via xbox.
After reinstalling the base game and the DLCs it seems even all DLCs have gone somewhere beyond reach, they are not in my xbox folder, even if that is where they were supposed to be installed.

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Please do 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.
- start the game with no mods active and test

Doe sit work okay now? If so you can then start subscribing to mods again, but ONLY ones that have been updated to work with the 1.9 patches.  

Was this game started under the new 1.9.x patches, or previous ones such as 1.8.x ? If the latter, you should revert to that version in the Steam Betas tab for the game, to continue that campaign.  

You need to be on game version 1.9.x for it to work - if you've opted into an older version you not be able to use it.

If that's the situation, opt out of all betas in the Steam Betas tab for this game.  

Please each of you attach here a dxdiag.txt so we can see if your setups have something in common.

And I assume if you go back to 18.x. it is okay?  

0rcagod said: yes its the launcher not the game I cant even get to the launcher menu before it just closes. I just opened it up rn and noticed a small 500 mb update but at 100% it read error with this code (0x8007042b)

I'm pretty sure you have a Windows, Xbox app or MS store problem, I'm afraid!

Please try this Windows repair tool

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amyjayne said: Same here. I managed to play for 5 minutes earlier before the game started lagging horrendously then crashed and I couldn't get past the initializing screen after that.

The clean install worked to get me past the initializing load screen without crashing, but only played for another 15 minutes or so before the game started lagging again. I managed to save and exit the game before it crashed this time but the lag and crashing has continued every time I've booted up the game again.

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0rcagod said: Just right now the error code disappeared and the xbox app says it has been downloaded but the same issue is present, it closes just before the launcher finishes loading up.

You say 'the same issue' but I think you are saying its the launcher crashing, not the game? Is that right? Where is the game installed, can you run ck3.exe directly?  

Hootieleece said: I have long load times (Lag?) during initializing (5-8 minutes) when starting the game.

That's normal for this game, I get about the same.  

That's pretty clearly a Steam or Windows problem, as mentioned above. Does a simple reboot get past it?  

Thanks, I'll pass that back to Paradox next week.  

steamnista said: I'm in a similar situation using the Gamepass version of the game on PC. I did reinstall the game a few weeks ago, and I can launch the game via CK3.exe, but yeah, the launcher crashes without an error when at the launching game portion.

So the same as the OP's issue, but not the same as mdougla2's issue, it seems.

Your installation is in one of the accessible locations I mentioned above, is that right?  

mdougla2 said: Based on the error code, do you still advise I uninstall the game or something else?

Yes, I suggest you uninstall and then install in one of those accessible locations, as I described. Then at least you can run ck3.exe if there is still a problem.  

Has this game ever worked properly on this machine? Or never yet?

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  

You added ck3.exe to the Apps Allowed Through list in Ransomware, is that right?

And, does this happen with both local and cloud saves?