Crusader Kings 3 Dev Tracker

The game is not mentioned in that dxdiag, but there are several worrying crashes in parts of Window in it. Would you say you are having other problems on this machine outside this game?

If you run the Update utility manually, does it find anything to fix? If so do that and reboot.

Then run this Windows repair tool:

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files

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Please try a Steam Flush config

Steam Support :: Clear download cache

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Please try a Steam Flush config:

Steam Support :: Clear download cache

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From that error log you have some problem saved games there.

If you move all saves to elsewhere then start a new campaign under the new 1.6.1 patch, do you still get these crashes?  

We here in tech support have no power to do that or ask it to be done, I'm sorry. Only the developers do, so you might ask that in a dev diary.

But I'm very surprised that a game started or played under 1.6.0.1 cannot be played under 1.6 !  

Heya Rispektt!

I can confirm that I was able to load your save from my computer without any issues.

From what I can see, you seem to have a couple of mods enabled. As with every update, there is a chance that the changes we've made require the mod authors to update their mods, to make their mods compatible with the game again. Could you try disabling all mods and check if you can load the save again?  

Glad to hear that it's working again! Have a fantastic day!  

Heya Sirclive, I am sorry to hear you are currently experiencing problems with launching the game.
In order to best help you, I'll need a couple of more details regarding the crash.

Inside the folder "Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\crashes" there should be a folder created that contains logs from the crash (debug.log, error.log, game.log & system.log). Could you update the thread with your logs?

In addition, please reinstall the game and make sure all mods are turned off to make sure they aren't interfering with the launch of the game. As with any updates, you may have to wait until your mod author has updated their mods before you can use them.  

We can only see 2 of your 4 cores in that shot. Are any pegged to 100%?  

Your Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G4560 @ 3.50GHz is about the same performance rating as the game's minimum requirement, the Intel® Core™ i3-2120.

Again in that shot we see there is some spare capacity in the CPUs overall, but not the details per CPU. For that you need to click on Open Resource Monitor there, then on the CPU tab.


I still doubt this is the cause of your crashes though. Is there any particular action or event in the game that seems to trigger it, such as going into the throne room? Because that is a current bug.  

I moved your previous identical thread to User Mods, as we cannot help with modded games here. Please follow up on it there.  

Half your memory is free there, so I doubt that is your issue.

And 80% CPU usage means 20% idle, again that should not be a problem. You might go into the Performance tab though, see if one CPU is pegging out.  

Ah, you aren't the OP! Yours is a different problem, the game will not run on Intel videos systems under MacOS any more - that is not and has never been supported hardware for the game. You'll need to revert to 1.5.1.1 unless you can play on a machine with supoorted hardware.

Sorry about that!  

8gb ought to be enough, but do make sure you unload everything else you can first.

BTW how are you determined it is memory? Checking with Task Manager perhaps?  

Vollhorst4 said: Hello, I have a similar problem. Whenever I go to the court and want to change something there, the game crashes.

Did you try the workaround above?  

Can you play unmodded okay? If not someone has a corrupted installation and need to do a clean reinstall.

If you can, then all enable ONE mod only and see if you can then play. If so enable another, test ... etc. You'll soon pin down the problem one.  

What antivirus app do you use? Make sure ck3.exe is in all its exceptions lists.  

Looks like you have some corrupted save game files in there.

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.
- start the game with no mods active and test with a new campaign BEFORE restoring the save game files

Is that any better?  

Is it anything to do with going into the throne room perhaps?

If so try this workaround

CK3 - PC Update 1.6.0.1

Hi everyone, We have released Update 1.6.0.1 for PC at 10am CEST this morning. The latter aims to fix the recent CPU Support Issue for Fate of Iberia (AVX issue) that you have reported after the release of Flavor Pack 2. Update 1.6.1 will be... ... Read more

Swift216888 said: Hello, i tried following your instructions but i cannot seem to find the Steam Folder inside the application support folder. Do you, perhaps, have any idea where i could find it? Thanks

Did you do this part?

To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .

In fact you can paste in ~/Library/Application Support/ . Make sure you include the tilde ~   ... Read more