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If you delete this file mentioned in that error log, does that help?
music/ep1_music.txt  

No clear clue in there. Can we get a new error.log since removing the mods please?  

Ganymedes said: emperature before starting up is 24C
After 10 minutes of play 50C

Is that just CPU temps? Because you say your GPU fan is going fast, which means it would likely be over 80c

In the launcher, disable Vsync and set the frame rate cap to 60 - does that help?  

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
- 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

In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again.



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... Read more

What actual temperatures are you seeing for CPU and GPU while playing?

After the restart can you play on for another two hours? Or it's shorter then?

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 check if the frame rate cap is effective? What fps are you seeing when set up like that?  

I see mod errors in that log. Do you still bet this in a new campaign started with no mods at all in use?  

Is it crashing at load time, when starting a new game, or while playing?

After a crash can you start it right up again?

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.  

There was no change to the game 2 days after the Royal Court patch came out, so I guess this was some local issue.

If you start a new test campaign does this still happen there?


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


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
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Tulukhan said: Exact same here but unfortunately, the NVIDIA solution did not work. I paid 30 euros to make my game unable to launch... Absolutely wonderful...

Guess I'll have to wait for a patch...

Did you do the clean reinstall mentioned above?

If so, can you provide the files I asked for please?  

87c is the cause of this problem IMO.

If you disable Vsync and set the frame rate cap to 60 in the launcher "game settings" menu, does it run cooler?  

and and said: I had the same problem.
Launcher 1 said the game version was 1.5.0.1 and the DLC:s were correct. It also said DLC updates were available but an error occurs when trying to update.
Launcher 2 said the game version was 1.5.0 and Northern Lords was missing. It was also missing in game.
(Why do we need two launchers anyway?)

The only solution I found was to uninstall the game and the launchers altogether and reinstall.

Launcher 2 still says the game version is 1.5.0 and shows a warning sign next to the "PLAY" button but the game now runs with the correct DLC:s. ...

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Chieftain Odd Surr said: So the DLC tab is there, but only Royal Court shows, which I did not buy yet.

I reverted to 1.4 and back to 1.5 again and the same thing happened as before but the error message did not pop up after downloading this time.

I loaded the game and only Royal Court seems to be installed (the court is there and the extra things with the Norse don't show up). However, only the achievements for Northern Lords, not Royal Court, show up on the achievements page.

As far as I can tell 1.5 works, maybe?

The DLC I have are Northern Lords and Garments of the...

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Antivirus apps can prevent the launcher and game from updating those ..txt files. Which one do you use?

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.

You should add steam.exe and C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2.2022.2/paradox launcher.exe to that list.  

Please make a new thread in the Bug Reports forum, if this is not already reported there. Thanks.  

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

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


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 ... Read more

Hey again, thank you so much for the video. It helped immensely in understanding, and ultimately replicating this issue.
I have sent the report over to our development team.

Thank you for your report!  

English only here please!

I think your problem is caused by this driver EZFRD32.dll , which normally runs some unusual devices like vibrating joysticks. Unplug any such device and see if the game runs then.

If it does, please sek an update to that driver from that vendor.

Good luck!  

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


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 ... Read more

I just installed it on my Ubuntu installation, and with the tweak I made to your account Royal Court now shows in the Paradox Launcher v2 DLC tab. So it is not a Linux issue.

In the PDX client log out, then back in again. Then just run the game, does Royal Court show in the Paradox Launcher v2 DLC tab?