Europa Universalis IV Dev Tracker

If you run eu4.exe directly from file explorer, do you see Windows error 0xC0150004 ? If so that seems to indicate a Windows problem. Please try this repair tool

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

Describes how to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista. ... Read more

Cassilda said: Running the game in full screen for now hasn't caused any freezing.

When not playing, the CPU is 32-53 °C min and 49-53°C max and the GPU 46-50 °C.
After running the game for half an hour, the temperatures is for the CPU 35-37 °C min to 47-66 °C max. The GPU is 49-51 °C.

Okay, it may be it was overheating before. I hope that fixes it for good for you!  

eddyr said: Sorry to piggyback, but I, like the OP, have a beefy PC and have been experiencing similar issues. The game becomes unplayable 1550+. Speed 4 and above and the fps is horrible. I, like the OP, have no issues with ck3, although there was a bug depending on whether I launched the game from steam or directly the game would stutter and have low framerate. I don't know if OP tried 1.30 because I had better performance pre-leviathan, but I know that's not a solution as the game has developed so much since then. I wonder whether it's the ageing game or an issue that is yet to surface. ...

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Right click on eu4.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit.

Edit that settings.txt to say:

refreshRate=60
fullScreen=yes
borderless=no

vsync=no

Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode.


Does that help? If not, Please report the temperatures of your CPU and video (GPU)
1/ before starting the game up and
2/ after say 30 minutes' play.
If your PC's vendor has given you no way of reading temperatures, install
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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/EU4/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log , exceptions.log  

Is this in a save left over from a previous patch, or a new one under this patch, or both?

Is it that you have to force a reboot to get going again, or how do you have to do that?  

What happens if you run eu4.exe directly from File Explorer? If it still fails you should get a more clear Windows error.  

Installing any EU4 content or mod cannot have caused this to the launcher, as it is a separate app . Nor could deleting EU4 have fixed it as it resides in a different place.


For the launcher problem Please try this:

- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.

Delete the following folders if still present:

- C:/users/{userName}/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/{userName}/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/{userName}/AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

- exit the Steam app entirely
- 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:
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The 1638 errors there mean there are still remnants of the launcher installed.

You can use this MS tool to clear the stuck install/uninstall:

Fix problems that block programs from being installed or removed - Microsoft Support

The Program Install and Uninstall troubleshooter helps you automatically repair issues when you're blocked from installing or removing programs. ... Read more

Ujin said: Primarily because EU4 can't multi-core

That is not true.  

You might check with Epic, but I think its normal and WaD.  

Ujin said: 5700G is an APU but its performance is +- GTX 1050 and what does that mean?

I don't see that in that page? But APU means it's an integrated video system

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I'm afraid we can't do that! When you post there you get to fill out a form to make sure that QA get all the info they need.  

Did you mean to post this in Bug Reports, perhaps?  

I doubt very much that substantial changes will be made to the game at this late stage in its lifecycle. But you could ask the devs that that in the next dev diary.

But your findings may help others here with performance issues ! Thanks for sharing!  

I don't know then ... the Linux and Mac versions tend to be slower due to using OpenGL , but I'm not sure that accounts for your experience.

Can you see if the CPU, GPU, memory or any other component is maxing out when the performance is at its worst?  

We can't help with modded games here I'm afraid. What happens if you start a new campaign with no mods at all in use, any better?  

If you believe these are game bugs, please make separate reports of them in the Bug Reports forum. Thanks.  

A lot of errors in that log that i don't see in my installation, but I haven't played this game since the latest patch.

Any mods involved?

Does this happen right from the start in 1444? Or only in mid or late game play?

Does reducing resolution, or graphics quality settings, help?

Does it matter what speed you play at? Particularly speed 5 vs slower speeds (as 5 is very different to the others).  

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Good luck!