[2021] Extreme Lag on New PC

Our similar game Crusader Kings 2 is now free to play on Steam - does it have the same problem?

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/Stellaris/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.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.


Also 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 http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php  

It is very unusual for the temps to be the same or lower in the game than idle ... you might try using another app to cross-check those, such as Speccy.

I see you have some VR hardware active, can you try unplugging that as a test?

And you have a lot of LiveKernelEvent entries in that dxdiag's error list. They mean the machine is being downed or rebooted forcibly for some reason - are they associated wth this game? or something else?

If you run the Windows Update app does it find anything to apply? If so please do that and reboot.

And finally is any hardware overclocked?  

heychrisfox said: I'm not sure what the LiveKernelEvent is. I do shut-down and reboot my PC regularly, so perhaps that has something to do with it.

They show after forced reboots or downings, a controlled shut down will not (or at least should not) register as one of those.


Anyway glad we got there, I have seen Windows updates that failed to apply cause this to our games but I frankly have no idea why.

All the best!