[2023] Game crashes when I load a new game or saved one at the "Loading Map Graphics" since the new patch.

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

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.



If that doesn'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 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 , exceptions.log  

Right click on stellaris.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit.
Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode, Vsync off, then cap the refresh rate at 60.

Is that any better?  

Has this always happened with this game for you? or it was okay up to some point?

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

What if you make a new Windows user and log into Windows as that - does the game start then?  

Hmm. Can I get new copies of all those files from post #3 please.  

What happens if you run stellaris.exe directly from File Explorer? Do you see any Windows error then?


We see some crashes in nVidia modules now, which were not there before . Let's clear those up:

- uninstall the nVidia driver and all other nVidia software
- reboot
- install March 2023 https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
- reboot again  

SniipahPowah said: How do I go about uninstalling the nvidia driver and all other nvidia software?

In the Windows Control Panel.  

SniipahPowah said: Okay well if its just "Uninstalling a program" when I try to remove the driver is doesn't do it or open a window to accept. So I am struggling to remove. Any guidance with steps?

I'm asked hundreds of users to do this over the years .. no idea why it would not work on this machine !

All you should have to do is go into Control Panel, Programs, Uninstall a Program, and enter nVidia in Search there. Click on each line then on Uninstall/Change , up the top. Answer yes in the confirm dialog and you are done.  

LOts of errors in that log.
lease 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
- 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.
- start the game with no mods active and test

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.  

That's the same error log, basically. Are you sure you followed every step I laid out, including making sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again, AND disabling all mods if any?