[2023] Game starts with wrong resolution and overheats computer

In the launcher, go to Game Settings, and ensure that your resolution is set correctly. Also switch between Borderless, fullscreen or windowed mode. Since we've also recently transitioned to DX11, you can try updating your video drivers.


If that doesn't help:, 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 still 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 .  

At 60hz the game should not be able to overheat your GPU. What actual fps are you seeing in the main menu, then in the game itself?  

Please go into the Bug Reports forum here, and report the game's failure to respect the refreshRate=60 settings.txt parameter, thanks.

If you have any way of limiting the fps by other means, I think GeForce Experience can do this for instance, please do!  

SmallGiant891 said: This game is cooking my CPU even with a cooler pad and max fan. Is there a setting to change or edit?
Laptop
RTX 3060
Intel 11th gen I7

This thread is actually about GPU overheating, as it turned out. CPU is a different matter, are you sure all fans are working and your thermal paste is okay?

To answer your question, I'm not aware of any game setting that affects CPU usage, no.  

Do try unloading GeForce Experience before starting the game.

This game is multi-threaded but one core will typically carry more load than the others; however there are Windows settings that can change that. Are you seeing anything in Task manager in that area; say one core doing everything and no others doing anything?  

SmallGiant891 said: What do you mean "unloading" ?

If you see it in your task bar, right click on it and choose Quit or Exit.