Stellaris Dev Tracker

Please try the following:

- unsubscribe from all mods
- delete the folder Documents/paradox/stellaris/mod/
- delete the file Documents/paradox/stellaris/mods_registry.json
- delete the file Documents/paradox/stellaris/launcher-v2.sqlite
- subscribe to a few mods
- run the game up and see if those mods are now available to you.

I hope that does it for you!  

Does the launcher now show 2020.11 or .12 , or something else?

That dxdiag does not even mention this game, which is very unusual. Exit the Steam app entirely then run stellaris.exe manually from Windows Explorer. How far does it get, do you see any error now?  

There are a bunch of concerning errors at the end of that dxdiag which I haven't seen before, but nothing of significance that mentions this game.

You may as well update that nVidia driver:
Download Drivers | NVIDIA
Your symptoms sound exactly like the issue we get on some nVidia setups, but in fullScreen only, not windowed or borderless.

Try this: right click on stellaris.exe , properties, compatibility. Untick everything in there if ticked, then tick "disable fullScreen optimisations". Apply and exit. Then in ... Read more

From those logs the launcher is on at least 2020.11 possibly 2020.12, is that right? If so that should be okay and not causing an issue with the game.


For the game issue, In the game launcher please set Display mode to Borderless.

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.

Also if you have FRAPS or the MSI Gaming App or Rivatuner installed, disable it as it clashes with this game.

If that doesn't help:
DXDIAG is a program you run from a command prompt or the Windows start menu 'run' dialog box (or 'search programs' in Windows 7 or later). 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 your Documents/Paradox... Read more

If the game has never run on this machine I doubt reinstalling will help, but to answer your question:

- 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/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.


For the launcher issue Please try this:

- exit the Steam app entirely
- uni... Read more

DXDIAG is a program you run from a command prompt or the Windows start menu 'run' dialog box (or 'search programs' in Windows 7 or later). 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 your Documents/Paradox/Stellaris/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox/Stellaris/logs/ folder, attach system.log .  

We can't move threads to Bug Reports as there is a forum to be filled out when you make a new thread there, to make sure all needed details are included.

Thanks and sorry for that problem!  

Please report the temperatures of your CPU and video (GPU)
1/ before starting the game up and
2/ in the main game menu
3/ 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  

Ridixo said: Good for you. I don't use Ubuntu but i have heard good things of it. But since is a Linux based OS some things may work and others not.

As for Steam:

• MÍNIMO:
  • SO: Windows® 7 SP1 64 Bit
• RECOMENDADO:
  • SO: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit

Windows and Windows appear to be the only systems :/

You need to click on the Linux tab there:

• MINIMUM:
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04 x64
  • Processor: Intel® iCore™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350
  • Memo...

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No obvious cause of this problem in there, but you should update that nVidia driver:
Download Drivers | NVIDIA
If that doesn't help, exit the Steam app entirely then run stellaris.exe by itself. Do you see any error when it fails now?  

It seems to me this is either a bug that everyone is having, a change in gameplay, or a corrupted install. As I don't hardly have time to play this game any more all I can help with is the last possibility, so 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/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 with a new galaxy, NOT any existing one

In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either t... Read more

Sorry to redirect you again! But this needs the attention of the launcher developers, not tech support. This is the thread for the current launcher version:

New launcher version : 2020.12

I was asked to pass this information along to you guys here. When manuall... Read more

Valok777 said: I dont have it maybe it doesn't installed it

You haven't installed the game, are you saying?  

I see. Aside from the raw fps number do you get any gameplay problem at 60fps? Because that seems pretty decent in its own right ... !  

WreckerSharp said: If this game won't run on Win10 OS, the #1 OS in the world, without special configurations, perhaps the user should be alerted of this prior to purchasing the game

If you describe your problem in more detail I'm happy to help. Thanks.  

WreckerSharp said: Paradox won't let me post what I want to say. Apparently it's spam-like or doesn't fit within their content guidelines. They don't want anyone to actually say that this game doesn't work.

Users with small numbers of posts cannot include links. This is an antispam measure. You can post anything else just fine.  

Less than say 40? Or still above that?

And, that is on either set of video hardware?  

You could try changing settings.txt to say refreshRate=60 . That aside I can see no cause of this problem in those files.

Particularly odd that this does not affect similar games.

A weird one - what if you log OUT of the game launcher, or just run stellaris.exe by itself without launcher or Steam. Same issue?  

DXDIAG is a program you run from a command prompt or the Windows start menu 'run' dialog box (or 'search programs' in Windows 7 or later). 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.  

Valok777 said: hey where can I find the stellaris.exe ? I cant find it

In Steam right click on the game, manage, browse local files.