Stellaris Dev Tracker

Has this always happened on this machine with this game? or only since when?

Does this also affect EU4 and HOI4?

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 .  

The game is crashing in this driver:

+++ WER2 +++:
Fault bucket 1510905402875779029, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: stellaris.exe
P2: 1.0.0.0
P3: 5ec2b82b
P4: EZFRD64.DLL_unloaded

which is for:

Device Name: XEOX Pro Analog Gamepad
FF Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\SPEEDLINK\XEOX Pro Analog Gamepad\EZFRD64.DLL
FF Driver Date: 10/9/2016 12:55:00

Try unplugging that before starting the game. If tat helps, as i expect it will, check for an update for that driver.  

Hmm, that is weird ... I guess it's something to do with this Prime thing. Does it run on either video system okay without that?  

In the game launcher please set Display mode to Borderless.


IF that doesn't help, Has the game ever run successfully on this computer? Or never?

IF IT USED TO RUN:
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

In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris l... Read more

faf83 said: I have the same issue. I can use the game / mods etc no problems, I just can't update the launcher. Win10.

Did you do the process in post #2 above? Then in #4 if that didn't help?  

You will be using Wayland. If you switch to Xorg the crash won't happen.  

DonPinga809 said: Hello,
I have the same issues as OP and I tried the above steps and they did not work. I also don't have the Documents/Paradox/Stellaris/settings.txt or the Documents/Paradox/Stellaris/logs/ folder, attach system.log.

The game is crashing in the video driver, which is from 2018:

Windows Error Reporting:
+++ WER0 +++:
Fault bucket 1374831928637904126, type 4
Event ...

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Kurotomo said: Now the launcher says that it can't fetch news and I seem to be offline.

Ignore that, it is cosmetic and nothing to do with your larger problem.


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.
- a... Read more

Okay then, all of you enable one mod and check you still have the same checksum. If you do, all then add another one, and check again - that way you will find out which mod is causing this for you.  

First check that you have the correct game version and checksum when NO mods are loaded, which is 2.7.2 (60bf). Do you?  

First check that you have the correct game version and checksum when NO mods are loaded, which is 2.7.2 (60bf).

If so but you get a different checksum when mods are loaded you must be using different mods, different versions of the same mod, or perhaps loading them in a different order.  

We have no access to your Steam cloud space, I'm sorry.

Can you see the missing save here?

Login

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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!  

Were these mods subscribed from the Steam workshop or our mod site?

In what way do they not work? Do you see them in the game launcher Mods tab?  

Spieler Null said: - Launcher Version 2020.3 (not 2020.11)

Please try this:

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

Delete the following folders if still present:

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

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You might ask that of the launcher developers here:

New launcher version : 2020.11

Is it that time already? Yes, yes it is. As 2020.10 was slightly delayed it's already time for 2020.11. New stuff Mod details (description and tags) are visible when h... Read more

I didn't expect reinstalling the game to affect this launcher problem.

I'll post in the launcher support thread, see if the developers have any ideas for us.  

AngelRay said: Windows defender and yes stellaris is in the list. The paradox launcher doesn't appear anywhere in the list and I don't know where it is installed since I do not have this in my steam library. (I own all my Paradox game on steam...)

C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/laincher-v2.2020.11/Paradox launcher.exe  

Towboat421 said: I tried this of my own volition no dice chief, it was very sudden too just sort of turned it on one day and it was there.

Does it only affect Stellaris for you too?  

That does read like there is an issue with the Windows updating process, I'm sorry to say! I suspect nothing that uses msiexec will work until that is fixed.

If you have access to Microsoft support I think that is your next stop.

Good luck with that!