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Is this if you click on the Home icon (Official Stellaris Website) in the main game menu? Or elsewhere in the game?

Either way I was unable to duplicate the problem, FYI.  

Omniscient said: Starting last night, I've been having problems where whenever I close Stellaris, steam thinks that the game is still running, and won't let me run it again unless I close and restart steam. I've already tried several supposed fixes, such as running in administrator mode, with no success. Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

FYI the game did not change on that day, last update was 2.3.2 on June 18th. So I guess this must be a Windows or antivirus update ... ? Or even Steam maybe?

Anything like that happen then?  

Fixtheerrors said: It's actually done it for a long time now on three different PC's.

Really!?! That does surprise me, I was going to get you to do a clean reinstall but it seems like that wouldn't help.

What do these PCs have in common that it seems no one else has or uses? Do you still have access to the other two?  

I was unable to duplicate this problem. By 'closing' do you mean X-ing away the list of tracks?

This problem aside does it appear to work okay?

Has this always happened ever since you've had the game? Or only since what change or update?  

I am sorry their site is so bad, I had no idea! I don't really know what else to suggest, if you cannot get in contact with any actual support there.

Clearly people are getting newer drivers from somewhere!

What if you redirect sound to be via the nVidia audio driver you have there?  

I just opened a random dxdiag from another customer and they have:

Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.8242 (English)
Date and Size: 01.09.2017 00:00:00, 5911528 bytes

So there are certainly updates available! I've never trusted that Windows driver update utility, it always seems to say that.

You may need to contact RealTek if you can't work out how to get updates from their site.

Good luck!  

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DxDiag Notes
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Sound Tab 1: The file RTKVHD64.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.

This driver is from 2013. Please check with RealTek for a newer supported driver.

All the best!  

Is this new with 2.2 or happened under 2.1.3/4 also?

Any mods involved?  

Updated for visibility.  

Updated for visibility.  

May as well update that video driver
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

But you are getting a log of abnormal errors in that log. That shouldn't happen after a clean install. You definitely deleted everything under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again? No mods enabled?  

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.

- 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 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 comp... Read more

Updated for visibility.  

Update for visibility.  

Viatori said: Is there any conflicting ports that both stellaris and netflix might be using?

Stellaris does not use any ports of its own, all MP play is via the Steam client. Here are the ports Steam uses though:
https://su... Read more

DLC names and numbers

DLCs reside in the program files area (this is under Steam/SteamApps/Common/Stellaris/DLC/) as two files for each DLC; dlc001.zip and dlc001.dlc , which are inside a sub-folder dlc001_dlc_name . The .zip file contains the actual data, images or songs; the .dlc file is a simple text file that can be read with Notepad or Textapp and contains the title of the DLC as below.

001 Symbols of Domination
002 Arachnoid Portrait Pack
003 Paradox Account Sign-up Bonus
004 Plantoid (Portrait Pack)
010 Creatures of the Void Portrait Pack
012 Leviathans Story Pack
013 Horizon Signal
014 Utopia
015 Anniversary Portraits
016 Synthetic Dawn
017 Apocalypse
018 Humanoids
019 Distant Stars
020 Megacorp


Bolded underlined entries are major DLCs. Others are "co... Read more

This is a modified copy of the sticky thread with a similar title from EU4. Please point out any errors or additions below.


File Locations on Windows
The default location for the executables (stellaris.exe and DLCs) is in C:/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris/ .

The user files (settings.txt, error logs, saved games, gfx, mods) are in C:\Users\USER\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\


File Locations on Mac OS X
The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris/

On OS X 10.8.x and later, Apple have hidden the /Users/USER/Library/ folder. To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .

The user files (settings.txt, error logs, saved games, mods) are in or under /Users/USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/ .


File Lo... Read more

If you have problems starting the game in any way, try the following:

• Set the game to run in windowed mode instead of fullscreen
• Disable any user made mods
• Verify the game cache (right click Stellaris in Steam -> Properties -> Local Files -> “Verify integrity of game cache”)
• Delete the …\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris -folder on your computer (make sure to backup any save files you may have in there)
• Restart the Steam client
• Go to ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Stellaris\ and starting stellaris.exe by right clicking and selecting "Run as Administrator"
• Add 'stellaris.exe' to exclusion list on any anti-malware or anti-virus software. Stellaris will try to write to your 'Documents' -folder, which may cause some security software to react.

If the game still won’t start after doing the above steps, then completely reinstall the ga... Read more