Stellaris Dev Tracker

Mar1Fox said: I have tried to white list the cefprocess.exe program but it did not fix the issue of just an empty green box.

This was in your Windows firewall? Which one do you use in there?  

I don't know how this problem could occur as you describe in one Window user profile but not another, unless there are still some game, mod or launcher files left in your original Windows user profile folders.  

In your reinstalls, did you make 100% sure there are no files or folders left under either the GoG Stellaris or Documents GoG locations, before installing again?

If you run stellaris.exe from File Explorer does the same thing happen?


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  

Please try the following:

- assuming these are Steam mods, make a collection in the Steam workshop including them all
- unsubscribe from all mods in BOTH the Steam Workshop and the Paradox mod site mods.paradoxplaza.com
- delete the folder Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mod/
- delete the file Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mods_registry.json (if present)
- delete the file Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/launcher-v2.sqlite (if present)
- run the game up and check the launcher is okay with no mod or other errors
- subscribe to that collection
- run the game up and see if it is okay now

I hope that does it for you!  

Then either there are still game, mod or launcher files left in your original Windows user profile folders, OR that profile is bugged or corrupted in some way.

I can't think of anything else that could cause this to you!  

I don't know then.

What if you make a new Windows user on this machine and log into it with that?  

Betnicjac said: I appear to be suffering the same problem even after following those steps but is there a way I can uninstall the Launcher and then reinstall it?

Those steps are up in post #6 above.  

Probably time to employ the thermo-nuclear option then, I'm sorry!

- 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
- exit the Steam app entirely
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris folders
- delete everything in the Steam folder EXCEPT steam.exe and the SteamApps folder
- run steam.exe to rebuild all that
- 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
- now try the mods

Good luck!  

I don't know then. You should be on launcher 2023.1.1 now, is that right?

If so, Please try the following:

- unsubscribe from all mods in BOTH the Steam Workshop and the Paradox mod site mods.paradoxplaza.com
- delete the folder Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mod/
- delete the file Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mods_registry.json (if present)
- delete the file Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/launcher-v2.sqlite (if present)
- run the game up and check the launcher is okay with no mod or other errors
- 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!  

Betnicjac said: All good, I restarted my PC and it has downloaded but I am now having difficulties with the mods, even though they are downloaded they are taking a ridiculous amount of time to show up in the launcher and the launcher shows that is trying to "load" something in "All Installed Mods" section. (PC is newly built so it was a fresh installation.)

Please try the following:

- unsubscribe from all mods in BOTH the Steam Workshop and the Paradox mod site mods.paradoxplaza.com
- delete the folder Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mod/
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Does that Steam verify process find anything to fix?

If so, my guess is one or more of your mods is (incorrectly) putting or changing files in the game's folder, instead of the mod folder.  

besham said: Support directed me here for help from the developers.

Are you sure it was here? A game bug would normally be posted in the Bug Reports forum ... and yes, they'll need the affected save game file there.  

Betnicjac said: View attachment 936946 No anti-virus popups, attempted to verify files, I am now attempting to reinstall and see what happens but this is quite annoying. I have even attempted to manually install the launcher, nothing appears to be working.

Are you on Windows 11? if so, is it a clean installation of it, not an update from Win10? If so, that's starting to look... Read more

As you can see here, it's being worked on:

Paradox games not working on Steam Deck after Launcher Update

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This is likely the current launcher bug. If you can update to MacsOS 12 or later, please do so - that should fix this.  

Sounds like a launcher issue, most likely you can start the game from stellaris.app run directly from Finder?

Please delete the ~/Library/Application Support/Paradox Interactive/ folder. To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and paste in ~/Library/Application Support/ . Then run the game from the PLAY Button in Steam, to reinstall the launcher.

If that does not get the launcher running, we will need these files from that same folder:

Attach ALL .log files Found here ~/Library/Application Support/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/  

Kinguin are not an authorised reseller of ours, so we got none of your money - that's why they are so cheap.

Most likely you've been scammed and they sold you a bad key. Seek a refund from them, and buy from the Steam store, or check with our authorised resellers:

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Darkness Man said: Shouldn't the game from a developer be supported by the same developer's launcher?

The game development teams have made their individual decisions on that matter. I can't comment further really.

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I really don't know. If this is not an Ironman save, it may be the save file can be edited to remove the need or mention of that DLC; you might try the good folks over in User Mods, who are more used to having to do that kind of stuff!  

Actually you only have one launcher, but it can run in two different modes.

When run from a desktop shortcut or Paradox Launcher.exe it is in standalone mode, which is intended for users who don't want to use Steam. It needs a separate installation when run that way, which is why it does not see your Steam installation of the game. Furthermore Stellaris is no longer supported on that platform, so recent patches and DLCs cannot be used in it. You must run the game from the Steam Library PLAY button now.


When run from Steam it is in Steam-compatible mode. Your problem with the changing checksum is nothing whatsoever to do with the launcher; either you are using mods, have edited game files, or have a corrupted game installation. For the latter two cases 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 ... Read more