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What MacOS version are you on? If it's older than say 12 that may be the problem here.  

jfreif said: There are multiple threads on the Bug Report forum detailing this exact problem. When can we expect a fix? I'm sure I'm not the only to be disappointed in shelling out for new DLC only to not be able to play?

I'm not involved in the QA or dev teams, I am sorry - just an external contractor. Hopefully there'll be an update or patch soon!  

We are seeing crashes on Macs since the recent patch. Sorry about that!

Please make a new thread in Bug Reports, and attach there a save file that shows this problem.  

Did you mean to post this in the Bug Reports forum, perhaps?  

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 - 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.
- 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.

Unload GeForce Experience if running.

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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.

Good luck1  

From your description this can really only be a game bug I'm afraid, so we can't fix it here for you.

Make a new thread in Bug Reports and attach the problem save there. Then put it aside and try it again as you see new patches come down.

Sorry for that problem!  

Please try this:

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

Delete the following folders if still present:

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

- exit the Steam app entirely
- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user
- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam
OR
- exit the Epic app entirely
- run EpicGamesLauncher.exe as the Windows Admin user
- run the game from the Epic client

IF that doesn't help, in this folder are some .log files:
C:/users/{userName}/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.
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This is a current bug I'm afraid - it's not yet clear whether it is with the game, DLC or Steam. Affected users tell us that running a Steam Verify operation will fix it for the next time you play the game, but needs to be done again after each play session.

Valve and Paradox will be working on this again Friday their time.

Sorry about that!  

Lots of mod errors in there. Does this happen in a galaxy that's never had any mods used in it?  

Unluckily, your PC freeze must have happened while the game was writing out a save file. So it will be incomplete and unusable, I'm afraid.

If this is not an Ironman game, just revert to the previous autosave. If Ironman though, I'm afraid that galaxy is far far away lost! Sorry about that.  

jericho_beach said: I've been digging around and I can't seem to find the instructions to rollback the Launcher on its own.

That's because there are none.

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jericho_beach said: Are there launcher updates that are independent from game updates

Absolutely, they are separate apps with a different dev team. As the same launcher is used for multiple games, it would make no sense to have it's development tied to one particular game.

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Over 90% of Steam players use them, so I don't think they can be that bad!

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Ah, that's a different matter - the launcher no longer works on Win 7 I'm afraid. If you were at all thinking of going to Win10 or 11, now would be a good time!

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Newest Paradox Launcher version 2023.14 does not work on Linux

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Vorpaliminal said: Two days ago I encountered this problem after closing out Stellaris. When I went to launch it via the desktop shortcut it wouldn't respond, I tried it again and it flashed a small window from Steam indicating it would start, but then nothing happened. I went to my Steam app directly and used the Play button, whereupon it would start up but after about 5 seconds appear to abort the program. I have restarted my PC, tried validating the game's files, uninstalled and reinstalled the game, deleted all traces of the Paradox launcher and reinstalled it, and nothing is permanently working....

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I'm not ready to update my Ubuntu yet (the process looks really complicated) so I can't test 23. Probably best to make a bug report in that forum at this point!  

Almost certainly the issue is the old MacOS version you are using. The new launcher version uses a new version of Electron which, for instance, no longer works on WIndows 7 - I suspect the same has happened with MacOS!

Any chance you can update to 12.x or later?  

There is no "Paradox version" I'm afraid; as I said This game is not supported on the standalone Paradox launcher at all.

You can only play the version you have from Steam.