AndrewT

I'm afraid not, no - the bug report is still live.  

Did you attach a save because it only happens in that campaign? Or it also happens in any new one you might start?

Either way has it always happened since you've had the game?


Please attach your Documents/Paradox/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox/CK3/logs/ folder, attach system.log , error.log

Also in Steam please click on Steam-Help-System Info, and paste everything there into a text file and attach that here.  

Your friend has a pre-order edition of the game which is where that DLC comes from, it is a pre-order bonus only. Royal Edition comes with a lot of stuff, but only pre-order bonuses if bought before release date.

Potentially you and your friend could set up Steam Family Sharing so you can load with that DLC enabled, borrowed from his library. I can't think of another way around this, I'm sorry!  

That will almost certainly be due to running on an unsupported video system.

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/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox/CK3/logs/ folder, attach system.log , error.log  

Not sure why that would be, the game itself did not change at that point.

Can you uninstall the game, check for updates via the Windows Store app (particularly to the Xbox app and the Gaming Service), then run the Xbox app and see if it loads then?  

The launcher has certainly had its issues, but I have never seen or heard of that "insert the disk" problem before.

Let's skip that step and do a clean install with new launcher files.

- exit the Steam app entirely

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.

Download the installer package for Windows: https://forumcontent.paradoxplaza.com/emailsignatures/2020.14-win-prod.zip
Unpack the file you just download... Read more

I thought I remembered a problem like this years ago but I can't find it now.

Is this only when you make a new race by editing? If you pick an alternative race at game start does that work okay for you?

When editing a race are you clicking on Based on Government or Custom for the voice? Does clicking on the voice options on the right change voices okay?  

This thread is old, the current launcher version is 2020.14 . Probably best to start a new thread with problem details and history, thanks.  

STORMgalaxy said: I don't know why these methods sometimes work and completely stop working, but I have ruled out that it is not a mod issue but rather an issue with the game.

I can see this might be the game or the launcher, which are separate apps with different development teams. Do you have a feel for which of those might be the issue?

Essentially launcher 2020.14 came out ~2 weeks ago, game patch 2.8 a week ago - which of those did the onset of the problem coincide with, do you know?  

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 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... Read more

What i mean is, is the game image cut off on the right side? Even a few missing pixels could cause this I think.  

You are welcome to add your voice to the others reporting this to the launcher developers here:

New launcher version : 2020.14

Launcher time again - This time the release is 2020.14 and it's a bit of a maintenance release as we are hammering away at some design... Read more

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 mods are now available to you.

I hope that does it for you!  

In the Documents/paradox/stellaris folder, please delete the folders shadercache and cache, and let the game rebuild them. Does that help?

If not you can test moving the user_empire_designs.txt file out of there too.  

Could it be the right edge fo the game is slightly off the monitor? Is anything cut off over there?  

How long did you leave it? I have a couple of other reports that when more than a small number of mods are enabled this game can take a long time to load now.  

I've now seen another report of modest numbers of mods taking a long time to load with this game now. Whether this is a game or a launcher issue I'm not sure but I'd incline to the launcher.  

TheMoe said: Outside of that, I'm back to square one.

Actually your launcher is up to date now, on 2020.14 , so that update error is bogus. I think you can ignore it from here on.  

Well, the game has not changed since you posted so unless this is a Windows or nVidia update ... ? Anyway, I hope it stays that way!  

tallgun said: I have windows defender turned off, I use malwarebyte premium, however I have added the launcher to the exception list to that as well

So paradox launcher.exe and steam.exe and ck3.exe ?