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Was that game log taken just after a failure to load that save? Because it doesn't seem to get that far!

Artorios Rex said: and a few months ago it stopped loading (I guess after an update??)

The most recent patch for this game was over a year ago now. So something else has triggered this, it seems.

As far as the save goes, your only hope would be that the redoubtable ... Read more

Is there a Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/screenshots/ folder at all?

Is that folder local or on OneDrive?

Does f12 work for a Steam screenshot?  

There is no way for you, or we here, to fix a game bug, which this pretty clearly is. Please make a new thread in Bug Reports and attach that save there for QA to look into next week.

Sorry for that problem!  

Mogensthegreat said: I'm having the exact same issue as OP here, down to the fact that CK3 worked fine on this machine a few months ago but now does not.

First please opt out of 1.8.1 in the Steam betas tab for this game, then the current patch 1.9.0.4 will apply.

Does that help? If not, Right click on ck3.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit. Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode, Vsync off, cap refresh rate at 60.
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Generalizor said: As far as I know there is no way to stop the game from syncing indefinitely?

Not so far as I know, no. If you were so inclined you could put this to Gamepass/Xbox support, as that process is entirely theirs!  

I can't explain how you could have played using Toxoids with 3.4.5 before, but that's clearly not the case now!

You could check with the good folks in User Mods on how to remove the requirement for that DLC from the save game file.  

Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-CK3
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/CK3 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add CK3.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 make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again.


Good luck!  

Jiajinlong Kang said: having a 20 FPS when opening a tab is far away from satisfatory

I understand te fps drops in that and other circumstances. What I'm trying to establish is if there are other performance symptoms! So when you open a tab, is that notably slow to happen, quit aside from the fps at that time?

Not that I have any idea of what is causing this on your hardware, which of course ought to be fast!  

Karbuziran said: The Game launches directly into the Main-Game without any Launcher to allow de-/activating DLCs

That is the same on all OSs and platforms. This game was released before we had our launcher. You can disable them in your Steam Client though.

You don't need to do anything to activate them though.  

Toxoids need the patch it was released with, 3.5  

Does it matter who is host? In general the slowest machine/internet connection ought to be host, so the other players have no trouble keeping up with it.

If that doesn't help, probably best to pst the MP logs in the Bug Reports forum here.

Sorry for that problem!  

Right click on ck3.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit.
Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode, Vsync off, cap refresh rate at 60.

If it still happens then, please attach here an affected save game file, that's never had any mods used in it - I'll see if it happens here too.  

What if you flag that folder as Read Only before you go back online again?  

It overwrites your newer save with the older ones synced down?

If so I can't think of another way around this, I have to say! The MS/Gamepass infrastructure is particularly opaque , we have no visibility into it.

I guess if you made a new Windows user and logged in as that, the problem would just transfer over, is that right?  

Just to be clear: you have satisfactory performance in other respects, but would like to see higher fps numbers? That's your goal here?

Does this extend to CK3, Stellaris, HOI4 and CK2 also? Or just EU4?

And, has this always happened since you've had this game/these games? Or it/they were okay up to some point?  

Only if you have previous autosaves or manual saves, I'm afraid!  

Well, my first thought is that 60 fps is just fine for a non-action game like this!

Or do you see other symptoms of worse performance, such as slow time passing or jerkiness in the maps?

And have you checked CPU and GPU temperatures in the game?  

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

What if you disconnect the machine from the internet then start and make a new campaign save?

Then that should be the latest.  

I don't know then. What if you make a new Windows user on this machine and log into it with that. Any better?