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Well, again, Steam MP and Nakama MP servers will use different IPs to each other.

The bottom of this page has links to the Steam IPs:

Steam Support :: Required Ports for Steam

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You don't need to. Just instal it from Steam and the latest update will be there automatically.  

Please go here:

Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++ Redistributable packages. support.microsoft.com And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

IF that doesn't help, Has the game ever run OK on this computer? Or never?

IF NEVER:
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Has this always been the case since you've had the game? Or it was okay up to some point?

Is it right from the start of a new campaign? Or only after playing for a period, or only in mid or late game play?



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

Is that any better?  

As the launcher runs, they are certainly there! You looked in both locations?

This should be an updated version of the launcher installer
https://launcher.paradoxinteractive.com/v2/paradox-launcher-installer-linux but that won't solve the problem that is preventing the launcher from updating itself.  

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, refresh rate 60.


If those don't help:
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/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log , exceptions.log  

VardamirFR said: Hi, I have the same problem with the DLC Lions of the North and the Scandinavian Unit Pack. In game I have all missions and trees, but I don't have any units skins. Only vanilla skin troops. I tried to install the game twice, repare and verify steam. Nothing work. Can you help please ?

Thanks a lot,

What launcher version are you now on? It ought to be 2023.2 now.  

In future please make your own fresh thread, thanks.

I see no issue in that dxdiag.
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


Does the game run from stellaris.exe okay?  

2023.2 came out last night, I don't suppose that helped?  

Has this always been the case since you've had the game? Or it was okay up to some point?

Is it right from the start of a new campaign? Or only after playing for a period, or only in mid or late game play?

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, refresh rate 60.


IF that doesn't help, 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/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/logs/ folder, attach here syst... Read more

That looks like the launcher is stuck on 2022.9 , is that the version you see? It ought to be 2023.2 now.

There are also standard launcher logs in

• $XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/logs/ (if $XDG_DATA_HOME is set)
• ~/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/logs/ (if $XDG_DATA_HOME is not set)

Thanks.  

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

Then it is not the current VPN issue I think.

In this folder are some .log files:
C:/users/{userName}/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.  

You haven't set ck3.exe to run as Admin also, have you? If so, undo that.

Otherwise, this may be a launcher issue that is currently being worked on.  

I have just recently seen reports here of this only happening when a VPN is in use, in fact! No real idea why.

What launcher version shows ? Current is 2023.1.1 .  

FYI neither our games nor launcher are supported on Fedora; Ubuntu only. Which may or may not be the cause of your problem.

Right click the game you're having issues with in your Steam library and add this in the "Launch Options" window:

--pdxlDebug

Start the launcher and the debug log will be automatically generated and located in one of the below locations

• $XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/logs/ (if $XDG_DATA_HOME is set)
• ~/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/logs/ (if $XDG_DATA_HOME is not set)

Attach those launcher logs here.


Do the game's launch from their executables okay? ./ck3 in the case of this game.  

The developers of this game have decided to no longer support the game on the standalone Paradox Launcher, so no new patches or DLCs are available there.

You'll need to play it from your Steam library from now on.

Sorry about that!  

I don't see any reason for this problem in those files.

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, refresh rate 60.

If still a problem, also select Vulkan in that menu.

Do they make any difference?  

Looks like you never even see our launcher, is that right? Note that the only distro the game and launcher are supported on is Ubuntu, they are not tested on Pop_os

Right click the game you're having issues with in your Steam library and add this in the "Launch Options" window:

--pdxlDebug


2. Start the launcher and the debug log will be automatically generated

• $XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/logs/ (if $XDG_DATA_HOME is set)
• ~/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/logs/ (if $XDG_DATA_HOME is not set)

Attach them here please.


What if you start the game's executable from a command line in a terminal session? Does it run that way?  

Assuming there are no mods involved, it pretty much has to ba a game bug. Please make a new thread in Bug Reports, and attach that save there for QA to look into.

Sorry for that problem!