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I've tried everything posted online like:Compatibility mode,Changing displa,Fullscreen opt,Administrator,Antivirus and even clean reinstall like 4 times and the game still crashes and i dont know what to do. I have no mods installed and the game works (1.28) on the older launcher but i really want to play on the new patch.
Please help (ive linked crash report)
 

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In the game launcher please set Display mode to Borderless. THEN go here:
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:
Install ALL these Microsoft modules:

(run dxsetup.exe after extracting this download to its own folder anywhere on your computer)
(run dxsetup.exe after extracting from this download)

Add EU4.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.

Also if you have installed RivaTuner, RadeonPro, or a gaming VPN app called Evolve, or the MSI Gaming App, or Duet, disable it as it clashes with this game.


IF IT USED TO WORK:
Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-EU4
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/EU4 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add EU4.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 EU4 or Documents EU4 locations, before installing again.

Also if you have installed RivaTuner, RadeonPro, or a gaming VPN app called Evolve, or the MSI Gaming App, or Duet, disable it as it clashes with this game.


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/EU4/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log .
 
It works but only on versions with old launcher, when i try to switch to the newer patch game crashes, all of the methods above don't work
 

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Sorry, but I don't work overnight, only my daylight hours.


Just to be clear you are saying the current game version 1.32.x is started okay with an older launcher, but not the most recent one 2021.10.1?

What happens if you run eu4.exe directly from File Explorer?
 
You must be from a diffrent part of the world, then i am anyway im saying if i play on version 1.28 wich is the last version with the old launcher game works fine but as soon as i try to play the game on newer patches the error appears, and when im starting directly with or without steam nothing changes and i still get the error
 
Im talking about this launcher (ss from internet)
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That launcher is really old. And you are on game version 1.17 ... ?

If you have opted into any older game version in the Steam Betas tab for the game, so you get onto the current patch 1.34.x . Does the launcher update itself too then? It ought to be 2021.10.1
 
You sent me a picture of someone else's launcher?

Can we see yours please?
 
I mean i was playing on laucher that looks exactly like the one i send, just on 1.28 version, now when i want to play on the newer versions of the game i have the new launcher (the one im sending now) and when i have the new launcher the problem appears
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If you run eu4.exe directly and it fails to start, your problem is nothing to do with the launcher.

I cant show you my launche cause i would need to downgrade to 1.28 version just to screenshot it
But I don't understand this. Are you saying if you run the 1.34.x game version from the Steam PLAY button, you don't even see the launcher at all?
 
No, when i start the game launcher normally appears but when i click play i only see the title "Europa Universalis IV" and the game crashes with the error and option to send error to paradox, but when i play on 1.28 when the game had the old launcher the problem doesn't appear
 
I see. But just because that version has a different launcher does not mean the problem is caused by that different launcher! Again, If you run eu4.exe directly and it fails to start, your problem is nothing to do with the launcher.


Please Install ALL these Microsoft modules:

And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

(run dxsetup.exe after extracting this download to its own folder anywhere on your computer)
(run dxsetup.exe after extracting from this download)

THEN go here:
And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

Let me know what happens with all 7 of those installs, thanks.
 
Let me know what happened with all 7 of those installs, thanks. Any error or problem with any one of them?

And please install and run the free utility Speccy. Send its output to a text file and attach that here, thanks.