Auto Crashes on starting (doest even show an error message) [Epic]

[Beannshie_]

Ok so basically I tried everything that Paradox support recommended (clean reinstall, lowering resolution, fixing Windows files..) and nothing so far worked, but they recommended posting on forums so here we go

>Windows 11, Epic Games
I can open the launcher but when start it the game just kinda disappears and it is like nothing has happened, I tried opening it directly (Eu4.exe) but nothing

If anyone has any recommendations then I would appreciate it if u responded (thx).

Ps: the game had run okay few months ago

 

[prismaticmarcus]

I think they meant to post in Tech Support.

So let's move this post to there.

 

[grotaclas]

Does it help if you change the display mode to borderless fullscreen in the launcher like in the following screenshot?

 

[AndrewT]

Right click on eu4.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit.

Edit settings.txt to say:

refreshRate=60
fullScreen=yes
borderless=no

vsync=no

Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode.


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/Europa Universalis IV/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log , exceptions.log .

 

[Beannshie_]

Does it help if you change the display mode to borderless fullscreen in the launcher like in the following screenshot?
View attachment 1074040

nope already tried that

 

[Beannshie_]

Right click on eu4.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit.

Edit settings.txt to say:



Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode.


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/Europa Universalis IV/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log , exceptions.log .

the problem is that after paradox support recommended a clean reinstall, everything except pdx_settings disappeared or i cant find it, i verified the files on epic already and nothing wrong showed up so...
here are dxdiag and pdx settings and game data if that helps

 

[AndrewT]

What happes if you run eu4.exe directly from File Explorer? Any Windows error show then?

 

[Beannshie_]

What happes if you run eu4.exe directly from File Explorer? Any Windows error show then?

nothing happens no error message, but from recommendations of paradox support I created a new Windows user and there eu4 works, but what am I supposed to do now?

 

[AndrewT]

That means that either your original Windows user profile is corrupt or bad in some way, OR it is running some app or utility that is getting in the way.

Int it, go into the startup apps area and disable everything, then reboot. Does EU4 then work?