Can`t start the game at all.

[Schubert 24]

Integrity​

I have verified my game files (on Steam)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

Can`t start the game at all.

Description​

Using steam, I can`t start the game at all. This has been going on for more than a year. See screenshot attached. I have: verified the game succesfully, don`t run mods, have installed the newest visual c++ redistributable (14.42.34433.0 for x86), and .NET framework (4.81). It makes no difference. I run windows 11 and initially played the game succesfully on steam for a time

Steps to reproduce​

I don`t know what write here. See screenshot. I run it on steam, up-to-date version.

Game Version​

1.8.6 ( but really has been for a while)

OS​

Windows

Additional​

Bug Type​

Other

Save Game​

Attachments​

Player Pain​

10

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

Moving to Tech Support.

 

[AndrewT]

What happens if you run victoria3.exe directly from File Explorer? Any error show?



Right click on victoria3.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 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.


IF dxdiag.txt fails to attach here, rename it to dxdiag.log , or zip it up.





Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Victoria3/pdx_settings.json .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Victoria3/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Victoria3/crashes/ folder, attach here the latest (only!) exceptions.txt

 

[Schubert 24]

Hi, sorry for the delaeyed answer. It is working now. I did the steps and it started working, so I tried the different options to see, what was actually the problem. It turns out, the problem always appears when I check the "run program as administrator". When I don`t do that, the game works fine. Who knew! Thank you very much