Ck2 crashes on start. Was running fine. Please Help!

[Lomby]

Hello. I need help, please.
I have 1500+ hs in CK2, its my favorite game, I have always run it in this PC.
The other day when I was trying to stream with Discord, the game Suddenly crashed. IDK if Discord has anything to do with it.
I had both programs open, just fine, I then changed CK2 languaje from English to Spanish and the PC suddenly restarted.
I wasn't able to start CK2 again since then. Not even the launcher.

I already Uninstalled both CK2 and Discord, Updated all my drivers, installed MS Visual C++ 2019 redistributable (x64) up to date, checked the integrity of the files in Steam, and all sugestions I could find.

This was the crash report:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ck2.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5f2a8295
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.24545
Fault Module Timestamp: 5e0eb67f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000000000003d549
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.2
Locale ID: 11274
Additional Information 1: 5e3e
Additional Information 2: 5e3e0c3cc8fb3972877c0defb7d6e739
Additional Information 3: 7564
Additional Information 4: 7564eb6ad046a40ed08772266f6cc6ca

Today I finally was able to replace the ntdll.dll library, and now when I start the game, this is the new crash report:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: CK2game.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5f2a8295
Fault Module Name: CK2game.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 5f2a8295
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000000000c2f8fe
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.2
Locale ID: 11274
Additional Information 1: 8551
Additional Information 2: 8551fcefa1010b66449fd06de1a2ee48
Additional Information 3: 54d1
Additional Information 4: 54d18f5f64ea2e09f3934c84280025c7

I don't know what else to do. I can't reinstall windows right now. I need a fix for this issue, IDK what else could be.

 

[AndrewT]

Today I finally was able to replace the ntdll.dll library

You really shouldn't have done that! From where did you get that DLL?


Anyway, Please edit the file Documents/paradox/ck2/settings.txt to say:

fullScreen=no
borderless=yes

IF that doesn't helpPlease do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-CK2
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/CK2 AND Documents/Paradox/CK2 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add ck2game.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 CK2 or Documents CK2 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 NEITHER OF THOSE HELP:
DXDIAG is a program you run from a command prompt or the Windows start menu 'run' dialog box (or 'search programs' in Windows 7 or later). 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 your Documents/Paradox/CK2/settings.txt
From your Documents/Paradox/CK2/logs/ folder, attach system.log , error.log

 

[Lomby]

Anyway, Please edit the file Documents/paradox/ck2/settings.txt to say:

OMG! that worked!!! thank you! thank you! thank you!

You really shouldn't have done that! From where did you get that DLL?

Yeah, I guess not, but I was getting really desperate.
I got it from dll files client

Again... Thank you very much. Everything is working as it was now!

 

[AndrewT]

DLLs downloaded from random sites are often infected with malware - that's what pays for the "free" sites. Never get them from anywhere except MS.

You should do a deep scan with at least 3 different antivirus apps, IMO.