CK2 crashing at 2nd 'Loading Databases' since Holy Fury patch

[Jonocat25]

Hello,

Since the patch released with Holy Fury, I have been unable to load the game. The game will load to the second instance of 'Loading Databases' stay there for a minute, and then CTD with no error message or anything else every single time. Can play on pre-Holy Fury patches just fine.

I tried a fresh install, and that did nothing.

I have Avast! as my anti-virus, and have gone and made exceptions for ck2game.exe and the Crusader Kings II file in Documents. This has changed nothing.

Please help. The older versions are nice but I want to play Holy Fury.

 

[AndrewT]

I tried a fresh install, and that did nothing.

Like this?

- 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/whitelist of your antivirus app
- 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.


If that doesn't 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 .

 

[RuMark]

Hi, I have a Mac and I have uninstalleded the game, deleted all the folders as instructed above. Re-installed the game and ran it without any mods. It worked perfectly. Then I added the A Game of Thrones stuff and it crashes again after the second "Loading Databases". Please help.

 

[AndrewT]

In future please start your own thread rather than hijacking someone else’s on a different problem. Thanks.


For your problem, 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.

- 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.


**File Locations on Mac OS X**

The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/

On OS X 10.8.x and later, Apple have hidden the /Users/USER/Library/ folder. To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .

The user files (settings.txt, error logs, saved games, gfx, mods) are in /Users/USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/ .