"CK2 is not responding" - Constantly

[soulmata]

Having a rather frustrating issue with CK2. In an ongoing game, about 7 years in, the game is constant hanging every few game days, and it will hang for 5 to 30 seconds or more, to the point where Windows wants to force close it. It's happening constantly now, and nothing I can think of is fixing it.

The machine itself is way over spec - Ryzen 1800X, 64GB RAM, GTX 1070. Windows 10, with a fresh CK2 install that has been verified. No other games are affected. Only CK2, and that's even after an uninstall and reinstall. Without fail every few game days, the entire game hangs for many seconds. If the game is paused, it does not happen, but it happens so much now that the game is functionally dead.

Any ideas?

edit: I opened the save on a different machine, and the same problem still happens. So it's absolutely not the hardware or the install. It's the game or the save.

edit: Further information: it happens exactly on the 14th of every month.

 

[soulmata]

I have all DLCs AFAIK. And now the save is apparently completely unplayable. Every few days the game hangs, sometimes for minutes.

Here's a save if anyone cares to diagnose.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ks4r9ubbpc7zg3/Ironman_Aue.ck2?dl=0

 

[AndrewT]

If this save has a huge empire, like 1/3 of the map or more, that is a known situation that causes terrible lag for this game.

It's probably not possible to rewrite the game to fix that edge case, I'm afraid.

Sorry about that!

 

[soulmata]

If this save has a huge empire, like 1/3 of the map or more, that is a known situation that causes terrible lag for this game.

It's probably not possible to rewrite the game to fix that edge case, I'm afraid.

Sorry about that!

This is a brand new game, 769 start, only 7 years in. West Francia is pretty big, but nowhere near as big in another game I have where this problem does not exist. Could you explain more, or show me a reference describing the bug? In my 2000+ hours of play, I have never had this particular problem - where every 14th, the game freezes for 30+ seconds.