Clicking/keyboard action during loading = CTD

[Milanosie]

When I start the game, there's a 10 second black screen period before the loading screen of the game starts.
Afterwards, the loading screen appears as expected.

However, from the moment that I click the "Start" button in the launcher, until the loading has passed and the main menu appears (roughly a minute?), the game crashes if I do ANYTHING at all. This includes:

• changing my volume through my keyboard
• clicking my mouse
• tapping a keyboard-key

This is not game-breaking, but quite annoying. If my sound is too loud late at night, I have to wait until loading is complete before I can lower the volume. If I accidently tap a key, I have to restart the game and start loading again from the start, etc.


Until about a year ago, EU4 caused the same issue for me (engine problem?), but that was magically fixed at a certain time (can't recall the date/patch sadly).

I play on Windows 10, although EU4 had this on Windows 8