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Integrity​

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Summary​

crash after starting game

Description​

game always crashes when i start a new save file or load a existing save file (from coldfix), this only happened after 1.9.6 pushed through, wasnt happening with .5 or the opt in beta

Steps to reproduce​

1. Start Vic 3 2. Press New Game 3. Press Start Game

Game Version​

1.9.6

OS​

Windows

Additional​

Bug Type​

Crash to Desktop

Save Game​



Attachments​

View attachment victoria3_20250712_204242.rar

Player Pain​

10

 
You may be running low on available memory. Please expand your Windows paging file maximum size to 32gb
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/openpag...increasing-paging-file-size-windows-computers
AND exit every other app you can before starting the game.

AND

I see you have Windows 11 24H2; this can be the cause of this problem, it is a severely broken Windows update that has caused problems across the whole gaming - indeed computer - industry.

A user has come up with another possible workaround
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...s-the-problem-with-computer-freezing.1774335/
Definitely worth a shot - let me know if that does help you! Note that to test it you don't actually need to use Processor Lasoo, just Affinity in Task Manager (for testing purposes anyway).


And finally, in the game settings menu switch the renderer to Vulkan.

Let us know if any of those help!