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I have been facing a series of severe problems for the past few months. pretty much ever since "Roads to Power" released really

- Upon launching the game I go through the loading screen and let it run it's course, before I get to the main menu it crashes, it crashes the entire laptop causing a restart.
- When I play the game itself occasionally it freezes my computer, the music gets "corrupted" for a few seconds, kinda like an old *very scratched* PS2 disc effect.
- As for the loading time, I can click the "Load Game" button and it will take over a minute just to open the sub menu where I can choose a save file to load into. same goes for the "Save Game" menu etc. this gets worse and worse the longer I play in one session. the more times I save/reload.


So far my course of action was to:

Verify files > update drivers > clean removal of the game and reinstalling.

sadly I still can't fix any of the listed errors. kind of desperate to find a solution as this makes CK3 a less then pleasant experience after years of smooth sailing.
 
before I get to the main menu it crashes, it crashes the entire laptop causing a restart.

if you have Windows 11 24H2 then you'll be experiencing the same problem that AFAIK all users with that version are.





Some users found relief in various ways:


https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...r-installing-win11-24h2.1725554/post-30126081


https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-windows-11-24h2-update.1718749/post-30159638


https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-windows-11-24h2-update.1718749/post-30062333





A user has come up with another possible workaround


https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/24h2-w11-update-issue-found-no-more-crashes.1728373/


Some affected users have definitely seen that help them with this issue. Do try this first as it has a decent record of success!





Also make sure your Nvidia driver is the latest.





And if nothing else helps, switch the renderer to Vulkan in the launcher-game settings menu - performance will likely be worse but users are reporting it stops the PC freezes!