Crashes to desktop during start-up

[Dweepz]

I have tried:
Reinstalling the game
Reinstalling vcredist
Reinstalling directx
Reinstalling .NET files
Verifying game files integrity
Deleting Crusader kings II file from documents/paradox interactive
Running as administrator
Running compatibility troubleshooter
Deleting all the flag files
Restarting pc
Turning off shields on Avast and starting the game

None work, and there are no apparent error logs in either Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II or steamapps/common/Crusader Kings II

 

[AndrewT]

Has the game ever run okay on this computer? Or never?

How far exactly does it get in startup? If it crashes at "processing flags", Please look in Documents/paradox/ck2/gfx/flags/ folder. There should be two .txt files and 3 or more .tga files there.

If there are no .tga files there, that is the problem. An antivirus app is getting in the way of the game creating those files.

Either you need to unload that AV app then run the game so it can make those files, or we have to make them separately. Sometimes users have installed the game on some other computer, let it make those files, and copy them across.


If it crashes at some different stage let me know here.