CTD Under odd circumstances

[pisbull]

Hey all! I'm writing on behalf of a friend. He is playing Victoria 3 and experimenting CTD when reaching an specific date. Sometimes by going to the spectator mode, trying to stay very still and not launching any diplo move may delay the CTD but it happens anyway.


Steps that attempted a fix
- Check files integrity on Steam
- Desuscribe from all the mods (He plays Vanilla but he tried it anyway)
- Flush the cache folder `Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 3`
- Reinstall the game after deleting completely any remaining files from `Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 3`
- Raise virtual memory to 32GB
- Update drivers

Game version 1.7.6 (All DLCs included to the date)

PC specs

CPU Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz
System Memory: 16335
OS: Windows 10 x86_64
GPU Name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GPU Dedicated Memory: 5954

I attached the error.log file. If there is any extra piece of info I can provide let me know.

 

[AndrewT]

Firstly, their CPU is somewhat below the minimum requirement for this game

UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-3240 vs i5-3470

Whether that is contributing to their problem I'm not sure though.

The best test would be if you or anyone else tried one of their problem save files on a computer with supported hardware. It you get the same problem, it is probably a game bug and that save should be posted in a new thread in Bug Reports here.

 

[pisbull]

Hey sorry for the lateness. In order to add some more context. He has around 1k hours on this game, so if it is a hardware issue like you say it is hard to tell.

In any case I asked him share with me his savefile and tried it myself. I can share my own PC specs too but I think are mine are slightly better.

The result was the same. It took a couple of more days to crash but it did anyway.

What would be your recommendation to post it as a Bug Thread? Are there any documentation or information we should share?

 

[AndrewT]

When you make a new thread in Bug Reports, you are given a form to fill out that should ensure you provide all relevant info. As a minimum the affected save file and any crash logs you find.