Frequent CTD, especially at high speed.

[0m4ll3y]

Short summary of your issue
Frequent CTD within <5 mins of gameplay on speed 5. Occurs at lower speeds as well, but less frequently.

Game Version
Has happened on both 1.1 and 1.2 versions

What OS are you playing on?
Windows 11

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Have you tried verifying your game files?
Yes

How much "pain" is this causing you?
10/10

Please explain the issue you experienced in the most condensed way possible
Game randomly CTD. I have been unable to discern any pattern beyond it occurring more frequently at higher speeds. The game runs smoothly and without issue besides the sudden crashes.

Please explain how to reproduce the issue
Unsure.

Is there anything else you think could help us identify/replicate the issue?

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700 @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz
Ram: 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Windows 11 Home

I have re-installed Windows, I have re-installed and verified the game about a dozen times, including all Paradox folders in Steamapps, in MyDocuments and in the program apps folders. I have turned off fullscreen optimisations in the Victoria3.exe and I have capped framerate to 60 and turned vsync off.

I am able to run EU4 at full speed for an entire game without a crash. I've also never had issues with Hearts of Iron 3 or 4, or Crusader Kings 2 or Stellaris.

I have attached a save game
No

Upload Attachment
error.log, system.log and pdx_settings.json.

 

[AndrewT]

This may be another case of the issue I've just transferred some threads to Bug Reports about.

Has this always happened since you've had this game? Or it was okay up to some point?

DXDIAG is a program you run from the Windows search box on the task bar. After running it will open a window and start collecting info with a progress bar in the lower-left corner. When it completes click the 'save all information' button and save it to a file then attach that file here.

 

[0m4ll3y]

I didn't play the game immediately on release, but yes, this has been a consistent problem. Was definitely an issue on all versions of 1.1.X

I've attached the DXDIAG results.

 

[AndrewT]

We don't see any crashes in this game in that dxdiag. Perhaps this is a local issue after all.

There are some possible Windows issues in there though, so please run these two Windows repair tools:

.NET

Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool is available - Microsoft Support

Describes the .NET Framework Repair Tool and how to obtain it.

support.microsoft.com

SCANNOW:

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files - Microsoft Support

Describes how to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files in Windows.

support.microsoft.com

If they don't help, please send in a new dxdiag from just after one of these crashes, thanks.

 

[0m4ll3y]

System file checker returned a results of all files validated correctly. I also ran the .NET framework repair tool, but not sure if it did anything.

I've re-attached the DXDIAG results from immediately after a game crash.

Appreciate all your support on this.

 

[AndrewT]

Still nothing in there relating to your problem, unfortunately.

Unload GeForce Experience before starting the game, if it's running.

And if you have any overclocking enabled, undo that.


If those don't help, we don't really have any clues as to what is causing this to you. Please install and run the free utility Speccy. Send its output to a text file and attach that here, thanks.