Game crash new game

[Gysendorf]

I play Stellaris without any mod and I have all DLC. Game is on automatic update so it is on the newst patch. I have the actual NVidia card driver running. Stopped playing in may and come back yesterday. I can start old games, I can join multiplayer games, BUT I cannot start a new game! it crashes on the loading bar round about 95% (Preparing game) to the desktop. I found no crash or dump report in my documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\crashes or ...\dumps folder. In the log folder the log files are from May. Tried out to delete the \Paradox Interactive\Stellaris folder but than I cannot even start the game.
So I have no clue whats going wrong.

 

[Gysendorf]

Found a solution, installed the game new. Now I can start a new game but cannot start multiplayer games because of different build version (aa79) funny isnt it. So solution is for me deinstall of this game and play something others before I go into rage mode about a shitty game.

 

[AndrewT]

Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere, and user_empire_designs.txt from /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/ if you have made any custom empires or races.
- "uninstall" in Steam-Stellaris
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add stellaris.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again.