Game crashes around the same date in-game, consistently.

[Eudai]

Information​

I have verifed my game files (Steam only)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

I am running the latest game update​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

Game crashes around the same date in-game, consistently.

Description​

The game enounters an error that crashes the game to desktop; around 11-19 august, 1076 in-game. Tried letting it run on a slower game speed, but no change. Not playing with mods.

Steps to reproduce​

Load save, let run. Seems to Crash around 11-19 august, 1076 in-game.

Game Version​

1.16.2.1

Platform​

Windows

Additional Information​

Affected Feature​

• Crashes

Save Game​

View attachment last_save.ck3View attachment ck3_20250522_171235.zip

Other Attachments​

View attachment last_save.ck3View attachment ck3_20250522_171235.zip

 

[pooeagle]

I have the exact same problem, game is crashing consistently year 879, march 4. I tried starting another campaign and it happened again.

 

[jeevester]

I'm having the same issue, uninstalled and re-installed twice. Playing vanilla with a Ruric start. Each game crashed around 872-873. It was a consistent date each game, but not across games.

 

[CapedHero]

I have the same issue. The game consistently crashes on a concrete date in October, and when I reload the auto-save from a year before, the game crashes consistently in August. It does not matter what I do in-game, and reinstalling and verifying via Steam did not help.

 

[Nethil7]

I just created account to bump this - I have the same problem since today. I think there was some patch on steam so it might broke something. In my case the game crashes on 27 February.

Please fix it fast, can't play my save on Ironman.

 

[Montelbon]

Same issue. I was hoping to test out the new difficulty settings but I can't even play the game

 

[Lord Swearingen]

For me it's October 20, 869, basically as soon as the game starts. Catastrophic bug. The game is 100% completely broken.

 

[divyanthj]

Hey I had this crash too and according to ChatGPT after I posted the logs as well as the save games, it's supposedly something to do with schemes targeting entities that are not longer there. In my case it was "sway" , "learn_language" and "steal_artifact" schemes pointing to a null target.

It's so frustrating and such a stupid bug for the devs to have overlooked!

 

[Radu094]

Same. Game crashes on same day, regardless how many times I reload, or how far back I go with my saves.
Crash Report then says "Failed up upload crash report"

 

[arghximaxpirate]

Same issue, have been able to get past the first crash date by reloading an old save only to have it crash 1 in-game month later.

 

[pooeagle]

I have the exact same problem, game is crashing consistently year 879, march 4. I tried starting another campaign and it happened again.

I tried using Process Lasso to keep the game from running on my e-cores, and it still crashes on the same date, so I'm guessing this isn't like other crashes caused by intel chips.

 

[benhonda]

Same as above but for me the whole pc freeze ,only with this game , tested other games worked fine. This is so bad

 

[27danjel]

Still no fix for this? I'm in the same situation, the game just crashes a few days after the latest save. I created it in this same version and it's Ironman so I'd prefer not to have to use an older version for it.

 

[hbomb3000]

Same thing happening to me but 1156. No matter how far I revert the save I crash the same day and year like June 1156. I turned off auto save even, thinking his was the problem and reverted back almost a decade and no matter what, even without saving, June 1156 the game crashes.

 

[Fading]

Same problem crash almost same date even disabled all mods, that didnt help

 

[divyanthj]

This is super frustrating! Apparently schemes are broken; the crash is caused by schemes that pop up between different characters and the ones that have target as null or something is crashing! I tried it after deleting Khans of Steppe DLC and it still happens. Can't play as a landless adventurer; so frustrating!

 

[BunnyP00pCereaL]

I've also been crashing consistently every time after winning a tournament. Every time. Making my ironman unplayable :'(

 

[40708:RussianGamer05]

Happens to me as well and I was really enjoying my run too, I hope they fix this soon

 

[pooeagle]

GIven this thread, and other similar ones, as well as the fact that this bug makes the game unplayable, It would be cool to hear that this bug is recognized and being investigated, especially because similar threads from the past have gone unanswered and for those of us who are experiencing this, the game is worthless at the moment.

 

[Nethil7]

I rolled back the update on steam to version 1.16.2 and the game progressed normally, no crash whatsoever - I advise you to do the same until Paradox fixes this bug (Properties > Betas > Beta Participation set to 1.16.2).
So it's definitely game side.