Game Crashing Every 5 Minutes

[liam56514]

My game is crashing every 5 minutes, with and without mods.

Exactly the same issue as this post.

Crash problem since 1.7.5 :: Victoria 3 General Discussions

Since the last update, Vic3 keeps crashing, roughly every 5 minutes. I have followed a lot of "guide" to fix this, such as removing vsync, changing properties on the vic3.exe, etc... I dont know if some people have similar issues and/or possible fix for this. My PC : RAM : 32gb CPU : 13th Gen...

steamcommunity.com

Same error in logs as well. Same GPU.

[23:15:15][pdx_persistent_reader.cpp:252]: Error: "Failed to read key reference: ec_allow_autobuild: ec_allow_autobuild, near line: 1
Failed to read key reference: rs_default: rs_default, near line: 1" in file: "" near line: 1

[23:14:35][systemsettings.cpp:207]: CPU Model: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
[23:14:36][contextowner.cpp:841]: GPU Name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

 

[AndrewT]

The OP of that Steam thread probably has the Intel CPU issue discussed here:

Victoria 3 | 12th/13th/14th Generation Intel Processors

Hello all! An update, 12th and 13th Generation Intel Processors are related to a Crash to Desktop (CTD) happening frequently, this is related to architecture changes by Intel and specifically E-cores. We are working with Intel to address these...

forum.paradoxplaza.com

But you have AMD so that doesn't affect you.

Does this happen in a new unmodded campaign you start now, as a test?


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. IF dxdiag.txt fails to attach here, rename it to dxdiag.log , or zip it up. Thanks.