Launcher slow at loading / does not launch game

[jgpollard]

Hello! Every time I try to play Stellaris the launcher has issues. Usually the thing will take between 2-3 minutes to load up. Once it has it will take a further 30 seconds to load up any mods I have installed and will also sometimes not show the "Playsets" that I have set up.

Other times it will not launch the game when play is selected and a reset of the launcher is required before it can be played

Pretty much anytime I want to boot up Stellaris I have to battle with the launcher, including 1 or 2 resets of it before I can even get the game loaded up. I have tried reinstalling the launcher and it is up-to-date. I have also tried it with a fresh install of Stellaris with no mods and have the same issue.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks!

 

[AndrewT]

What launcher version do you see? Current is 2021.9

How many mods are you subscribed to? It can struggle if there are a lot.

 

[jgpollard]

Hello! Thank you for the response!

I have the 2021.9 version. I did have 90 mods on. So I think it was just stressed with that. (didn't realise it was that many, mostly little ones but they soon add up!)

I have noticed when I took them off to play a default game with the new species pack (yay!) that I still had issues with the launcher loading up and just not progressing when I hit the play button. So I have to restart it. I've tried this a few times and had the same issue now.

 

[AndrewT]

Just to be clear - you've unsubscribed from some mods, disabled all the rest in th elauncher, but the launcher still won't start?

Please try the following:

- delete the folder Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mod/
- delete the file Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mods_registry.json (if present)
- delete the file Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/launcher-v2.sqlite (if present)

Is that any better?