"Launching the game failed" error, tried many fixes

[Jkzombie]

Been working on this one all day. I have tried all of the common fixes i could find online to no avail. Fresh install, update drivers, reinstall Visual C++, antivirus shenanigans, running as admin. Was working fine last night up until 8am this morning, went to bed for 3 hours and woke back up to the error. Attached are things that will hopefully help. Cheers.

Edit: Windows Game Pass
I have noticed my launcher is version 2020.8.SE. I think I saw a post saying it should be 2020.11? Not sure how to get the updated launcher if that is the issue

 

[LordLuck]

I've been getting the same issue, uninstalled, installed, disabled all mods, tried both 1.02 and 1.03 with no luck

 

[AndrewT]

Unfortunately you were to quick in dxdiag, can you post another one made after waiting for it to finish loading please?

I have noticed my launcher is version 2020.8.SE. I think I saw a post saying it should be 2020.11? Not sure how to get the updated launcher if that is the issue

2020.11 is for the Steam or Paradox client edition of the game. The MS store edition has the launcher version you see, as it's standalone (SE) rather than using the common launcher installation.

 

[LordLuck]

Update: after reviewing the forums, I've found that I had the cloud save issue like a lot of people have, I have since moved all of my saves from steam/userdata/#/#/remote/savegames to the ck3 docs folder and it's worked a treat, try it and see if it works....

 

[Jkzombie]

Unfortunately you were to quick in dxdiag, can you post another one made after waiting for it to finish loading please?


2020.11 is for the Steam or Paradox client edition of the game. The MS store edition has the launcher version you see, as it's standalone (SE) rather than using the common launcher installation.

Sure thing, sorry about that. Is this one good? Made sure the bar completed.

Update: after reviewing the forums, I've found that I had the cloud save issue like a lot of people have, I have since moved all of my saves from steam/userdata/#/#/remote/savegames to the ck3 docs folder and it's worked a treat, try it and see if it works....

Not sure if that will help, i don't have it on steam unfortunately but ill try and fiddle around with something similar.

 

[AndrewT]

I've never found where MS store their cloud saves. But I think the local locations described here are common to both editions:

CK III - Ironman Game Progress Not Saving

Short summary of your issue Ironman Game Progress Not Saving Game Version 1.0.2 What OS are you playing on? Windows What platform are you using? Windows Store Do you have mods enabled? No Have you tried verifying your game files...

forum.paradoxplaza.com

 

[Jkzombie]

So far 0 luck with that coarse of action. I'm just going to start messing with game files until i either break it more or fix it