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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​

Out of Sync Living Characters

Description​

After a maximum of 10 days, we receive a sync error message with the content ‘Out of Sync - Living Characters’.
The error log shows that there is only a mismatch for the living characters.

We have already tried the following:
- Swapping the host
- Changing the speed when joining (From 3 to 1)
- Sometimes the following mismatches were also present: Factions, AI

Steps to reproduce​

1. Load the save game
2. Open for Multiplayer
3. Random person joins
4. Start the game regardless of speed
5. OUT OF SYNC

Game Version​

1.15.0

Platform​

Windows

Additional Information​

Affected Feature​

  • Crashes
  • Gameplay
  • Multiplayer

Save Game​

View attachment kev_paddy_oos.ck3

Other Attachments​

View attachment cd362111ab9aa07d_14.zip

 
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It's been very tiresome to get these kind of problems. First we have to deal with the eternally long save loading times for MP, and now there are desync issues that I haven't seen being acknowledged.
 
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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​

Out of Sync Living Characters

Description​

After a maximum of 10 days, we receive a sync error message with the content ‘Out of Sync - Living Characters’.
The error log shows that there is only a mismatch for the living characters.

We have already tried the following:
- Swapping the host
- Changing the speed when joining (From 3 to 1)
- Sometimes the following mismatches were also present: Factions, AI

Steps to reproduce​

1. Load the save game
2. Open for Multiplayer
3. Random person joins
4. Start the game regardless of speed
5. OUT OF SYNC

Game Version​

1.15.0

Platform​

Windows

Additional Information​

Affected Feature​

  • Crashes
  • Gameplay
  • Multiplayer

Save Game​

View attachment 1272681

Other Attachments​

View attachment 1272682
I am also experiencing the same issue, I hope it gets fixed soon!
 
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I'm getting the same error too, it's very frustrating taking 15 minutes to load the game (with both computers in the same network, and more than enough specs to load it fast) just to desync 7 times in a row. I'ts very tiring not being able to play more than a few hours because after it's desyncs nonstop
 
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Same problem here, for a few days now already. On the third new game now, runs decent for ~100 years (crash every 60 minutes or so) until it becomes fully unplayable.
 
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Exact same issue for me, play for like 40 years and then boom. Living character desync that is unavoidable. Has happened on multiple saves and no fix works. Paradox needs to address this.
 
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Same, we've only played a couple of years on our save. And it keeps desyncing after playing for a minute or two. Completely unplayable in multiplayer right now.
 
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Why can't Paradox address this? What is the issue? It's ALL THE TIME. I love this game, I love playing it with friends, I do not love the constant OOS losses every single game.
 
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I have been playing on Xbox with my friend. At first, we thought our mods were causing the issue, but even after switching to vanilla, the same living character error kept happening. We spent around 20 hours trying to deal with this problem.

Despite all this time, the bug still hasn't been fixed and tomorrow, PARADOX is launching the Steppe DLC. Honestly, this feels like pure customer milking without delivering proper support. It's been a month since the bug report, and there’s still no official guidance or comment about it.

I hope Paradox cares more about customer support than about creating paid downloadable content.

Sincerely,
 
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It's been nearly 2 months since this has been happening. I've gone through 4 multiplayer saves that we get roughly 40 to 50 years into and then bam it's over forever. Somehow, all saves from the file get corrupted with this error too, which makes no sense. It's really made playing this game no fun which is a shame given this year's releases look extremely fun.

If the error starts in August of 9 10, rolling back to an autosave in January or July of the same or previous years face the same issue. How this happens makes no sense to me other than being an issue with a patch or update that completely ruins all saves, even though rolling back to previous versions doesn't help either.

If this isn't a priority to fix before the Asia expansion, I'll be shocked. These paradox games are perfect (and popular) for multiplayer, it baffles me why they don't prioritize its stability in any of their games.
 
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