Repeated CTD [Linux]

[MathieuFB]

Dear all,

Since 1.8, I am experiencing repeated CTDs when trying to launch a new game.

The game launches and runs smoothly until it charges the map. When it enters the windows with the map, centered around Europe, it systematically crashes.

I checked the files using the tool provided by Steam, nothing to report there.
Assuming a graphic issue, I downgraded my graphic settings, but it had no effects.
No mods loaded.
I tried to remove the 'Victoria 3' folder in Paradox Games to reset the settings, no effects

I join to this thread the content of my 'crashes' folder

Hardware:
- CPU : Intel 11th Gen Core i7-11700
- GPU : AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
- RAM : 16 Go DDR4
OS: ArchLinux (rolling release, up to date)

Edi: I would like to thank the two dev on the discord who spent time to help me with this issue.

 

[bbdr]

Same experience with a very similar machine:
- CPU: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor
- GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
- RAM: 31,0 GiB of RAM DDR4
- OS: Arch Linux (same results on X11 and on Wayland)

I have attached my crash logs as well.

After testing some things I have noticed that the crash, on my end, only happens as soon as the game tries to display the paper map (zoomed out). I have noticed that I am able to start, for example, a Hegemony game as Japan, where the game starts with the camera zoomed in. I can play that way (at least for a bit, haven't tested it longer), but as soon as i zoom out to the paper map, it crashes.

 

[MathieuFB]

Update: after the fixes of the last days, I have to say that it is not, unfortunately, fixed in my case. The exact same issue is still happening

 

[Jtmel]

Same issue. I had the same issue in 1.7 as well. Weirdly I was able to play a full game with no crashes the last two days but today I can't even get to unpausing before it crashes. No mods, similar build to above.

EDIT:

I found a solution for me. The issue I was running out of VRAM as I had too little space. I used the following steps to manually set the amount of space allocated to VRAM and that seems to have instantly solved it for me.

1. In the Taskbar Search, type “Advanced System“. You will see View Advanced System Settings.Click on it.
   • Or you can navigate to it via the Control Panel (Search “Advanced Settings” in the search box and then click View advanced system settings under the System option)
2. In System Properties, click the Advanced tab
3. In the Performance section click the Settings button
4. Performance Options will open. Click Advanced tab
5. Here, under Virtual memory, select Change
6. Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives
7. Highlight your Windows system drive
8. Select Custom size
9. Change the Initial size value and the Maximum size value to a higher value (I set it to 12000)
10. Click Set
11. Finally, Click Apply/OK all the way.

 

[MathieuFB]

Thank you for sharing.

Unfortunately, I run a Linux system, so your solution will need to be adapted for my case. But it would mean it is an issue directly connected to the fact our GPU are AMD...

 

[DavidPH]

I can confirm it's not limited to AMD GPUs, as I am also experiencing the issue with an Intel GPU.
- CPU: Threadripper Pro 5955WX
- GPU: Intel Arc A770
- RAM: 440.5 GiB DDR4
- OS: Arch Linux (tested with and without Steam runtime)

 

[TinyWiking]

1. Has the game run for you all before? I'm assuming yes but figured I should ask.
2. When did it stop working? After the most recent update or has it never run at all?
3. If it was after the last update, can you rollback and see if it works?
   Right click game in Steam > Properties > Betas > select the previous version in the drop down where it says None

Bit of a disclaimer here, I know very little about Linux so what I ask may be dumb as dirt, but I'm wondering the following:
You all seem to be running Arch Linux but our game only officially supports Ubuntu 22.04 LTS meaning it has most likely never been tested on different Linux builds. Google tells me they are not the same (but I don't get the difference) so my question is this, have you tried running the game using Ubuntu instead of Arch Linux? If the game worked in the past on Arch Linux it's possible this was purely by chance and that the latest update changed something in the files that made it incompatible (if you rollback and it works this would support my hypothesis) and should this be the case I can't really say if it'll be fixed or not.

 

[DavidPH]

It has worked on previous versions, yes, and I did a rollback to double check that 1.7.7 still works. Speaking more broadly, Steam games that target Ubuntu usually work fine under Arch, including other PDS GSGs. As far as the differences between Arch Linux and Ubuntu, that should be a matter of Arch Linux having newer library and kernel versions, with the former smoothed over by Steam's included runtime. (There are other differences, of course, but they shouldn't affect the system from an application's perspective.) If it is an issue with the newer kernel, that could suggest a potential future problem for Ubuntu support, but that is couple layers of speculation deep on my part.

I do want to add, though, that I understand that Arch Linux is not officially supported, making it an accordingly low priority. So, I very much appreciate what support can be offered.

 

[TinyWiking]

Thank you for trying the older version, that would suggest that the update did indeed make some changes to the Linux version. What these changes are though I do not know ><. I'll forward this to the Victoria team and see if it's something they're aware of and may be able to fix or if this is by design now and Ubuntu is the way to go if you want to play newer versions.

 

[Rissun]

I am having the same issue on Ubuntu 24.04. Game crashes when loading the map. Reinstalling and deleting the Victoria 3 folder did not fix it.

 

[DavidPH]

I thought I had tested 1.8.4 when it first came out, but I just checked again and I am able to view the paper map without crashing, now. (I also re-checked 1.8.3 and that still crashes, so something definitely changed.)

 

[MadTux]

I have a similar story to the others, version 1.7.7 works but all of the 1.8.* that I tried (1.8.0, 1.8.4, 1.8.5 open beta, 1.8.6) crash to desktop on the country selection screen.
Interestingly, 1.8.6 on Proton appears to be working just fine.

 

[AndrewT]

I am having the same issue on Ubuntu 24.04. Game crashes when loading the map. Reinstalling and deleting the Victoria 3 folder did not fix it.

As you are the only one reporting this on a supported distro, can we ask you to lodge it in the Bug Reports forum please?

Provide there your hardware and OS details, everything in the /logs/ folder, and any crash logs you might have too. Thanks!