[SOLVED] Crusader Kings Crash on loading/ processing flags

[General_FC]

SO I found A LOT of discussions on this topic.
I read through all and NONE worked.
Here is what I did to fix my issue:

* Step 1 *
- Navigate to error.log:
= C:\Users\<your user>\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\logs
- Check the eror logged within
= "...Could not find file /gfx/flags/flagfiles_0.tga ..."

* Step 2 *
- Navigate to local folder of crusader Kings 2
= C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Crusader Kings II\gfx\flags

* Step 3 *
- Check file names of files located within this folder
= See that file name are "d_palestine.tga"; "d_vestlandet" etc.

* Step 4 *
- Rename all flagfiles to "flagfiles_X.tga"
= Replace "X" with incrementing numbers from 0
= I did this with an auto renamer app
= You can do this with a batch script or manually
= There are 2.7k files to rename

* Step 5 *
- Once all files are renamed run game again
= Game boots into main menu
= Game also runs fine now

P.S
- I F@&#ing love programming knowledge
- I will try to post this on paradox forums as well

 

[richvh]

Do that in the steam folder and all your renamed flag files will go bye-bye next time Steam updates CK2.

Do any and all changes in a mod folder. (I assume your problem stemmed from one mod or another, as vanilla CK2 does not try to find flagfiles_X.tga)

(P.S.: Register your game so you can access the user modifications subforum.)

 

[General_FC]

I have no mods installed as such I assume it stems from the aniversary gift -_.._- nut the game is working now so all's fine

 

[DreadLindwyrm]

...you might as well have told Steam to verify the file integrity, and it'd have 99.9% likely have solved it in one relatively simple operation.

 

[General_FC]

I deleted the gfx/flags/ folder, verified integrity of game files. Steam re-downloaded the files with the old names i.e. not "flagfiles_X.tga"
Which is why I resorted to renaming them myself.

 

[richvh]

Why was CK2 looking for flagfiles_X.tga if you didn't have any mods? It looks for <title tag>.tga for flag files. (example: k_england.tga for the flag of the Kingdom of England.) You've done something screwy that you aren't telling us.

 

[General_FC]

Well I don't know what to tell you, I installed the game via Steam, without any further action after the installation, booted it up. Then it proceeded to load up until "Processing Flags" then crashed.

I tried booting it up again, same thing.
I checked the steam community forums for solutions, I found:
* Delete /gfx/flags folder (Did that, didn't change a thing)
* Re-install direct X and VC Redist. (Did that same error)
* Run the game in computability mode (Ran it first in XP SP3 mode nothing changed and then in Win7 mode, nothing noth times again with admin rights, same error)
* Re-install the game (I wanted to play it that same night with some friends so I didn't do that)
* Update graphics drivers (I started downloading my drives)
* While the drivers were downloading I ran it a few more times while it kept crashing, so I figured I'd check the error.log, ig it even had one.
Which it had under the C:\Users\Myuser\Praradox.... folders and within that file it gave an "File Not Found" error indicating it was looking for flagfiles_X.tga.
* So only then did I proceed to do the batch renaming thing.

Please tell me where the "screwy" thing is that I did.

Since I have no way of further proving this is what I did, you're just gonna have to believe this is all the steps I took.
Believe me or don't because this is what I did and nothing more.

 

[richvh]

If you have indeed done nothing screwy, then register your game and post in Tech Support sub-forum. There's something screwy with your system.

If you don't know how to register the game, click on "link your account to Steam" at the top of the forum main page.

 

[DreadLindwyrm]

Whilst it *does* look for flagfiles_0.tga and so on, they're not in the steam apps folder.
They should be in \Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\gfx\flags

And there are 3 of them

 

[richvh]

That would be the flag cache. He says he deleted gfx/flags, but I think he must have deleted steam/steamapps/common/crusader kings ii/gfx/flags rather than documents/paradox interactive/crusader kings ii/gfx/flags