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Sep 23, 2017
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  • Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn
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  • Stellaris: Nemesis
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  • Crusader Kings III: Royal Edition
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  • Stellaris: Federations
  • Hearts of Iron IV: La Resistance
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  • Stellaris: Apocalypse
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  • Stellaris: Digital Anniversary Edition
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  • Hearts of Iron IV: Cadet
  • Stellaris: Megacorp
  • Hearts of Iron IV: Expansion Pass
  • Stellaris - Path to Destruction bundle
Description
Cant Launch from Steam, Possible Launcher bug

Game Version
No idea cant launch game or Launcher - App Id 281990 build Id 17900137 should be up to date

What version do you use?
Steam

What expansions do you have installed?
Plantoids, Humanoids, Synthetic Dawn, Utopia, Leviathans Story Pack, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Distant Stars, Ancient Relics, Lithoids, Federations, Necroids, Nemesis, Aquatics, Overlord, Toxoids, First Contact, Galactic Paragons, Astral Planes, The Machine Age, Cosmic Storms, Grand Archive

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
Havnt played quite a few months. There have been a few releases while I have been away.

When I press the Play button it cycles through the normal process, Launching - Synchronising with cloud - Cloud Status up to date.

Game turns green on the stream library Tab, as running and the Play button changes to Stop.

The game Launcher does not open, and the game then goes back to being Grey on the Tab and the Play button reappears.


Having now reviewed the Launcher, it may appear that the launcher is out of date, however I cannot uninstall, reinstall or modify the file or launcher. I have tried all 3 methods, I have deleted folders and reinstalled the game, nothing works and the game will not launch.

I have removed files from the C/Programs and Steam app data and done a fresh install but the problem with the launcher still continues.


EDIT
I decided to test Crusader kings 3 since they share the same launcher.

My game gets an instant Paradox Launcher V2 error message, so it appears to be the the launcher which is outdated and unable to be found on my computer as per the earlier 3 screenshots.

Steps to reproduce the issue.


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I have a similar problem except that it never goes back to saying 'play' and I have to exit Steam to try again.