Stellaris no longer works, hangs at initial loading screen???

[SirPolygonXYZ]

Once I push play from the launcher the game opens to the first loading screen and just hangs, no progress in the progress bar, but BG music plays.

I have no mods installed
I have re-installed 3 times now
I have installed the latest x64 and x86 as well as Direct X
I have installed both latest Nvidia and AMD drivers
Restarted everything multiple times.
tried running everything as Admin
no VPN
no Firewall
running in borderless window

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SirPolygonXYZ]

So after trying everything I could find in other threads and support, it turns out my issue was it needs to be in fullscreen?

Why is this?

 

[AndrewT]

Looks like you have a problem with your nVidia driver or card:

Fault bucket LKD_0x141_Tdr:6_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys_Ampere_UserOC, type 0
Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

Please:

- uninstall it and all other nVidia software
- reboot
- install March 2022 https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
- reboot again

Good luck!