The main menu and the Pause Menu goes like 5 fps

[ThiccNathan]

Integrity​

I have verified my game files (on Steam)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

The main menu and the Pause Menu goes like 5 fps

Description​

Basically, I tried to play the game, but in the main menu it ran at like 3 FPS. I tried switching to Vulkan and capping the game at 30 FPS, but nothing worked. Then I thought, maybe it's just the main menu, and apparently, I was right. The game ran fine on the map. But when I pressed ESC... BOOM, back to 3 FPS again. I honestly don't know if it's a problem with my PC or the game itself. Please help, I really want to play the DLC!
UPDATE: It seems like if I let it play like for 5 minutes goes well on the main, but in game it freezes all the time xddddd

Steps to reproduce​

Open the game, then it goes 3 fps and after 5 minutes goes well, then go into a game, press ESC and again 3 fps and freeze out

Game Version​

1.9.1

OS​

Windows

Additional​

Bug Type​

Performance Issue

Save Game​

Attachments​

Player Pain​

7

 

[GAGA Extrem]

Hello!

Please pack & attach your logfile folder (usually found at: Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 3\logs) so we can check if there any specific issues.

Please also attach a DX Diag file for your machine so we can check if this might be hardware or driver related.

 

[ThiccNathan]

Hello!

Please pack & attach your logfile folder (usually found at: Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 3\logs) so we can check if there any specific issues.

Please also attach a DX Diag file for your machine so we can check if this might be hardware or driver related.

I think is this?

 

[GAGA Extrem]

I see you have mods enabled, particularly something with the name of "kates_power_bloc_rule" is spamming errors.

Please disable all mods, make sure that no local mods are used and then check if the issue persists.

 

[ThiccNathan]

I tried using the unofficial patch mod to see if it might work, but nope. I deactivated it and the same thing happens. I also rolled back to version 1.9.0, but it still freezes. I don’t know what to do anymore, I also added the logs folder again to see if the problem shows up without the mods.

 

[GAGA Extrem]

The errors are still present.
Seems to be this mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387651487

I suggest to do a complete reinstall.
Remove V3 from your hard drive, remove the user folder (make a backup somewhere to preserve your saves & settings) and then re-install the game via steam.

 

[ThiccNathan]

I deleted all the mods I had, and I also deleted all the Victoria 3 folders (both the one in Documents and the one in the Steam directory). I reinstalled the game, but it's still freezing. I'll try reinstalling the latest Windows update to see if that might be the problem, but I'm not sure. Also there you have the new log

 

[GAGA Extrem]

Mod related errors are indeed gone.

Since the issue remains I will move your thread to tech support to see if they can assist you further.

 

[ThiccNathan]

Ok, I hope they can find a Solution

 

[ThiccNathan]

Okay, here’s a new experiment I did: If I leave both menus, like the main menu and the pause menu open for about 3 or 4 minutes, the freezing seems to go away and they start working fine. But when I try to close and reopen the pause menu, I have to wait another 5 minutes again. So, it seems like it might be a menu problem? Also, in-game, some things have a delay, for example, in the tech tree, if I press something, it takes about a second to respond.

 

[ThiccNathan]

I FIXED IT: Basically I returned to windows 11 23H2 and now goes well, it seems to work 100%

 

[AndrewT]

I FIXED IT: Basically I returned to windows 11 23H2 and now goes well, it seems to work 100%

Yep, from your description your issue was almost certainly the well-known Windows 11 24H2 issue. All the best!