Victoria 3 causing major system stutters

[radioactivitii]

Victoria 3 will occasionally cause all CPU cores to spike to 100% usage, causing the system to freeze. This can range from a second or so to 30+ seconds. This doesn't seem to be associated with anything like game saves, and happens at random.

Things I have tried:
- Setting FPS caps (both in-game and in the Nvidia Control Panel)
- Playing at a lower in-game speed

Neither worked, the system stutter will still happen periodically.

Spoiler: Image of Task Manager showing how it affects the CPU:

System specs:
- Ryzen 7800X3D (default settings)
- 32GB RAM (manufacturer XMP profile applied)
- 4070 Ti Super (default settings)
- Game is on an NVME SSD (same drive as Windows, too)

(the storage devices and GPU were used in my previous PC and didn't have any issues, so I doubt it's them)

Other people have had this similar issue and posted here, so I'll include the log files they had requested of them:
- dxdiag log
- pdx_settings file
- Error/system.log files

Not sure what this could possibly so, so any help would be great!

 

[Skitzo Sam]

I think this is linked to the pc shutdown issue as this happens too

 

[AndrewT]

Victoria 3 will occasionally cause all CPU cores to spike to 100% usage, causing the system to freeze. This can range from a second or so to 30+ seconds. This doesn't seem to be associated with anything like game saves, and happens at random.

Things I have tried:
- Setting FPS caps (both in-game and in the Nvidia Control Panel)
- Playing at a lower in-game speed

Neither worked, the system stutter will still happen periodically.

Spoiler: Image of Task Manager showing how it affects the CPU:

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System specs:
- Ryzen 7800X3D (default settings)
- 32GB RAM (manufacturer XMP profile applied)
- 4070 Ti Super (default settings)
- Game is on an NVME SSD (same drive as Windows, too)

(the storage devices and GPU were used in my previous PC and didn't have any issues, so I doubt it's them)

Other people have had this similar issue and posted here, so I'll include the log files they had requested of them:
- dxdiag log
- pdx_settings file
- Error/system.log files

Not sure what this could possibly so, so any help would be great!

Has this always happened for you with this game? or it used to be okay?

Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 26100)

I see you are on Windows 11 24H2, which is a severely broken Windows update that has caused problems across the whole gaming - indeed computer - industry.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/game-crashing-after-windows-11-24h2-update.1718749/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-freezes-after-installing-win11-24h2.1725554/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ws-11-24h2-with-exit-code-3221225620.1712339/

That said, I'm not sure it can be blamed for this particular issue with this game (it is certainly causing a hanging issue with CK3, though). Do make sure you apply all Windows updates as they come out, hopefully MS will be addressing that problem once and for all soon!

 

[jmcgrath93]

I am having the same issue, I think. I have submitted a separate bug report. Only having this issue with Vic 3, not with any other Paradox games, TW games, Red Dead 2, Manor Lords etc.

 

[AndrewT]

I am having the same issue, I think. I have submitted a separate bug report. Only having this issue with Vic 3, not with any other Paradox games, TW games, Red Dead 2, Manor Lords etc.

Usually best to start your own thread with full details. But if you provide the info you see above in this thread, we can see if we can help.

 

[jmcgrath93]

Usually best to start your own thread with full details. But if you provide the info you see above in this thread, we can see if we can help.

Hi, I started my own thread but I put it as in Bug Report - might be in the wrong forum.