Victoria 3 keeps crashing at random intervals (2 weeks - years)

[cfredbest]

Integrity​

I have verified my game files (on Steam)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

Victoria 3 keeps crashing at random intervals (2 weeks - years)

Description​

I have recently upgraded my PC to newer hardware and have since gotten an issue where the game keeps crashing after a couple of months. It also seems like at higher speed (5) the game feels like it crashes faster.

I have over 30 crashes over multiple days. I have tried lowering all graphical settings to the minimum and it still crashes. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the game and it still crashes, even when passing the file integrity check. I have even changed my motherboard due to potential bios issues found with the last one online.

The game is currently unplayable on my end, as i have to relaunch the game every couple of minutes and cannot do ironman saves either.

Steps to reproduce​

1. Launch the game on steam.
2. Resume game, or play and load manually a game from the main menu
3. Un-pause the game
4. Increase the speed, or not.
5. Game crashes to desktop and asks to submit error log.

Game Version​

1.6.2

OS​

Windows

Additional​

Bug Type​

Crash to Desktop

Save Game​

View attachment autosave_exit.v3View attachment DxDiag.txt

Attachments​

View attachment autosave_exit.v3View attachment DxDiag.txtView attachment victoria3_20240531_152731.zipView attachment victoria3_20240531_154728.zip

Player Pain​

10

 

[Notme1]

Intel 12 - 14 are very unstable when it comes to Vicky https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...3th-14th-generation-intel-processors.1591821/

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

Moving to Tech Support (likely the Intel stability issue).

 

[AndrewT]

System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: Z790 AORUS ELITE AX
BIOS: FJa (type: UEFI)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K (32 CPUs), ~3.2GHz

You very likely have the CPU/bios hardware issue discussed here:

Victoria 3 | 12th/13th/14th Generation Intel Processors

Hello all! An update, 12th and 13th Generation Intel Processors are related to a Crash to Desktop (CTD) happening frequently, this is related to architecture changes by Intel and specifically E-cores. We are working with Intel to address these...

forum.paradoxplaza.com

FIRST please check for an updated bios. Then please implement the “Intel Default” option in it, if present.

If that's not there or doesn't help, please go through the above post in detail.

Hopefully those steps will help you as they have others. Good luck!