Victoria III - Game crash during session

[theoscreed]

Short summary of your issue
Game crash during session

Game Version
1.2.7

What OS are you playing on?
Windows

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Have you tried verifying your game files?
Yes

How much "pain" is this causing you?
9

Please explain the issue you experienced in the most condensed way possible
Game frequently crash during session. Last <30min before crashing.

Please explain how to reproduce the issue
Unsure what causes the issue. Game randomly crashes even when no action is taken on my part.

Is there anything else you think could help us identify/replicate the issue?
No

I have attached a save game
Yes

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[theoscreed]

Save filed added

 

[Gnorrosch]

I have the same issue, albeit a bit worse: After ~1900, my game does crash immediately if I just open an autosave. I cannot do anything.
The only difference from the OP is that I run the game on Linux.

The error log ends with:
[XX:18:48][frontendidlerlogic.cpp:167]: Could not load save game [autosave]. Going to main menu.
[XX:18:56][pdx_persistent_reader.cpp:252]: Error: "Invalid read of province reference, no string & no number: , near line: 1" in file: "" near line: 1
[XX:19:00][jomini_script_system.cpp:263]: Script system error!
Error: scope:target trigger [ Failed context switch ]
(And then it crashes to desktop instead of returning to the main menu. The ZIP file contains both the save itself and the log files).

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

Moving the thread to Tech Support as sadly these crash issues are not reproducible for the QA team :/
In the meantime, please provide your DxDiag logs (or just your system specs in the case of Linux).

 

[theoscreed]

Thanks Sosanna. Heres the DxDiag log:

 

[Gnorrosch]

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics
16 GB RAM

 

[AndrewT]

The error log ends with:
[XX:18:48][frontendidlerlogic.cpp:167]: Could not load save game [autosave]. Going to main menu.
[XX:18:56][pdx_persistent_reader.cpp:252]: Error: "Invalid read of province reference, no string & no number: , near line: 1" in file: "" near line: 1

That indicates a corrupted or incompatible save game file. Is your crashing a general issue with any unmodded campaign you run in this game , or particular to one or a few saves?

BTW with a different OS it would have been better to start your own thread, to reduce cross-talk and confusion - thanks!

 

[AndrewT]

Save filed added

I ran that save for some game years hands-off with no problem.

Do you have access to any other computer you can try it on, to confirm it is some local issue to that machine? Thanks!