Why won't my game load past the home screen? [MacOS]

[sapphysketch]

Since the update, I have not been able to load CK3. I can still open the game through steam, and through paradox, and it will show me the initial loading screen art and play music. However, when it loads to where the home screen should be, there is only a black screen with the gauntlet cursor. The music still plays, and it doesn't crash, but it shows a fully black screen. I play on Mac (latest version) with no mods, and I have done 2 full clean reinstalls to try to fix the issue, but neither worked.

Has anyone else had this problem? Thank you for your help!

 

[prismaticmarcus]

Moved to Tech Support

 

[AndrewT]

If your model of Mac only has an Intel video system, that is probably the cause of your problem. This game now only uses Vulkan as a renderer, not openGL any longer. And Vulkan does not run well or in some cases at all on Intel video Macs. FYI this game has never been supported on that hardware platform since release, so really it's a matter of luck that it ever worked!

If that is the situation, all you can do is revert to the previous game version in the Steam betas tab for the game. Or play on any other machine you have access to with supported hardware. OR if you have Apple Bootcamp installed, play in Windows there. Or, if you've just bought the game, seek a refund from that store.

Other options include using an eGPU, or a hosting service such as GeForce Now.

If however that is not the case - ie that your Mac has AMD video or is on Apple Silicon - that's a different matter; let us know here and we'll look into your case more closely.