See title. The problem has started occuring before 1.35 and persisted through the EU4 update and the Windows update from 1903 to 22H2 (yes, skipping several versions). Clean reinstall didn't help, neither did an NVIDIA driver update. Same thing happens with any total conversion mod that changes the menu look, having mods disabled/enabled/installed/uninstalled doesn't seem to have any effect. The issue does not prevent me from alt-tabbing to another window during the loading, or from playing the game after it uncorks itself. It just adds up to several minutes between pressing play and actually playing. I'm on Steam with all essential DLCs enabled.
Don't ask me how it happened it if you're addicted to birding, I have no idea myself.
EDIT: solved - EU4 on launch is conflicting with the Outline VPN client, if the VPN service is running.
TAKEAWAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO FIND THIS THREAD: if EU4 hangs, open the resource manager {Performance tab of the task manager), find EU4 in processes while it is hanging and right click to "Analyze wait chain". There may be some clues to why it hangs.
Don't ask me how it happened it if you're addicted to birding, I have no idea myself.
EDIT: solved - EU4 on launch is conflicting with the Outline VPN client, if the VPN service is running.
TAKEAWAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO FIND THIS THREAD: if EU4 hangs, open the resource manager {Performance tab of the task manager), find EU4 in processes while it is hanging and right click to "Analyze wait chain". There may be some clues to why it hangs.
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