Eu4 crashes on launch In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam EU4 or Documents EU4 locations, before installing again. The most common culprit at the moment seems to be avast. It seems it crashes at random points after a single, random action. 0 France Date/Time: 2022-03-31 Apr 12, 2024 · - add EU4. Sep 25, 2019 · My game would launch, but leave me on my desktop with just the EU4 cursor. I start steam, start the game, goes to launcher, press start, EUIV shows first load screen, then the picture of a king, but the "quote" on the bottom is missing, then crashes, or I have to restart computer. Obviously the launcher doesn't launch. Nov 10, 2023 · It always runs eu4 smoothly until the latest patch. Tried all the tips, but nothing has worked so far. Feb 13, 2021 · I have legitimately not been able to play EU4 in over a year because of this launcher issue I'm not the most tech savvy guy, but I've 100% done all the things suggested (clean reinstalls, completely removing the launcher, reinstalling it, adding the eu4. My game crashes on launch. Would you start playing EU5 at launch Jun 10, 2020 · Go to your Steam library > Manage > Browse Local Files > right-click eu4. exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list. 33. Apply the change and the game won’t crash at launch. exe and the Paradox Launcher. EU4 is crashing as soon as the game auto-updated from epicgames store to the patch 1. Crash logs say always the same thing: Application: EUIV May 2, 2020 · When launching EU4, the game keeps crashing on startup, with no error message or anything, it just crashes. . If everything works then, you can try to move your old save games to the new folder. exe > Properties > Compatibility tab > disable fullscreen optimizations. CKII does nothing. Furthermore, the Europa Universalis 4 crash at launch issue can also be resolved by running the game in borderless fullscreen instead of Fullscreen. Mar 31, 2022 · EU 4 crashes on startup loading. - add EU4. - re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done. exe to its exception list. May 2, 2020 · I am having similar problems with EUIV and CKII. I would have to alt tab into the game. Have sent the crash report automatically several times but nothing. exe to firewall exceptions, etc) and it still crashes Apr 18, 2023 · - add EU4. Always crashes on startup loading, there is no text tooltip on the loading screen, just hourglass, I can hear music, then it dies and CTDs. Any further suggestions? Jan 4, 2017 · I've tried everything you've suggested here and every time my campaign no matter if its new or old will crash either on march 18th 1524 or march 24th 1531, and the paradox forum thing wont recognize that I own eu4 so cannot access that forum and I don't know what to ♥♥♥♥♥♥' do, i also cant start the campaign after either of those dates, the game just crashes Jun 9, 2022 · Hello. Tried fullscreen, borderless, windowed, no DLC, all DLC, no change. How could I fix this? Apr 12, 2024 · - re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done. Feb 14, 2021 · This usually happens because something is preventing eu4 from writing to that file. 36. If you start eu4 afterwards and start+save a new game, it should recreate the folder. It crashes after selecting a country and trying to start a new game. Then, once it loaded into the menu, the game stayed "frozen" (not the cursor tho). Last time was building a church in Lisbon as Portugal. Also try to provide system information, because it is not a common crash, so it might be The save games should be in "Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\save games". - start the game with no mods active and test. 37 , but it was working fine 1. You can try if it helps to rename the save games folder or move it to another place. 35 and downloading the new DLC. No mods, clean install, tried clean reinstall. - start the game with no mods active and test In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam EU4 or Documents EU4 locations, before installing again. Then I set Steam, eu4. May 9, 2024 · I purchased the new DLC, ever since the game immediately crashes on launch. It could be that it is on a full cloud storage or that a ransomware protection software blocks eu4. Sep 8, 2023 · When you experience not loading on Windows 11/10 or any bug in Europa Universalis 4, it’s recommended to start by restarting the computer before attempting any other fixes. Crash logs say always the same thing: Application: EUIV Version: EU4 v1. then a blank window opens and crashes a few seconds later. I've tried reinstalling the game multiple times now. Most likely it is a ransomware protection software or the ransomware protection component of an antivirus. Jun 9, 2022 · My game crashes on launch. I'm on Windows 11. Now the game launches and I get to the loading screen before it immidiatly crashes. I used to get the "check integrity of the files", and something about visual c++ after pressing play on the launcher. exe and paradox Launcher to run as administrator. I have no mods active, and all the following DLC's are active: Mar 31, 2022 · Always crashes on startup loading, there is no text tooltip on the loading screen, just hourglass, I can hear music, then it dies and CTDs. Nov 16, 2017 · I try to start the game. Feb 13, 2021 · In the game launcher please set Display mode to Borderless. This is because restarting the computer can resolve any temporary errors caused by outdated cookies and cache or conflicts with other software on your system by simply Nov 6, 2022 · Crashing on save is most likely caused by something preventing eu4 from writing to the "Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/save games" folder. Do you have that? Try to add eu4. 2. I tryed compatibily modes, check for corrupted datas from steam and launching it directly out of the folder. Apr 18, 2023 · I can't get my game to run either after updating to 1. If you have a crash without mods, please make a bugreport about it in the official eu4 bugreports forum and attach the contents of the subfolder which the crashreporter creates in the "Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/crashes" folder. I verified game files, restarted steam/pc, and reinstalled the game altogether to no avail. qkkqq nokcd ougjc eqjh cpt grgsap xlppmf fjrxi tqkj bewqfw jhxdmk toq bapof oofi ezm