Paradox is the absolute worst gaming publisher

[Vovin]

This game is garbage, and suffers from the same BS as every other Paradox title: they break the game over time as they keep adding more and more worthless DLC while it just compounds problems with basic functionality.

I haven't played EU4 in five years. I thought I would pay the subscription and try it out again. Guess what? The game refuses to work property with using two monitors (one for the game, one for unrelated things). It will only work if I basically allow it to work in 4k 120FPS, which I don't want to because it is a completely unnecessary waste of resources and harsh on my PC. Fullscreen won't work because if you choose anything other than native settings, the game screen won't refresh.

Seriously, what a complete and utter joke this is. I'm glad that I stopped buying Paradox DLC years ago.

[Marquoz]

Ok bye.

[Marquoz]

Originally posted by Vovin:

Originally posted by Marquoz:

I will. I've played for more than 6100 hours. It's the best value per dollar of any entertainment experience I've ever had, and it has run like a dream on four or five different PC rigs over that time frame with 0.0 technical issues.

I don't care how many hours you've sunk into this pile of ♥♥♥♥. It's so broken that it even breaks the Steam app when it runs. The Steam app actually gives me pop ups saying that it has experienced a critical failure and needs to reboot when I try to play this game, which is something that I have never seen before.

It's broken for you. The vast majority of players run EU4 fine. Instead of screaming in rage, maybe you should post your system specs on the official boards, describe your problem, and ask for help.

[Vovin]

Originally posted by Marquoz:

Originally posted by Vovin:

I don't care how many hours you've sunk into this pile of ♥♥♥♥. It's so broken that it even breaks the Steam app when it runs. The Steam app actually gives me pop ups saying that it has experienced a critical failure and needs to reboot when I try to play this game, which is something that I have never seen before.

It's broken for you. The vast majority of players run EU4 fine. Instead of screaming in rage, maybe you should post your system specs on the official boards, describe your problem, and ask for help.

Maybe instead of talking out of your ass, you should actually read my post where I described the actual problem. And I'm pretty sure my 3080 can handle this old ass game, it's not a system failure on my end.

In case you have reading difficulties, let me spell it out for you again: EU4 doesn't allow you to run it in a different resolution and FPS than your second monitor.

[the chemist]

Have you tried looking through the forums for similar issues so you can find a solution?

[Marquoz]

Originally posted by Vovin:

Originally posted by Marquoz:

It's broken for you. The vast majority of players run EU4 fine. Instead of screaming in rage, maybe you should post your system specs on the official boards, describe your problem, and ask for help.

Maybe instead of talking out of your ass, you should actually read my post where I described the actual problem. And I'm pretty sure my 3080 can handle this old ass game, it's not a system failure on my end.

Yes, actually, it is. PC gaming is notorious because the nearly infinite combinations of hardware and software lead to software failures that are specific to that device. I've had zero problems with four or five rigs. Tens of thousands of regular players also have no issues.

You have an issue. Post the specifics of the issue and of your system on the official boards and ask for help. If you rage instead of taking the necessary steps to fix your problem that's on you.

Or the TLDR version: OK bye.

[Vovin]

Originally posted by the chemist:

Have you tried looking through the forums for similar issues so you can find a solution?

Yes I have, as a matter of fact. That's exactly what I do every time I troubleshoot technical issues, and as a programmer, I do it often. Didn't see anything close to what my issue was.

[the chemist]

If the forums didn't have anything similar to what you have maybe try looking at the version of eu4 you have running.

[Vovin]

Originally posted by the chemist:

If the forums didn't have anything similar to what you have maybe try looking at the version of eu4 you have running.

The version of EU4 that I have running is the newest version.

[vdarkcharlie]

Excellent back and forth discussion. I really enjoyed reading it.

[the chemist]

Originally posted by Vovin:

Originally posted by the chemist:

If the forums didn't have anything similar to what you have maybe try looking at the version of eu4 you have running.

The version of EU4 that I have running is the newest version.

Type into the search for discussions, "Monitor" or "Resolution" multiple people have this issue aswell. They may have the solution to your problem.

[Marquoz]

Originally posted by Vovin:

You're a punk

I'm a punk who runs EU4 with no issues. I'm fine with that.

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

Use borderless fullscreen like a normal person. I've been running two monitors for years and never had a single issue. Certainly never had Steam throw critical errors at me. Unless you're experiencing the classic issue of "Windows 11 is trash", it sounds like the serious issues with functionality stem from your setup.

[Vovin]

Originally posted by Totally Innocent Chatbot:

Use borderless fullscreen like a normal person. I've been running two monitors for years and never had a single issue. Certainly never had Steam throw critical errors at me. Unless you're experiencing the classic issue of "Windows 11 is trash", it sounds like the serious issues with functionality stem from your setup.

You must have missed where I wrote the reason why I do not want to use borderless fullscreen: I do not want to use my native resolution and FPS for the game. Borderless uses this by default. That's the entire problem here.

What's even worse is that neither borderless or bordered appears to lock my mouse on the game monitor, so it is impossible to functionally scroll with the mouse when it will just move to the second monitor instead of staying in game.

PS: My PC is running Windows 10, so no, this has nothing to do with Windows 11 either.

[Vovin]

Originally posted by the chemist:

Originally posted by Vovin:

The version of EU4 that I have running is the newest version.

Type into the search for discussions, "Monitor" or "Resolution" multiple people have this issue aswell. They may have the solution to your problem.

Ok, and again, none of these results have anything to do with my issue. Again, the problem is that EU4 doesn't like you running it in a different resolution/FPS than your native settings, which are active on your second monitor. Again, this is critical to understand that I have two monitors because this wouldn't be an issue if I was just playing it on a single monitor, but I don't have 6100 hours of my life to waste playing this game hence why I multitask.

And before anybody tries to tell me that you can't play games at a different resolution than your second monitor: I do in fact do this all the time.

[Black_Rat]

#babyrage