Master Fixes for Stellaris

[Satoru]

Will try to correlate fixes for Stellaris in this thread so it's easier to find.

Disable Overlays

Disable overlays that might cause issues

* Discord
* MSI afterburner
* EVGA Precison
* Battlenet
* etc

Disable Your Antivirus

Anti-virus programs seem to know you are brining death upon the galaxy and are trying to prevent the game from loading.

Ensure you properly disable your anti-virus program and and it to the AV whitelist

Note that some AV programs have multiple layers to them (heuristics, malware, 0day etc) so you need to disable ALL those layers. A common issue is to disable the anti-virus component but not realize the heuristics part of the AV is the one deleting Stellaris

Apocalypse - I Want To Run The Previous Version Of The Game

If you have an older MP game or SP game you want to finish, you can load up the 1.9.1 version of the game.

1. In your Steam Library right-click on Stellaris and choose "Properties"
2. Click on "Betas" tab
3. Click the pulldown under "Select the beta you would like to opt into"

Here you should see a list of versions you can use.

If you ever want to go back to the absolute current version of the game, select "NONE" from the beta pulldown menu.

WHAT THEY DISABLED GAMEPADS! NOOOOO!

Ok not really sure who'd be playing Stellaris on a gamepad but whatever floats your boat. If you need to re-enable it you can do so via the console or via a launch parameter.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/hotfix-1-0-2-released-checksum-fc5e-not-for-problem-reports.929477/

- Game pads are now turned off by default as this caused stuttering on some configurations. Game pads can be enabled again with the -gamepad launch option or the "gamepad" console command

Verify the Integrity of the Game Cache

If you have any trouble please start with reverifying your game cache

• Go to your Steam Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Stellaris
  
• Click the "Local Files" tab
  
• Click on the "Verify Integrity of Game Cache..." button

Game Crashing At 30% - Disconnect your Controller

If you're having game crash issues, try disconnecting your controller.

Try Running Game Windowed - May Fix Stuttering

Some issues can be resolved by running the game in windowed mode. Please try this.

Run Steam and Stellaris as Administrators

Try running Steam as an administrator. This appears to address issues like loading to 30% and stalling

• Go to c:\program files\steam\
  
• Right click ->Properties on steam.exe
  
• Click the Compatibility tab
  
• Check "Run this program as an administrator

• Go to c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\stellaris
  
• Right click ->Properties on stellaris.exe
  
• Click the Compatibility tab
  
• Check "Run this program as an administrator

Re-run Redistributables

YES YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. I don't care if you 'already have DirectX installed'

Run ALL of these

• Steam\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\DXSetup.exe
  
• Steam\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\DotNet\4.0 Client Profile\dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe
  
• Steam\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\vcredist\2010\vcredist_x64.exe
  
• Steam\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\vcredist\2010\vcredist_x86.exe

REBOOT your system after installing them.

AUGH! I Changed Some Video Settings Now The Game Won't Start!

Go to

\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\settings.txt

Edit the file to change back any settings, or just delete it, so the game re-creates a clean one.

Update Your Video Card Drivers

• For AMD cards, download the AMD Catalyst Control Center, which you can find here:
  
  http://www.amd.com/en-gb/innovations/software-technologies/catalyst
  
  
• For NVidia cards, go to this page and download the appropriate drivers for your card by providing the correct information:
  
  http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
  
  If you have an NVidia GeForce card, you can also download and install the GeForce Experience to update your cards through that:
  
  http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience
  
  
• For Intel cards, go to this page and download the appropriate drivers by providing the correct information:
  
  https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx
  
  Note: Do NOT use the Intel Driver Update Utility to update your Intel video card drivers, make sure you download them directly. That tool is somewhat unreliable at identifying some older hardware.

Always make sure you reboot your machine after installing the drivers, just to be safe. Then try relaunching the game.

Laptop users should force their Nvidia/AMD cards

Use the Nvidia Control Panel or AMD CCC to force the game to use your built in GPU instead of the Intel one

This guide should help you depending on your video card:

http://www.howtogeek.com/175281/how-to-force-graphics-options-in-pc-games-with-nvidia-amd-or-intel-graphics/

Try Restarting Steam

If you don't see the game in your library, try restarting the Steam client.

Low FPS on high end systems

See if you have a very very large sector defined in your empire. If you do break it up into smaller sectors

http://steamcommunity.com/app/281990/discussions/0/357286033299699171/?tscn=1462989656

UI scaling for High DPI Screens

http://steamcommunity.com/app/281990/discussions/0/357285562492128604/

1. Goto "C:\Users\YourUsername\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris" and open the settings.txt

2. Now change the line "gui_scale" to anything you want. Got it at 1.400000 right now on a 2560x1440 resolution.

UI SCALING IS NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED. You may encounter issues using this such as text cut off or not in the correct placement as well.

Issues Finding MP games

Steam uses your Download Region in order to find games close to you. If you're having issues finding games, try to change your download region in

Steam->Settings->Downloads->Download Region

Chose a region that would likely be more populated with users like North America/Europe.

If you're trying to ifnd a friend's game in the server list, try to be on the same or close download region as them (though you should probably just invite them instead as that's more reliable)

Cannot Connect To MP - Wrong Version

Have the host/client disable the Creatures of the Void DLC

Cannot HotJoin Friends When I Invite Them

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/hotfix-1-0-2-released-checksum-fc5e-not-for-problem-reports.929477/

We are aware of an issue where join game via the steam friends menu won't work if the game is password protected. This is still an issue but you should be able to bypass it with the Direct Join button. The host can see the server ID either in the multiplayer lobby or, if the game has started, in the tooltip for the date in the top right.

Console Options to Disable Graphical Settings for Better FPS on Low End Systems

steamcommunity.com/app/281990/discussions/0/357285562495559479/

Warning: Use console commands at your own peril!

Not Getting Achievements

You must play in Ironman Mode to get achievements. This requires you to log into steam and have steam cloud enabled.

Post your system specs and details about your issue

It's important for the devs to know what your system specs are if they are to troubleshoot issue. Try to put a baseline information such as

OS:
Video Card:
CPU:

You can also go to the Steam Client and go to
Steam-Help-System Information

That window has a lot of technical stuff about your system that can help the devs identify things

Also when describing your problem be as descriptive as possible. They'll need to recreate your problem so more details is always better. Adding screenshots can also be helpful in describing visual issues.

If you have a specific bug you wish to report, you probably want to report it over on the Paradox forums

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/stellaris-bug-reports.941/

[Easy AI]

"If you're trying to find a friend's game in the server list, try to be on the same or close download region as them (though you should probably just invite them instead as that's more reliable)"

This is a really dumb thing and there isn't really an excuse for it.

[wraith676 -]

Originally posted by 800 dollar paper weight:

"If you're trying to find a friend's game in the server list, try to be on the same or close download region as them (though you should probably just invite them instead as that's more reliable)"

This is a really dumb thing and there isn't really an excuse for it.

Well there is a reason for it and its because it uses your steams download region for grouping multiplayer servers. Its also really not hard for them to invite you to the game they are in either.

[metternichatlas]

Sweetness, switching to the 1.01 fixed my stuttering issue. Thanks guys!

[Tartknocker2k]

Game won't launch period. Press "Play" from the launcher, and the icon appears in the taskbar and I can hear music, but can't switch to it. System runs plenty of games fine, windows 10 64 bit with 980TI lightning.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by Tartknocker2k:

Game won't launch period. Press "Play" from the launcher, and the icon appears in the taskbar and I can hear music, but can't switch to it. System runs plenty of games fine, windows 10 64 bit with 980TI lightning.

Try launching the game as an admin

[PingvinSalat]

what about the "requesting hot join" bug when trying to join a friends game via invite?

[просто чел]

Nice all micro laggs has gone. Tried huge galaxy map - all works smooth. Nice done.

[Mitchverr]

A "fix" for finding a friends MP game that me and a friend figured out as steam friend invite doesnt work for us

Have player A host game
Rest of players refresh to find game lobby, join if they can
Player A invites others to game
Rest of players accept
While it has "hotjoin" up, rest of players search the game list for the host player, use an easy to spot tag to make this easier (the invite seems to allow the server to be seen)
They exit the hotjoin screen and then attempt to join the players game by clicking it and putting in applicable password


This works for my group very well and seems to be our only way as of right now.

[Spiratic]

i can only see 1.0.0 no 1.0.1 restarted and still not there :/

[Spiratic]

Originally posted by Spiral:

i can only see 1.0.0 no 1.0.1 restarted and still not there :/

nevermind xD realised it automatically done it for me. Fixed the stuttering issues! thanks so much guys, such a great game!

[Dapper Dinosaur]

All day I've been unable to get past 82% on the loading screen. I've reinstalled, I've cleared the data from my \documents folder, I've run it as an admin, I've verified my drivers. Nothing helps. It worked fine yesterday, looks like 1.01 ruined it. I wonder if there's a way to revert to 1.00, which wasn't perfect, but worked.

[Spiratic]

Originally posted by al18267:

All day I've been unable to get past 82% on the loading screen. I've reinstalled, I've cleared the data from my \documents folder, I've run it as an admin, I've verified my drivers. Nothing helps. It worked fine yesterday, looks like 1.01 ruined it. I wonder if there's a way to revert to 1.00, which wasn't perfect, but worked.

you can just go into betas

[Dapper Dinosaur]

Originally posted by Spiral:

Originally posted by al18267:

All day I've been unable to get past 82% on the loading screen. I've reinstalled, I've cleared the data from my \documents folder, I've run it as an admin, I've verified my drivers. Nothing helps. It worked fine yesterday, looks like 1.01 ruined it. I wonder if there's a way to revert to 1.00, which wasn't perfect, but worked.

you can just go into betas

How would I go about doing that?

Edit: figured it out, but it didn't help. Still get to 82% and crashes.

[CrazySmizzle]

It will not update to 1.0.1 I have restarted 10 times, pls help. The tab still shows 1.0.0 and it says the game version is still 1.0.0

[Satoru]

Originally posted by al18267:

All day I've been unable to get past 82% on the loading screen. I've reinstalled, I've cleared the data from my \documents folder, I've run it as an admin, I've verified my drivers. Nothing helps. It worked fine yesterday, looks like 1.01 ruined it. I wonder if there's a way to revert to 1.00, which wasn't perfect, but worked.

Run both steam and stellaris as administrator

Also try deleting the settings.txt file in

\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\settings.txt

However if you relaly relaly want to revert back to 1.0.0 you can do so in the betas tab now. Select the 1.0.0 pulldown in the BETAS section