Ever since the 3.9 update I can't play Stellaris. it just crashes immediately every time I try to open it and play

[xXUnsanctionedXx]

it just crashes immediately every time I try to open it and play

[Chthonic Guardian]

Try going into Playset and disable all Mods.

[5DV]

same here, just crashes.

[PDX_ladydzra]

Game updates can make the game and the launcher a little wonky, unfortunately. There are several things you can try to fix this issue, try each of these steps in order, and attempt to load the game after each one:
1. Disable all mods
2. Verify Local Files (Steam) - Right Click Stellaris, Right Click Properties, Go to Local Files and click ""Verify Integrity of Game Files""
3. In the launcher, go to Settings, and change your Video Settings to Borderless Fullscreen or Windowed mode
4. (In Windows) Go to Settings, Add/Remove Programs, and Uninstall Paradox Launcher v2. After relaunching the game, let the launcher download updates, and restart the game again.

If none of these things work, go to support.paradoxplaza.com and open a ticket. Customer Support will be able to help you sort things out!

[𝒞𝒶𝓉𝓎𝒶♡]

Originally posted by xXUnsanctionedXx:

it just crashes immediately every time I try to open it and play

I had issues, but after disabled my few mods (one Portrait mod for leaders) and more Events mod, no issues at all and game runs normally.

Will take a bit of time before most mods are updated (by the mods authors) to the current update, so until then disable them. Or wait it out until playing, your choice. it is what it is and to be expected since changes and changed systems, like the whole Habitat, so for sure affects a lot of mods. Paradox is not responsible for the mods, mod makers update their own mods to be compatible with the current version. So go politely remind them about it in their workshop page. ^^

Friend said Guilli's planet modifiers etc also causes crashes, would assume a lot of things will that afffect things that were again changed in the actual game code.

Should not be anything new unless a really new player. Should expect this every 3-4 months with every new update that gives new official in game changes in the update, no biggie.

And yeah, there was a Paradox launcher update also, so make sure to do that too.

Will have to play full Vanilla (with all DLC) for now, but hey - at least personally used to it most of my Stellaris playing time. ^^

Will get my few mods back up and using again once they have been updated.

[HappySack]

Verify file integrity is the first thing you should always do.

[Chthonic Guardian]

Originally posted by HappySack:

Verify file integrity is the first thing you should always do.

I would say disable all mods is first, but you say potato and I say tomato.

[red line cheese {zach}]

win i get in to the game it wont allow me to press play load exit game and all other stuff

[crimson.dolarhyde]

Stellaris v3.9.1 crashes on the loading screen after reaching 100%. The music stutters a bit before the game crashes and the error reporting window pops up, almost as if the game is having trouble with the main menu screen or "new update" message. I reproduced this several times after going through all the routine troubleshooting steps:

1. Disable all mods and DLC
2. Unsub from all mods
3. Make sure Windows and GPU drivers are up to date (Windows 10, Nvidia GTX 1080)
4. Verify files in Steam
5. Delete Stellaris folder from Documents
6. Delete and reinstall Paradox launcher
7. Run the game as administrator
8. Disable full screen optimizations
9. Run the game in Windowed mode
10. Uninstall and reinstall the entire game
11. Launch directly from the executable

I'm sure it works for plenty of people, but it doesn't for me and from what it looks like on various forums, a lot of other people as well. After rolling back to v3.8.4, the game launches and plays without issue, both unmodded and modded. This is frustrating though because I'll probably have to roll back a bunch of mods via github, if they're available.

[bchrac]

I play 3.6.1 , maybe roll back

[Faraday]

yeah same, and all fixes dont work, i know cause i tried every thing

[crimson.dolarhyde]

Update: I'm able to get into 3.9.1 after uninstalling again, AND manually deleting the entire Stellaris game folder AND switching the install location to a different drive. Kind of a lot to go through.

[Faraday]

Originally posted by crimson.dolarhyde:

Stellaris v3.9.1 crashes on the loading screen after reaching 100%. The music stutters a bit before the game crashes and the error reporting window pops up, almost as if the game is having trouble with the main menu screen or "new update" message. I reproduced this several times after going through all the routine troubleshooting steps:

1. Disable all mods and DLC
2. Unsub from all mods
3. Make sure Windows and GPU drivers are up to date (Windows 10, Nvidia GTX 1080)
4. Verify files in Steam
5. Delete Stellaris folder from Documents
6. Delete and reinstall Paradox launcher
7. Run the game as administrator
8. Disable full screen optimizations
9. Run the game in Windowed mode
10. Uninstall and reinstall the entire game
11. Launch directly from the executable

I'm sure it works for plenty of people, but it doesn't for me and from what it looks like on various forums, a lot of other people as well. After rolling back to v3.8.4, the game launches and plays without issue, both unmodded and modded. This is frustrating though because I'll probably have to roll back a bunch of mods via github, if they're available.

yeah i also did all that, does not help me to

[The_Anon]

For me it was the "Mod Menu" mod that caused it. If you have it then disabling it is probably a good first stop.

[dseric76]

Has Stellaris implemented an update this week? There appear to be minor changes to the game layout and functionality. Since these changes, Stellaris crashes while im in the early phase of the game. anyone else having the same issue? I play on a MAC

[BlameOrochi]

im on steamdeck the game just crashes for me now after i launch it through the launcher a bug crash report automatically pops up