fails to start

[WholesomeCabbage]

essentually I cant seem to load up the game, when I try launching up, I get a blackscreen and the game crashes right away with no error code, almost like a gpu driver issue or a dx12 one. not sure how to address this. I validated the files, rolled back my gpu drivers, reinstalled the game.

[tonypa]

What kind of PC do you have (CPU/GPU/RAM/OS)?

Has it ever worked for you? I mean did it work with version 1.3.x and crashes only once you update to 1.4?

Do you have any mods?

Does it work if you exit Steam, restart the PC and try to run eu5 directly (no other program in the background, specially no third-party antivirus):
Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Europa Universalis V\binaries\eu5.exe

Do you have anything in the folder
Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis V
try to delete this folder and rerun the game

I think 1.4 uses Vulcan by default, you should be able to force dx12 by using "-dx12" in steam launch options.

[WholesomeCabbage]

it worked previously but , I havent played since 1.3, i tried -dx12 ', I have a 7600x , 32 gigs ram and a 7900 gre. I have tried launching on .exe and with admin. no mods

[MysticPrunes]

Open Steam.
Right-click Europa Universalis V.
Select Properties.
Under General, find Launch Options.

Enter:

-dx12 -graphic_preset=very_low

Also,

Go to: Documents\Paradox Interactive\
Find the Europa Universalis V folder.
Rather than deleting it, rename it to: Europa Universalis V_backup
Then launch the game. It should create a fresh configuration folder.

[WholesomeCabbage]

still no go, I loaded up hoi4 to try it out and the launcher says it cant locate documents folder, I checked and I do have a documents folder. Im a little stumped. i checekd my firewalls and antivirus and made sure it on the exlusions list

[tonypa]

Maybe some non-english characters used in your username?

[MysticPrunes]

Originally posted by WholesomeCabbage:

still no go, I loaded up hoi4 to try it out and the launcher says it cant locate documents folder, I checked and I do have a documents folder. Im a little stumped. i checekd my firewalls and antivirus and made sure it on the exlusions list

Check the documents folder properties aren't ready only and that your documents folder isn't actually going straight to OneDrive.

Do this by opening file explorer, users, find your username, find documents, right click, select properties, select location tab, press restore default. Then the location should change back to something like this

C:\Users\**YourUsername**\OneDrive\Documents

[WholesomeCabbage]

so that was the issue, I remember one drive was activated randomely, why would paradox want a documents folder in a onedrive folder? I dont use onedrive

[MysticPrunes]

Originally posted by WholesomeCabbage:

so that was the issue, I remember one drive was activated randomely, why would paradox want a documents folder in a onedrive folder? I dont use onedrive

It's more paradox wants your documents folder to be on your c: drive or locally on your pc, as in, it can't get through to your documents folder if it's gone cloud based only (as in the documents folder your seeing in file explorer is actually the one based online in your OneDrive and there's no physical local one on your harddrive). However, if you've now restored the location so it's also on your pc now aswell this is why the game should work.

I personally have my pc setup in quite a traditional way but I do use one drive to back up my important documents, but also not be removing anything from my pc! Just simply as an online backup. For me, as just a personal home user this is enough as I don't use my pc for much else other than gaming at this point. If the internet goes down then accessing important documents could be tricky if they're all on one drive and your seeing a virtual image of them, so to speak.

[tonypa]

Sorry, I have no OneDrive, never used it and do not even have it in my Windows.

[WholesomeCabbage]

oh i despise cloud, and the folder itself isnt on the "cloud" at all. Its just a folder named onedrive