An error occured

[Boobs]

I just bought the game. If I press "play" in the launcher I got this error message. It says:
"The game appears to have crashed or terminated unexpectedly (exit code 3221225781). The issue may be solved by verifying the integrity of your game files and deactivating any mods. If you are using Windows, you may also need to install Visual C++ Redistributable and .NET Framework"

I don't have any mods. I checked the integrity, everything is fine. I don't know about these 2 programs, how can I check if it is about them or not? I don't want to break anything in my system because of it. I run HoI on Windows 8. I don't have this issue with any other game, for example, EU 4 launcher works fine. If I try starting HoI straight without the launcher nothing happens. Could anyone please tell me how to solve this issue?

[Aluvard]

Reinstall launcher:
Go to Add or Remove Programs and uninstall “Paradox Launcher v2”
exit the Steam app entirely
Delete the following files or folders, if they still exist:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Paradox Interactive\launcher-v2
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive\launcherpath (should be gone)
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive\launcher-v2 (should only contain logs)
When you click "play" game will install launcher again.
If it's still doesn't work
Enter <where ever you installed Steam>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist
and try to reinstall visual c++; it's most likely missing .dll file.
you can download vcredist installer here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

[Boobs]

Originally posted by Aluvard:

Reinstall launcher:
Go to Add or Remove Programs and uninstall “Paradox Launcher v2”
exit the Steam app entirely
Delete the following files or folders, if they still exist:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Paradox Interactive\launcher-v2
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive\launcherpath (should be gone)
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive\launcher-v2 (should only contain logs)
When you click "play" game will install launcher again.
If it's still doesn't work
Enter <where ever you installed Steam>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist
and try to reinstall visual c++; it's most likely missing .dll file.
you can download vcredist installer here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Thanks
So I removed the launcher as you said, then re-installed it. When I pressed "play" there was this red warning triangle sign and no message
I downloaded and installed the latest version of visual c++, but the same error message popped out again
Maybe I should delete the game itself and re-install it?
Or there are other solutions?

[Aluvard]

Launcher > game settings > change renderer to Directx9, change resolution to borderless fullscreen. Check if you can run the game.
If still sth doesn't work - return to _CommonRedist folder and reinstall version from 2010.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685

[pilotwsu]

I just solve it the lang is Korean

https://m.blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=vkxld133&logNo=221700369688&proxyReferer=https:%2F%2Fm.keep.naver.com%2F

go to the above blog and follow the instruction

[pilotwsu]

The main reason is, you probably copy a single .dll into windows system32 folder to solve some game problem in the past.

[Boobs]

Originally posted by Aluvard:

Launcher > game settings > change renderer to Directx9, change resolution to borderless fullscreen. Check if you can run the game.
If still sth doesn't work - return to _CommonRedist folder and reinstall version from 2010.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685

Thank you for the support
Directx9 and the fullscreen didn't help
I re-installed the version, but then EU4 launcher stopped working and if I open HoI4 launcher it became frozen. So I returned everything so that at least EU4 could work
The error message says about .NET Framework. I installed the 4.6 version which is the latest available for my Windows 8.
I believe the issue could be with my system, but I don't know what else I could do to fix it

[Boobs]

Originally posted by pilotwsu:

The main reason is, you probably copy a single .dll into windows system32 folder to solve some game problem in the past.

Thanks, although I don't know Korean and if I could do it with a translator
I'm sure I have never copied any .dll into system 32, at least not manually (maybe something installed it automatically)

[Aluvard]

I would try to reinstall via all installers here: Enter <where ever you installed Steam>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist
While you are in this folder go up 1 level and try to reinstall directx or check for win updates and GPU updates (second would probably update directx).
I know what I forgot to link to you (framework) - sorry.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49982