Victoria 2 crashing on Startup

[��Not_AI��]

I just bought and downloaded victoria 2 but whenever I click play from the game launcher it never launches victoria 2. I have tried every fix I can find but no luck.

[Lembley42]

What happens if you start it directly?

Go to your gamefolder and start v2game.exe.

[��Not_AI��]

Had already tried several times but, nothing happens.

[Admod, the Equivocal]

Does the first video play and after it's down the game plays the beginning music for a while and then exits without you seeing anything?

[��Not_AI��]

Once I press play(in the mod/game launcher) the game stops running almost immediately

[Raspoutine]

Originally posted by Admod, the Capricorn:

Does the first video play and after it's down the game plays the beginning music for a while and then exits without you seeing anything?

I'm having this identical problem

[Varainger]

Originally posted by ��Not_AI��:

Once I press play(in the mod/game launcher) the game stops running almost immediately

You get no error message whatsoever ?
Be sure you installed the required visual c++ 2005 and 2010 and directx 9.0c first of all.

Then reboot your computer. Seriously.

If still not working, if you got Evolve or Discord or some other VPN runnnig, quit it.

Alternatively submit a support request ticket here:
https://support.paradoxplaza.com/hc/en-us

[Raspoutine]

No error message, after the intro the game will immediately display my desktop and stop responding... Often the mouse cursor will be replaced by the spinning clock cursor you see in the loading screen, but none of the game interface\loading screen. Have tried leaving in this state for 10+ minutes and nothing changed. I have no issues running other paradox games such as EU4, CK2, and HOI4. Have run Victoria 2 previously on Windows 10 (although on a different computer)

I've tried reinstalling graphics drivers, verifying local cache, clearing map/cache folder, and multiple reinstalls, both old and new beta, and multiple computer reboots. Also ran the exe. from victoria files instead of the steam link. I'm totally perplexed as to what the problem might be.

[��Not_AI��]

I was told to do this by support ticket, it didn't work for me but hopefully it will for you:


Right-click on this game in your Steam Library. Select Properties, Local Files, Browse Local Files.

Rename the Movies folder there to anything else, to stop the intro videos from playing.

From that folder run dotnetfx.exe and vcredist_x86.exe

Go down into the DX folder and run dxsetup.exe

THEN delete these two folders (assuming default installation locations):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria II\map\cache
and
C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria II\map
(if present)

If you still have a problem after all that, try running the Windows Compatibility troubleshooter against victoria2.exe and v2game.exe

[Varainger]

Originally posted by ��Not_AI��:

I was told to do this by support ticket, it didn't work for me..

Somthing i forgot or rather i wanted to check the very basics first,
but it's a recent issue (on Win10 as it seems) and fix:

(Please try this, it worked for others)

To do on victoria2.exe and v2game.
Not sure if required on victoria2.exe (the launcher), but probably better to try as well.

Right click these, -> Properties,
select the "Compatibility" tab and check "Disable fullscreen optimisations".

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PS:
The fix with deleting the map/cache folders only works if you start the game from v2game.exe directly afterwards, instead of Steam, for once. Do not have Steam
running at all during that.

I hope you told tech support that your mentioned fixes didn#t work for you.

[��Not_AI��]

yep I did, the fullscreen optimisations didn't work either.

[��Not_AI��]

I'm now going to endlessly wonder what was causing the game to crash.

[Raspoutine]

Originally posted by Varainger:

Originally posted by ��Not_AI��:

I was told to do this by support ticket, it didn't work for me..

Somthing i forgot or rather i wanted to check the very basics first,
but it's a recent issue (on Win10 as it seems) and fix:

(Please try this, it worked for others)

To do on victoria2.exe and v2game.
Not sure if required on victoria2.exe (the launcher), but probably better to try as well.

Right click these, -> Properties,
select the "Compatibility" tab and check "Disable fullscreen optimisations".

----
PS:
The fix with deleting the map/cache folders only works if you start the game from v2game.exe directly afterwards, instead of Steam, for once. Do not have Steam
running at all during that.

I hope you told tech support that your mentioned fixes didn#t work for you.

That did it! thanks a bundle

[Varainger]

Originally posted by Raspoutine:

....
That did it! thanks a bundle

It ? Checking "Disable fullscreen optimisations" ?

[Raspoutine]

Originally posted by Varainger:

Originally posted by Raspoutine:

....
That did it! thanks a bundle

It ? Checking "Disable fullscreen optimisations" ?

Yes, checking "Disable Fullscreen Optimisations" allowed me to run the game without any crashes

[Varainger]

Originally posted by Raspoutine:

Originally posted by Varainger:

It ? Checking "Disable fullscreen optimisations" ?

Yes, checking "Disable Fullscreen Optimisations" allowed me to run the game without any crashes

Good to know. :)
Thanks