Updating to patch 1.3 causing issues - crashes

[Gent]

So i just purchased the game. Upon installing it and opening it, i went to update to patch 1.3 through the victoria2.exe launcher. After doing that i get a crash (map initialising).

Researched the problem. Clean installed the game. followed the following instructions:
1. Go into the game file
--Computer/HP: C/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steamapps/common/Victoria 2
2. Go to the map file, click on cache.
3. Delete all its contents but DO NOT delete the folder.
4. Go back to all of the Victoria 2 folders.
5. Scroll down to "v2game" and click it twice.
6. Start the game this way so that it reconfigures your game cache.
7. Exit Victoria 2 and you can now access it through Steam.

Then game works fine.

Then i go to update the patch 1.3 after playing it without the patch, and the game crashes again at processing flags.

Anyone had issues updating/installing patch 1.3? I'm only using vanilla, no mods.
Windows 8.1

Edit: I also cleared the map cache after installing the patch, but the game still crashes.

Playing it now without the patch, seems to be the only way I can play it.

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

Can I ask why you didn't clear the cache post-patch? As far as I'm aware, the whole point of clearing it to begin with is the files from the old build have compatiblity issues with the new one. Though admittedly, it crashing at processing flags suggests another issue.

[Gent]

Sorry, i actually did clear the cache post-patch as well.

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

Okay.

[Varainger]

Shouldn't Steam install you the latest patch you can get in the first place ?
The manual patch is not for the Steam variant as far as i know.

Without any expansion it's indeed only 1.3.

[Gent]

Originally posted by Varainger:

Shouldn't Steam install you the latest patch you can get in the first place ?
The manual patch is not for the Steam variant as far as i know.

Without any expansion it's indeed only 1.3.

Yes that's what i would have thought. Although after installing the game for the first (and second) time, if I initiate the 'launcher' (victoria2.exe as opposed to v2game.exe), then a little pop-up comes up, allowing you to 'check for update' and then saying that patch 1.3 is available and you only have patch 1.

I hope i'm wrong though and that I actually DO have patch 1.3 but it's just an error with the launcher? I can't see anywhere in-game to verify the patch that's installed.

Edit: Also when launching the game from Steam itself (as this now works due to following the cache clearing instructions) it actually launches that little pop-up saying patch 1.3 is now out, and if i check for update it says that I don't have patch 1.3

[Gent]

If it helps with diagnosis at all, the game is now crashing (without the patch 1.3) when i exit a game to go back to the main menu. I'm trying to do the tutorials and also muck around with Brazil, so I want to switch back and forth between an actual game and the tutorials, but when i save the game and resign from it the whole thing crashes with the 'v2game.exe is not working'.

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

The tutorials are famous for being broken yo.

[Varainger]

Originally posted by worthy gentleman:

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Pop-up ? I guess you mean what is written inside the launcher window ?
Ignore that.

When the game is loaded and you get into the first menu, look at the bottom left.
There should be the patch version and checksum.

If it is indeed only 1.0, then i'd recommend to do a "Verify integrity of game cache" in the games' Steam Properties - Local Files, by right clicking the game in Library - Games.

I myself never had only the base version, so i don''t know by experience, but i never read of patching issues or having to manually patch on Steam.

I'm trying to do the tutorials and also muck around with Brazil

Not sure what you mean.

Like playing two versions of the game at the same time ? The tutorial of the game and a regular game ? If so, bad idea. Can't recommend.
If you mean watching a tutorial on youtibe or something i'd recommend to change the settings.txt to play in windowed, but that's a completely different question and i'm not sure if the base version only has the settings.txt in Documents/Paradox Interactive/Vic II or if it works differently.

Also i recommend to get both expansions, if only for the bug fixes, but also for improvements and little feature changes.....and borderless mode in 3.04 (beta).

[Gent]

Originally posted by Varainger:

Originally posted by worthy gentleman:

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When the game is loaded and you get into the first menu, look at the bottom left.
There should be the patch version and checksum.

Thank you! you're correct. It says version 1.3 there.

Like playing two versions of the game at the same time ? The tutorial of the game and a regular game ? If so, bad idea. Can't recommend.

Yeah, i was doing a tutorial on something, tech for instance. then i would go to Brazil and have a look at tech. It is a lot of back and forth i must say.

The issue of it crashing when exiting the save gaem back to the main menu seems to have gone now.

Also i recommend to get both expansions, if only for the bug fixes, but also for improvements and little feature changes.....and borderless mode in 3.04 (beta).

Yeah i definitely will be getting those I think, as long as the game continues to work.

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

If you can't get both expansions at the same time, make sure to get AHD first.