Confirmed CK III - Crash to Desktop when running two or more mods that modify one of the accessory files.

[Zinryu]

Short summary of your issue
Crash to Desktop when running two or more mods that modify one of the accessory files.

Game Version
1.7.0

What OS are you playing on?
Windows

What platform are you using?
Steam

What DLC do you have installed?
Royal Court,

Do you have mods enabled?
Yes

Have you tried verifying your game files (Steam only)?
Yes

How much "pain" is this causing you?
7

Please explain the issue you experienced in the most condensed way possible
When two mods modify the 02_genes_accessories_misc.txt file, it appears to cause a crash to desktop. Both my mod (Vampirism and Lycanthropy) and CFP (Community Flavor Pack) modify this file. If either mod is run separately, the game loads just fine. If you enable both mods, it crashes to the desktop before you ever make it to the main menu. I thought it might be because when one file overrides the other, there would be a missing reference. To test this, I created a "patch" mod that combined both of our files into one and loaded it after both mods. This did not work, and the crash still occurred.

Before 1.7, both of these mods ran together without crashing. Both had overrides to this file. If I remove the file, and the file that assigns the new teeth within my mod, then it will load just fine. This is how I was able to isolate it to this mod file.

Please explain how to reproduce the issue
Load the Vampirism and Lycanthropy mod with Community Flavor Pack. You could also create two new small mods that both try to overwrite the 02_genes_accessories_misc.txt file and get the same result.

Is there anything else you think could help us identify/replicate the issue?


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[Herr Doctor]

Same story. Quit playing the game since the bug appeared. Please fix it.

 

[Luka031]

All the same issues as above. For me I have identified EPE as the mod that causes the crash. Removing that seems to reduce the crash while loading chance from 100% to only occasionally. My crash reporter also fails to send reports and crashes itself.

Another curious thing I noticed is that EPE is also the only mod in my playset that shows a negative value as its size (-1.09GB):

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Visual bug. Only bug here is that you can't run 2 mods that add clothes it seems.

 

[William590]

Visual bug. Only bug here is that you can't run 2 mods that add clothes it seems.

How is it a visual bug when my game crashes when loading? If you mean the -1.09GB, that's not my only problem. The same crash everyone else reported happens for me if I load ONLY EPE - I have no problem with only CFP so I have isolated EPE as the cause of the crash for me. To be clear this is a crash to desktop while loading up.

 

[Luka031]

How is it a visual bug when my game crashes when loading? If you mean the -1.09GB, that's not my only problem. The same crash everyone else reported happens for me if I load ONLY EPE - I have no problem with only CFP so I have isolated EPE as the cause of the crash for me. To be clear this is a crash to desktop while loading up.

Do you run only EPE? Without CFP?

 

[kongjingying]

I'm having the same issue noted above, and for me the pain point is "9"; I basically don't play without CFP and EPE.

DLC's: All
Mods: EPE, CFP, the compatibility patch, barbershop, nicknames, VIET

Reproduction Steps:
1. Install listed mods
2. Try to start any game
3. Game will open to initializing screen and then crash, sometimes within a minute, sometimes longer

 

[William590]

Do you run only EPE? Without CFP?

I tried this as well. I loaded both mods individually and I only get a CTD as the one reported when loading EPE + anything or even EPE alone. I can load CFP without EPE and no crash happens.

 

[dast]

I was able to download an older version of CFP and got that to work with EPE and a fair number of other mods. Really unfortunate that this issue still exists though, hoping it gets resolved soon. Before I figured out how to fix everything, I didn't pick up CK3 once. I know a lot of people who find mods like EPE or CFP critical to their playthroughs.

 

[Golden Jade]

I was able to download an older version of CFP and got that to work with EPE and a fair number of other mods. Really unfortunate that this issue still exists though, hoping it gets resolved soon. Before I figured out how to fix everything, I didn't pick up CK3 once. I know a lot of people who find mods like EPE or CFP critical to their playthroughs.

The older version of CFP doesn't work for me and some other people, sadly. No playing CK3 until it both works but a break is probably a good thing.

 

[Dkdm89]

I have been waiting for Paradox to fix this and it's frustracting that it's been taking this long. CK3 without CFP+EPE isn't good enough for me. I can't even load the game before it crashes during the loading screen.

 

[Tragopan]

Shelved the game for many months now waiting for a fix for this. Truly disappointing and frustrating. How could this bug have made it to live?

 

[bora85]

So after having this issue for 2 month now, when can we probably expect you to fix this? I would expect a Hotfix for such a bug. This is more than frustrating and I dont understand how such a problem, which even affects very basic mod configurations, can go through QA.

 

[Luka031]

So after having this issue for 2 month now, when can we probably expect you to fix this? I would expect a Hotfix for such a bug. This is more than frustrating and I dont understand how such a problem, which even affects very basic mod configurations, can go through QA.

Honestly any other game that depends on mods would fix this as soon as possible. Only reason i see for this much delay is if the issue is larger than it seems. Hopefully it will work soon.

 

[dast]

Does this bug still exist in the 1.8.0 update? If so, I'll have to revert back to 1.7.2.

 

[Luka031]

Should be fixed. Have to wait for mods to update so we can check it out

 

[Zinryu]

My issue with this appears to be resolved after 1.8. Is anyone else still experiencing this crash?