CK3 keeps crashing on initial loading screen (crash log included)

[Predictor92]

CK3 for me keeps crashing on the first loading screen. I do have avast which for some people is a problem but Avast said CK3 was trusted so it is not the problem. I am using the gamepass version. Here is the crash error log
[13:03:23][pdx_ugc.cpp:42]: No UGC backend available for current platform.
[13:03:26][virtualfilesystem_physfs.cpp:1539]: Could not open file: pdx_settings.txt, error: pdx_settings.txt permission denied

 

[Pakojo]

Maybe the game should be run as Administrator?

 

[Pakojo]

I solved the problem disabling Avast antivirus, try to see if it helps

 

[Predictor92]

I solved the problem disabling Avast antivirus, try to see if it helps

thanks, i disabled avast shields for 10 minutes, it's that(weird considering it said it was good)

More specifically it's the ransomware shield

 

[Rohnus]

thanks, i disabled avast shields for 10 minutes, it's that(weird considering it said it was good)

More specifically it's the ransomware shield

Can confirm this also worked for me, thanks!

 

[AdiPatent]

CK3 for me keeps crashing on the first loading screen. I do have avast which for some people is a problem but Avast said CK3 was trusted so it is not the problem. I am using the gamepass version. Here is the crash error log
[13:03:23][pdx_ugc.cpp:42]: No UGC backend available for current platform.
[13:03:26][virtualfilesystem_physfs.cpp:1539]: Could not open file: pdx_settings.txt, error: pdx_settings.txt permission denied

I have the same issue with gamepass, game crushes on loading screen.

 

[AdiPatent]

Great, thanks for the idea. Worked for me as well, but I had to also turn off the windows defender, I also changed reso and selected windowed instead of fullscreen, don't know if that had any impact. Anyways, the important thing is that it works know. Many thanks

 

[ati rose]

I turn off every antivirus thing i have and try low resolutions/windowed mod but still crashes. My graphic card is 5-6 years old could this be the reason of crushing?

 

[AdiPatent]

I turn off every antivirus thing i have and try low resolutions/windowed mod but still crashes. My graphic card is 5-6 years old could this be the reason of crushing?

turned off windows defender as well?

 

[ati rose]

turned off windows defender as well?

Yes. defender, firewall all disabled.

 

[vivast.pauli]

My game keeps crashing a few months after game start, even after turning off all firewall functions. It's starting to piss me off since I payed for the Royal Edition and I can't seem, for the life of me, find a solution to play the game. Updated all drivers and Windows itself, restarted, nothing helps.

 

[Megamaniac0]

Using gamepass version. The game crashes while trying to load the main menu, it never gets past the first few seconds of music.
I tried updating the files, checked the integrity, redownloaded, moved permissions around, checked and turned off antivirus and firewall, turned off discord overlay...
I have reinstalled the game on different drives, too. Nothing works...

My computer can run modded Stellaris no problem, or Doom (2016) so it's not a hardware issue.

 

[CaptainWaring]

My game keeps crashing a few months after game start, even after turning off all firewall functions. It's starting to piss me off since I payed for the Royal Edition and I can't seem, for the life of me, find a solution to play the game. Updated all drivers and Windows itself, restarted, nothing helps.

Same here mate getting a bit annoying you've have all these youtubers play the game but for those of us who bought it no chance

 

[KroogFrostborn]

I was having this same problem, but I completely uninstalled and reinstalled the game and now I can load without a problem.

 

[tomme25]

Game pass here, same damn issue. If I reinstall I can play for 5 minutes, then it crashes and if I try to restart the game, it crashes again. What the fuck is going on?

 

[TheMainB]

Same, I've tried multiple times to load the game in all ended up in failure. Don't have a clue of what to do....

 

[Megamaniac0]

No solution offered by Paradox or Microsoft and it's been almost a day. I'm just gonna uninstall and not renew the gamepass sub, I just got it for the game anyway.

 

[snike09]

Same issue here, bought the game yesterday but can't play it. Just a CTD after the 'Initialising game' phase every time. I've reinstalled, re-validated the instal, updated my drivers, tried launching the exe direct, disabling antivirus, and various other suggestions here and on Steam, but nothing works. Win 10 here, system runs CK2, HOI4, EU4 no problems. Some word from Paradox on this would be very welcome!

 

[Talk is Cheap!]

I've just got this fixed but I have a feeling its different for everyone. How I did it was disable Avast Core Shields AND the Ransomware shield. To do this I went into the avast settings. To get it to fix itself I created a desktop app which then sent me to the store and gave me the option to fix the installation. Which then worked!

 

[snike09]

Further, I use bitdefender antivirus, but it makes no difference whether I disable it or not. Windows defender is already disabled.

Could the issue possibly be my monitor? I use an external BENQ monitor (properly installed), but in the CK3 game launcher the only monitor option I see is Generic PnP Monitor.

I really don't know what else to try at this point.