CK3 randomly crashes my video card

[iamjmph]

I've reported this before, but none of the steps provided helped. With CK3(Just CK3, not stellaris, euIV, imperator or ck2) I will be playing normally and I will suddenly have my screen cut out and the no signal message appear. The computer is still on, but the only way to fix the issue is to manually shut down the computer and turn it back on. There isn't a set time frame for this, it has happened within minutes of starting, but I've also played for an hour before it happened. No combination of mods(even no mods) prevents this.
I have done the following:
Verified the integrity of the game files.
Checked for windows updates.
Downloaded the latest amd driver software, completely removed and replaced the drivers... And then checked for updates to be sure.
Unsubscribed from all mods.
Uninstalled the game.
Completely removed all ck3 files and folders from the computer.
Reinstalled the Game.
Reverified the integrity of the game files.
Ran with out re-subscribing to mods. (still crashed 15 minutes in)
Re-subscribed to mods and tried various combinations(all but extra game rules were "up to date") ...crashed a 5 attempts. Logs from latest attempts...

 

[AndrewT]

From that error log you have a bad installation, AND at least one bad mod! Now it's hard to see how that could cause that hardware issue, but let's try fixing it anyway:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-CK3
- unsubscribe from ALL mods in the Steam workshop for this game
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/CK3 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add CK3.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again.


Assuming that doesn't help with the main problem, are there Windows Event Viewer entries created by these crashes?

 

[iamjmph]

From that error log you have a bad installation, AND at least one bad mod! Now it's hard to see how that could cause that hardware issue, but let's try fixing it anyway:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-CK3
- unsubscribe from ALL mods in the Steam workshop for this game
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/CK3 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add CK3.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again.


Assuming that doesn't help with the main problem, are there Windows Event Viewer entries created by these crashes?

Well it will be the third time I've done a fresh install since this started(last was back in August, before I took a break from the game), but I will try again. While unsubscribing I did find a single mod who's author has discontinued their mod because they can't "maintain compatibility" since I last subscribed(in August) so that could have been the bad mod.
Thank You for your time, and at least attempting.

Attached is a document with all of the errors, warnings and anything else I thought might be attached to this issue.

edit: same issue. attaching new logs....
edit: again. The logs show the mods, I ran it without, but not for long. It ran with them for 30-50 minutes before crashing. Now, I get to test each mod, one at a time... fun when its happens randomly...

 

[AndrewT]

That error log still looks pretty bad, as you can see. You are confident you made sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again?


Please report the temperatures of your CPU and video (GPU)
1/ before starting the game up and
2/ after say 10 minutes' play.
If your PC's vendor has given you no way of reading temperatures, install
SPEEDFAN http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

 

[iamjmph]

That error log still looks pretty bad, as you can see. You are confident you made sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam CK3 or Documents CK3 locations, before installing again?


Please report the temperatures of your CPU and video (GPU)
1/ before starting the game up and
2/ after say 10 minutes' play.
If your PC's vendor has given you no way of reading temperatures, install
SPEEDFAN http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

Yes, I made sure every thing was gone. Even reset the pc afterwards just in case.
I'm attaching the GPU-z sensor log, has more than you asked for, but... I'd use notepad++ for it, regular notepad was a little wonky...


edit: I THINK I found the issue. When I was going through my mods trying to decide which ones to delete, I found that a compatibility patch had been made for 2 of my Mods. Although I had removed 3 others, I'm pretty sure that was the issue. After downloading the comp patch i played for about 2 1/2 hours w/o issue. I'll post something new if it happens again. Thanks again for your time!