Crash on Start 2.1.4, with DLCs

[OrionNM]

I'm running Linux (Fedora), and CK2 via Steam has worked fine, even this morning, until now. I had everything is the DLC Collection installed, and when the rest went on sale on Steam today, I got and installed them, too.

After that, the game crashes right after loading the Paradox logo screen. Every time.

I tried reinstalling, I tried reinstalling without DLCs. Still the same crash, right after the logo.

I tried reinstalling on the beta channel, and that worked, so I can play (DLCs seem to be working, too), but you should know something is broken in 2.1.4. Maybe to do with the lack of a launcher?

My system information, if it helps:

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Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3800 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
"Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.14.4-200.fc20.x86_64
X Server Vendor: Fedora Project
X Server Release: 11404000
X Window Manager: GNOME Shell
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-04-15

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.67
OpenGL Version: 4.4
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x11c2
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Primary Display Size: 23.35" x 14.61" (27.52" diag)
59.3cm x 37.1cm (69.9cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 2048 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Intel Haswell HDMI

Memory:
RAM: 15937 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 218141 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 149322 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

 

[tfjs]

Exactly the same here on linux too.
I bought on the steam sale the rajas expansion and a few face and unit packs and now immediate crash. have verified integrity of game cache on steam and is fine.
Error code is:
[virtualfilesystem.cpp:678]: Could not open file: gfx/models/attachments/bow_02.xac, error: No such file or directory

 

[Servancour]

Might be connected to the following issue here.

Do you have the Persian Unit pack installed? If so, that would be the issue.

From the other thread:

Thanks for all your help in troubleshooting this. I've located and fixed the bug. It should be in the next patch.

For now, as a workaround, disable the Persian Units DLC, by either disabling it in the launcher (if you're on the beta branch), or deleting the dlc043.dlc and dlc043.zip files.

 

[tfjs]

yes it does seem to be thx. game started okay now I have deleted the 2 dlc files
btw the latest beta was /is very unstable for me and just caused immediate crash and freeze requiring the whole game to have to be reinstalled

 

[Gargouille16]

Hello, i'm a new client "steam paradox", i buy the game this day, and the game crash (i buy all dlc without news songs).
My pc is amd x2 280 8gb ram gt630 4gb asrock 960gm vgs3 fx, my os ubuntu 14.04.
I don't know steam, where steam installed the game?
When i push the button "play", i have a message with my code, and after i see few second a logo, and the game crash...
Sory for my bad english, i'm french.

Edit: i find where is the game,
and i see in steam: only few dlc are installed, not all those that I bought,
and Persian Unit pack is not installed.
But i buy this:
Crusader Kings II
13,33 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Dynasty Shields
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Legacy of Rome
1,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Rule Design
1,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II African Units Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Mongols
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods
4,99 EUR
Crusader Kings II The Republic DLC
3,33 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Russian Portraits
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II Mediterranean Portraits DLC
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Russian Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Byzantine Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Dynasty Shield II
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: African Portraits
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Son s of Abraham
3,33 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India
4,99 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Saxon Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Finno-Ugric Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Military Orders Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Warriors of Faith Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Dynasty Shield III
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Cel tic Portraits
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Celtic Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Norse Portraits
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Norse Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Turkish Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Turkish Portraits
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Persian Unit Pack
0,66 EUR
Crusader Kings II: Persian Portraits &n bsp;
0,66 EUR

Total :
47,81 EUR

 

[Groogy]

Are you sure Persian Unit pack is not installed? According to your list you bought it. If you navigate to where Steam installed Crusader II which should be something like ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Crusader Kings II
Then you should see a folder called DLC and do you in there have the files called dlc043.dlc and dlc043.zip?

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Hello, i'm a new client "steam paradox", i buy the game this day, and the game crash (i buy all dlc without news songs).
My pc is amd x2 280 8gb ram gt630 4gb asrock 960gm vgs3 fx, my os ubuntu 14.04.
I don't know steam, where steam installed the game?
When i push the button "play", i have a message with my code, and after i see few second a logo, and the game crash...
Sory for my bad english, i'm french.

Edit: i find where is the game,
and i see in steam: only few dlc are installed, not all those that I bought,
and Persian Unit pack is not installed.

Regarding the DLC seemingly not being installed:
Steam will usually display it (the DLC) as installed after you run CK2 the first time with the new DLC.
No idea why.
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Location in Windows:
"A common location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\crusader kings ii." So look for the equivalent to "Program Files" in Linux or wherever you installed Steam.
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Regarding the crash:
It's either the aforementioned Persian Unit DLC causing it, so disable the DLC in the launcher....or some program missing (In Windows its DirectX/NET/Visual++), but i have no clue about Linux.
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Sory for my bad english, i'm french.

If you have troubles with english, i recommend the RGS forum of the Strategium Alliance homepage. The french subforum is not very active here. Search for "Strategium Alliance" and "CK2" and take the forum link to find it.

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As this seems to be more of a technical issue on your side, please post your own thread in the Tech Support Subforum.
edit: I see you did. Please don't crosspost and start your own threads if possible. Its encouraged here in Bug and Tech support subforums.

 

[Gargouille16]

Are you sure Persian Unit pack is not installed? According to your list you bought it. If you navigate to where Steam installed Crusader II which should be something like ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Crusader Kings II
Then you should see a folder called DLC and do you in there have the files called dlc043.dlc and dlc043.zip?

Understand, i find the "dlc043.dlc and dlc043.zip" and delete manually. After, the game run, thank for help.
PS: i no see where i can use my key.

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

PS: i no see where i can use my key.

Which key ?

 

[Gargouille16]

Steam give me a personal key for the game, i use it here for my profile, but nowhere else.

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Steam give me a personal key for the game, i use it here for my profile, but nowhere else.

Correct. It's to get access for the Tech, Mod and Bug subforums.

I did understand your last sentence as a question, as in "I don't see how to use my key? " or such. If it wasn't a question, then sorry. Moi pas french.

 

[Gargouille16]

"It's ok", thank for all.

 

[chudguy]

I'm having the same....? -Or similar at any rate issues with my CKII. Since purchasing it, and lots of the DLCs (NOT the Persian Unit Pack though, interestingly enough) it runs very poorly, if at all.

When launched through Steam, I'm lucky to get through 1 year without a Runtime C++ crash, and lots of other hanging weirdness during play. Some background, I played a *ahem* 'creatively obtained' (i.e., torrent) version of CK2 for about a year on the same machine (had all DLC's up to Old Gods) with no issue. All traces of that old install (and saves, etc.) were wiped from this computer prior to buying downloading CK2 through Steam.

Additionally, saves behave REALLY weird... Most often, they never appear in my C:\User\BlahBlah\My Documents\Paradox_Blah folder. Usually saving is also a great way to force a Runtime C++ error. Bitchen'.

I tried uninstalling everything yesterday and redownloading/installing from scratch, and nothing changed.. -Well, not exactly true.. Today, no coats of arms show up for any kingdoms/counties on the main map - everyone just shows a black shield or banner. & I'm still Runtime crashing and saves are not working correctly.

My PC is a POS (Piece of Sublime )
Win-7 Ultimate, 2gb RAM, 60gb Free Space, C++ 2005, 2008 SP-1, 2012 SP-1 installed.

Not sure what to try next, honestly.. I'm wondering if there's some particular rev of C++ that this rev of CK2 is hellbent on using, though I'm pretty sure what-with-all the save game strangeness & "black shield" BS, there's several things that are messed up.

If anyone has any suggestions, give a shout!

~Back to combing the forums for a few clues for me!

 

[AndrewT]

This thread is about a crash on Linux only, triggered by the Persian DLC. You have Windows and do not have the Persian DLC. Consequently you do not have the same problem.

Please start a fresh thread in Tech Support, and I'll help you there.