Game will not start from Launcher

[Mac_Sauce]

Hello. I need a little assistance. I just bought Stellaris and I am unable to launch game from Launcher. No Mod and no DLC's. This is what the crash log says.

Unhandled exception C0000005 (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION) at address 0x00007FF7F4D90489

Stack Trace:
1 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_writeUBE64 (+ 1220393)
2 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_writeUBE64 (+ 1133680)
3 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_swapSLE64 (+ 18612034)
4 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_swapSLE64 (+ 18609111)
5 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_swapSLE64 (+ 9284132)
6 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_swapSLE64 (+ 291513)
7 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_swapSLE64 (+ 281381)
8 stellaris.exe (function-name not available) (+ 0)
9 stellaris.exe (function-name not available) (+ 0)
10 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_writeUBE64 (+ 4940018)
11 stellaris.exe PHYSFS_writeUBE64 (+ 4691130)
12 KERNEL32.DLL BaseThreadInitThunk (+ 29)
13 ntdll.dll RtlUserThreadStart (+ 40)
14 ntdll.dll RtlUserThreadStart (+ 40)

 

[AndrewT]

In the game launcher please set Display mode to Borderless. THEN go here:

Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++ Redistributable packages.

support.microsoft.com

And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

IF that doesn't help, also Install ALL these Microsoft modules:

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update from Official Microsoft Download Center

A security issue has been identified leading to a vulnerability in MFC applications that are built with Visual Studio 2010 and ship the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package.

www.microsoft.com

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 RC from Official Microsoft Download Center

This update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions and bug fixes for Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable.

www.microsoft.com

Download DirectX Redist (June 2010) from Official Microsoft Download Center

The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime installs a number of runtime libraries from the legacy DirectX SDK for some games that use D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio 2.7, XInput 1.3, XACT, and/or Managed DirectX 1.1. Note that this package does not modify the DirectX Runtime installed on your Windows...

www.microsoft.com

(run dxsetup.exe after extracting this download to its own folder anywhere on your computer)


Add stellaris.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.

Also if you have FRAPS or the MSI Gaming App or Rivatuner installed, disable it as it clashes with this game.

If that doesn't help:
DXDIAG is a program you run from the Windows search box on the task bar. After running it will open a window and start collecting info with a progress bar in the lower-left corner. When it completes click the 'save all information' button and save it to a file then attach that file here.

Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log .