Help with game freezing

[darkmatternova]

So I started playing CK II today and my game keeps freezing..I tried uninstalling and re installing but that didn't help..After searching the web someone had posted to someone else whose game kept freezing to to go to the error log..The error log in dokuments/paradox interactive/ck 2 said this ->[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: gfx//coats_of_arms//dynasties3.tga.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated...

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

This should be in Tech support subforum, but you need to register your game (if you haven't already) at the top at MyGames.

Please post if you are on Mac, Windows or Linux and which patch you experienced this on. Is it 1.11 or the current 1.111. That would be a good start.
Do you meet the system requirements and when you did the uninstall, did you also uninstall the ck2 folder in documents ?
Welcome to the forum.

 

[darkmatternova]

Oh ok..thanks and sorry for posting this in the wrong forum..I'm on windows 7 and using the latest patch 1.111..I do meet the system requirements and have played the game for like 100 hours no problem..When you say uninstall the ck 2 folder do you mean deleting it?And wouldn't I lose my saves this way?

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Oh ok..thanks and sorry for posting this in the wrong forum..I'm on windows 7 and using the latest patch 1.111..I do meet the system requirements and have played the game for like 100 hours no problem..When you say uninstall the ck 2 folder do you mean deleting it?And wouldn't I lose my saves this way?

Yeah i mean deleting it as well. It gets' recreated after starting the game the first time. You can move or copy your saves. No need to delete those as well.

The thread may get moved into tech support anyway by a moderator, but you should still need to register your game if you haven't already.

If you played and saved that game on 1.11, maybe you experience the leftovers of the save-bloat bug in 1.11. If your save files got huge that may be one reason. It gets solved by time (saving there) with 1.111.

 

[darkmatternova]

My latest save files are around 50 mb..Just tried deleting the ck 2 folder...Started a new campaign and saved 5-6 times..Put some of my old saves in and tried playing but it keeps freezing..the weird thing is that the 2 or 3 saves i tried which are my latest ones keep freezing at around the same month..let me explain..the saves are from late 1153 and early to mid 1154..once I reach august or september 1154 it freezes while the music still plays and I can move the cursor freely..And I did register my game code after you suggested it

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

50 MB is definitely a little bloated i'd say, not much but thats about twice the size my games are at that stage.
The reduction (as i believe to understand) of the save file begins after playing for more than a year and saving then.
So better try not to save (switching off autosave) often, but like every two years or such. Not sure though if that really has any influence.

Is the freeze only temporary or fixed ?


edit: For clarification, the freeze doesnt happen with new games, only with your older save files , right ?

 

[darkmatternova]

I save frequently and after looking through the seize of the them all it looks logical for the save to be that big..I didn't understand your last question..

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

I save frequently and after looking through the seize of the them all it looks logical for the save to be that big..I didn't understand your last question..

Which one ? I just rephrase both.

Is the freeze only temporary or fixed ?

In other words, if it freezes for some seconds only or if you can't do anything anymore other than move the cursor till the end of time.

For clarification, the freeze doesnt happen with new games, only with your older save files , right ?

Well does this happen with your old saves only or also if you start a new game ?

 

[darkmatternova]

It freezes till the end of time I would have to guess ..I left it for a minute or so and nothing happened..

Oh that's what you mean..Just tried it and you are correct..I started a new campaign and left it on speed 5 for 4-5 years..No problem whatsoever there..

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

It freezes till the end of time I would have to guess ..I left it for a minute or so and nothing happened..

Oh that's what you mean..Just tried it and you are correct..I started a new campaign and left it on speed 5 for 4-5 years..No problem whatsoever there..

Hmmm....sad. I hoped it is just temporary. Maybe that old file(s) is corrupted and you have to abandon it. I run out of ideas.
Probably some trouble with events checking, well the save bloat bug in 1.11.

Maybe the official tech guy AndrewT will have an idea....or some other forumite.
Sorry

 

[darkmatternova]

Hmmmmmmmmmm...And something else I forgot to mention..I played for an hour or so in the evening today no problem..If you can think of anything else feel free to ask me..And a big thanks for the time investment in my post

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Hmmmmmmmmmm...And something else I forgot to mention..I played for an hour or so in the evening today no problem..If you can think of anything else feel free to ask me..And a big thanks for the time investment in my post

Well if you could play a new game without problem, i suppose the files of that one game you played are corrupted for whatever reason.
You didn't and still don't use any mods ? I suspect not, but if, well they could cause issues.

 

[darkmatternova]

Nope..No mods..I just looked around in the tech support subforum and someone else had the same error log as me but no definitive answer was given yet..

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Nope..No mods..I just looked around in the tech support subforum and someone else had the same error log as me but no definitive answer was given yet..

The error log mentioning missing DLCs is usually not refering to the problem.
No mods ? Too bad, the answer might have been easier then.

Well i hope you won't get the problem again. I don't know for a workaround though to repair your older save files.

 

[darkmatternova]

I fixed it ..I chose a save save that was 2-3 years before the freeze and it plays just fine now..I'm 5 years after the freeze event in game..So my saves must have been corrupted or better said some of them..No idea why though..

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Did you save the working file at one point in 1.11 ? If not, that may explain why it does work. Doesn't matter anymore though.
I'm glad it works now.