Patch 1.6/1.6.1 WoN - Some known technical issues!

[BjornB]

We are currently looking into some issues that seem to be related to the launcher!

Known related issues:
- Graphical Glitches with Linux and MacOS X
We are looking into it. Please post your computer specs on these forums and turn off shadows in-game to get rid of it for now.

- DLC's does not appear as they should in the launcher - should be solved
- Game is crashing when you click "Play" and you have mods downloaded, but not enabled

It seems that the launcher doesn't always disable/enable mods according to your selections. If you bypass the launcher you should by default get into a game with all your purchased DLC's active and all mods disabled. This should allow you to play the full game until we sorted out whatever issues the launcher is having.

To bypass the launcher, go to <your Steam installation folder>\SteamApps\common\Europa Universalis IV and create a shortcut for eu4.exe that you place on your desktop or wherever you feel it fits best.

Right click the shortcut and select 'Properties'. In the 'Target' field, at the very end, after ...\Europa Universalis IV\eu4.exe", add -skiplauncher so it looks something like this:
...\Europa Universalis IV\eu4.exe" -skiplauncher

Start the game using this shortcut!

- There is also an issue with diplo-annexing lesser partners in a union. This we know of and we are working on it to be resolved asap! Please be patient. - should be solved

- Launcher is stuck down the bottom right corner, cannot see or click on "Play"
This happens when Windows is set to 150% font size. You can use the -skiplauncher trick above, or disable the 150% setting (125% or 100% work fine) in Windows until this is fixed.

- Autosaves happen on-screen, but no files are created. Ironman only.
No fix currently. For some people manual saves work OK, others not. This issue is under investigation at the moment.

 

[buffalo_pete]

Adding this here for visibility: Linux users using the Python launcher should add the following line to eu4launcher.py at line 458:

command.append('-skiplauncher')

 

[unmerged(738004)]

well, my game crashes, although i have no mods

 

[NachoArcade]

Keep in mind that the game doesn't save ironman. This kind of pisses me off since I had such a lucky game and it's highly unlikely for me to do that well again. PLEASE help me restore it.. I mean.. Utrecht ... Cmon

 

[Osman Pasha]

Keep in mind that the game doesn't save ironman. This kind of pisses me off since I had such a lucky game and it's highly unlikely for me to do that well again. PLEASE help me restore it.. I mean.. Utrecht ... Cmon

D*mn this, when I click on my ironman save the game just crash to desktop. This is really stupid, I have to restart everything. I can't continue it...

 

[Chzaal]

I am a Linux user and are experiencing the graphics glitches. Screen resolution change when playing and I have to exit out of the game to change it back.

Here are my computer specs:

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Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x2a
CPU Stepping: 0x7
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3800 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported


Operating System Version:
Linux 3.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.14.2-1-ARCH
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11405000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-04-15

Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Driver Version: 4.4.12874 Compatibility Profile Context 9.00.11
OpenGL Version: 4.4
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x6718
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Primary Display Size: 20.39" x 12.76" (24.02" diag)
51.8cm x 32.4cm (61.0cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC892

Memory:
RAM: 16036 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 240235 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 137019 Mb

 

[drFlK]

I am a Linux user and are experiencing the graphics glitches. Screen resolution change when playing and I have to exit out of the game to change it back.

Here are my computer specs:

Spoiler

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x2a
CPU Stepping: 0x7
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3800 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported


Operating System Version:
Linux 3.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.14.2-1-ARCH
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11405000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-04-15

Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Driver Version: 4.4.12874 Compatibility Profile Context 9.00.11
OpenGL Version: 4.4
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x6718
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Primary Display Size: 20.39" x 12.76" (24.02" diag)
51.8cm x 32.4cm (61.0cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC892

Memory:
RAM: 16036 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 240235 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 137019 Mb

Same here. Changes resolution for no reason randomly or after minimizing the game.

Note: It only happens when launching from the official launcher. Using "-skiplauncher" solves the resolution issue. For people using Linux: You can try using Python EU4 Launcher wich should solve the problem.

Specs:

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System:
Host: robin-pc Kernel: 3.14.4-2-ck x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE 4.13.1 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
Mobo: ASRock model: 970 Extreme3 R2.0 Bios: American Megatrends v: P1.40 date: 10/02/2013
CPU:
Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB
Clock Speeds: 1: 3000 MHz 2: 1400 MHz 3: 3000 MHz 4: 1400 MHz 5: 1400 MHz 6: 1400 MHz
CPU Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc
cpb cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr
fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor msr mtrr
nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme wdt xop xsave
Graphics:
Card: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 660]
Display Server: X.Org 1.15.1 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 337.19

 

[CookieSlice]

- Game is crashing when you click "Play" and you have mods downloaded, but not enabled

It seems that the launcher doesn't always disable/enable mods according to your selections. If you bypass the launcher you should by default get into a game with all your purchased DLC's active and all mods disabled. This should allow you to play the full game until we sorted out whatever issues the launcher is having.

To bypass the launcher, go to <your Steam installation folder>\SteamApps\common\Europa Universalis IV and create a shortcut for eu4.exe that you place on your desktop or wherever you feel it fits best.

Right click the shortcut and select 'Properties'. In the 'Target' field, at the very end, after ...\Europa Universalis IV\eu4.exe", add -skiplauncher so it looks something like this:
...\Europa Universalis IV\eu4.exe" -skiplauncher

Start the game using this shortcut!

This does not work for me. Tried unsubscribing all of the mods, vertified game cache, added -skiplauncher. It still crashes when I try to start a new game.

 

[Hexcaliber]

Suffering all sorts of random crashes, from panning around the map to loading some of my old saves; feeling more than a little miffed.

I don't know if it is of any help but I have the same entries in the error log as seen in several threads on random crashes:
[instanttextboxtype.cpp:89]: Not used, use maxWidth and maxHeight file: pdx_launcher/interface/main.gui line: 68
[instanttextboxtype.cpp:89]: Not used, use maxWidth and maxHeight file: pdx_launcher/interface/main.gui line: 85
[sound.cpp:250]: Sound click not found.

 

[rwglaub]

The build panel is only working less than hafl the time. Otherwise you have to go in province by province...

 

[AndrewT]

This thread is not for problem reports, only for discussion of the known issues list from 1.6/1.6.1 in the OP. Please start your own thread for each problem, thanks.

 

[NachoArcade]

Well.. THe manual save doesn't even work for me (Ironman only of course)

 

[Merapsco]

Just played 70 years onto my Tunisia game and ran into the same problem, though yesterday manual saves worked so I assumed today they would as well. Several hours out the door. Paradox please fix this it's killing me ;-;

 

[Willem IV]

[MAC]Graphical Glitches with Mac OS X

I'm experiencing the problem that BjornB descripted in 'Patch 1.6/1.6.1 WoN - Some known technical issues!' thread.

When I turn off the shadow, the problem is solved. He to post the specs of my computer:

It's the latest iMac model with OS X 10.9.3 running.

Hardware:
Hardware Overview:


Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac14,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 3,2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: IM142.0118.B00
SMC Version (system): 2.15f2
Serial Number (system): C02L23FTF8J4
Hardware UUID: 480C17D6-5918-5BBB-8319-2AB9D8350F81

Graphics/Diplays:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0fea
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 3755
Displays:
iMac:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes

 

[Pellucid]

You forgot:

Genoa tier 3 DLC models don't display correctly.

 

[MortalKR]

D*mn this, when I click on my ironman save the game just crash to desktop. This is really stupid, I have to restart everything. I can't continue it...

I have same thing. I cannot load my savegames after this patch . Plase help... :<

 

[EmperorTojo]

Multiplayer with mods do not work, as with Crusader Kings 2. Happened after patch 1.6

 

[Hayro]

game crashes when i unpause the game

 

[ebs]

I am using openSuse linux and an nvidia graphics card. I too get these graphical glitches that go away, when you switch off shadows. Additionally I get tearing of the image (not syncing to VBLANK), that was not present in EUIV 1.4.1. Tearing does not go away with switching off shadows. In 1.4.1 the image was smooth.

My specs:

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linux:
openSuse 13.1
kernel:
3.11.10-17-desktop
xorg:
1.14.3.901
nvidia-driver:
331.79

cpu:
intel i5 760

nvidia:
GeForce GTX 560 Ti