
There are two ways you can get the right graphics driver: To keep your game running smoothly, it’s essential that you have the latest correct graphics driver at all times. Hearts of Irons IV crashing issues might occur if you’re using a faulty graphics driver, or it’s outdated.

Relaunch HOI4 to see if this has resolved your issue. If you’re on Windows 7 or 8, check Fix 5 below.ġ) Right-click the Hearts of Iron IV icon on your desktop and select Properties.Ģ) Click the Compatibility tab, then check the box next to Disable fullscreen optimizations and click OK. If you’re on Windows 10, disabling fullscreen optimizations might be able to fix Hearts of Iron IV crashing issue. If your problem still exists, then move on to the fix below. Follow the instructions below:Ģ) Right-click the Steam icon on your desktop and select Properties.ģ) Click the Compatibility tab and check the box next to Run this program as an administrator.

To fix it, try running Steam as an administrator, then launch your game from Steam.

The Hearts of Irons crashing issue might happen when the program can’t access certain game files or folder under stander user mode. If HOI4 still crashes after the reboot, go ahead with the next fix. Extraneous software not only take up resources and affect your game performance, but some of them may also conflict with Hearts of Iron IV, causing it to crash.Try restarting your PC to close unnecessary programs completely, then restart your game. Running multiple programs at the same time during gameplay is another common cause of game issues. If your computer meets the minimum requirements to run HOI4, read on and check the fix, below. If you’re unfamiliar with your computer components, here is how to check:ġ) On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to invoke the Run dialog.ģ) Check your Operating System, Processor, Memory and DirectX Version.Ĥ) Click the Display tab, and then check your graphics card’s information. If your PC doesn’t meet the minimum specs, you’ll need to run the game on another PC. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66 GHz | AMD Athlon II X4 650 3.20 GHzĪTI Radeon HD 5850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 with 1GB VRAM

Here are the minimum system requirements to run HOI4: Operating System : Many players are reporting that Hearts of Iron 4 crashes on their PC, and sometimes this problem can be caused by your hardware.
