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It's hard to say why it gets stuck. We'll need to look at your log, so I recommend you make a thread on the official forums and attach the output_log.txt and the savegame there.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/support-bug-reports.879/

The log can be found in the Cities_Data folder where the game is installed. For Steam the easiest way to find it is to right-click on the game in your Library, select Properties, find the tab Local Files, and click Browse.

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level 1

Has anyone else had this happening? For the first time the game is opened cities and editors open normally but when going back to main menu and opening a city again the game always gets stuck on loading screen and the loading bar stops at this exact place.

level 1

Get that sometimes awell, I just have to press ALT+F4 and start the game again and it works.

level 2

Yes, that seems to be the workaround. It get annoygn though when modifying and testing assests for example.

level 1

I'm getting it too since the patch. And it is exactly as you describe. On first loading, the game works fine. But exiting the game to the main menu and trying to either start a new game or load a save and it freezes just like in your screenshot. Also happens with the asset editor.

level 1

I experienced this just today after playing game several times since day one.

Any idea how to solve? Help will be much appreciated.

level 1

have exactly the same issue :-(

Did you get this from Steam? Is it console or PC? If PC, did you get any mods or assets? If so, that may be the problem.

Did you get any DLCs? The latest. Plazas Promenades broke a lot of cities.

There's a lot that could be going on. You may not have enough memory. When mine is stuck, I close everything, reboot, and try again. If you have a larger city, it will take several minutes to load.

Your city is saved regardless. So when you do get it going, it'll be there.

From some guide:

NEVER DO A SECOND LOAD

Always quit to the desktop between loads

This is a Unity game. Which means you can’t do a second load if you mod the game.

A second-load is loading another map/save when one has been loaded before in the current session, including after quitting to the main menu. The game loads mods in two halves, one part on the Paradox logo, and one part during the loading screen. By loading a second time, the game forces mods to load themselves twice, which causes problems.

If you're not doing that? Then get the loading screen mod and it'll keep track of everything that's happening during that screen and if there are any errors.