The problem was Trillian's in-game chat overlay. Disabling that resolved the issue.
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Solved. The Trillian IM application hooked something GalCiv 4 really hated. Shutting down the application resolved the issue. I will see if I can find what setting / feature specifically breaks things, if I can.
Same with on-screen keyboard. Same with Razer software uninstalled. I cannot easily try a different keyboard.
It's a Razer Huntsman Elite, US English, nothing weird about it I know about.
Running as user., member of local admin group, not as built-in admin. It is not crashing "right away", though, the game is "playable" (mouse input works), but crashes the instant a key on the keyboard is pressed.
Same problem after completely removing and reinstalling both the Epic launcher and and the overlay.
Fails on removing the GalCiv4 folder. It is getting recreated. I'll test updating the Epic launcher, make sure of overlay settings, and will let you know.
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Same result after reinstalling the VC libraries. Another crash report submitted.
Game is unplayable for me, as it immediately crashes on any keyboard input. No useful information evident in the debug log. Tried verifying game files, clearing out the settings folder, and reinstalling the game. System information OS: Windows 11 Pro CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Memory: 64 GByte Video: GeForce 3070