Generating vanilla cache...

I'm following every instruction plus some more but after I select the game location it gets stuck at "Generating vanilla cache..." and it doesn't go away no matter what. I changed the directory, reinstalled cwtools, made the config manual, tried a different version, even sysmlinked the folder as "C:\CK3" thinking it could be the spaces.

I still think it's the location but I don't know why. These are some locations I used but didn't work. What am I doing wrong here? I've been trying for 5 hours and I'm gonna lose it.

- C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crusader Kings III
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crusader Kings III\
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crusader Kings III\game
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crusader Kings III\game\
- C:\CK3
- C:\CK3\
- C:\CK3\game
- C:\CK3\game