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KASZA 19 May, 2024 @ 5:22am
Successful troubleshooting of black screen during RimWorld startup ~ [NEW VERSION OF TUTORIAL]
In my case, 5120x1440 and 3840x1080 resolutions were completely unsupported and caused a black screen.

But I found a solution that works for 100 percent:
Step 1: Change the screen resolution to 2556x1440 or less
Step 2: Launch RimWorld from steam, the game should launch correctly
Step 3: Using “alt+tab” combination to minimize the game
Step 4: Set your native resolution
Step 5: Re-enter the game, then in the options tab “Graphics” and set your native resolution
Step 6: Enjoy RimWorld <3

Remember, you must repeat these steps every time you want to run RimWorld
Last edited by KASZA; 15 Aug, 2024 @ 3:49am
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Hadley 21 May, 2024 @ 3:15pm 
That isn't really helping much. You should actually post step by step what you did. I have full permissions on a Admin Account and I have the black screen problems.
Oiled-Gladiator 4 Jun, 2024 @ 11:48am 
this is not working
Fortirus 24 Jun, 2024 @ 1:07pm 
I don’t like creating new discussions, but I tried to fix the black screen for some time and want to share what I tried and what half-helped. So first, what I tried:

- Clear mod list and added one by one. The maximum number that I get is 39, but then it’s stop working even after removing some mods.
- Clear Config folder in AppData and check for integrity in Steam
- Delete all Saves
- Unsubscribe to all 1.4 mods
- Regular delete and reinstall the game and mods via Steam
- Delete and reinstall the game and mods data and configs via RimPy
- Delete the game, delete “RimWorld by Ludeon Studios*”* folder in AppData, delete \steamapps\common\Rimworld (and the “*workshop\content\294100”* was already gone after uninstalling). Reinstall.
- Restart the PC after each of the above (except the first one).
- Run Steam and the Game in compatibility mode with Windows 8 (I’m using 10) and as an administator. Also Disable fullscreen optimization. With this even the base mods don’t work.
- If I used a Windows Defender, I would also add the game to the exceptions - but I don't.
- In Prepatcher remove one or few random mods before the main loading.
- Using RimPy for testing and log analyzing.

Maybe some of this will work for you. :lh_pray:
And also, the method that helped me get to the menu (at least half of the time), but not playing the game - can’t generate a world or pawns or location or something else. But here is the method:
1. Start the game and Prepatcher (of course you will have to add and activate it)
2. Open the Windows Task Manager, find the Rimworld.exe process
3. RMB → Set Affinity → Deselect all except Cpu 0 → Apply
4. Go back to the game and Launch

So yeah, in the end I'm just trying to build a modlist without HugsLib and XML Extensions (yes, it is also have this problen).:candywhat:
Last edited by Fortirus; 24 Jun, 2024 @ 1:14pm
KASZA 15 Aug, 2024 @ 3:46am 
Originally posted by Fortirus:
I don’t like creating new discussions, but I tried to fix the black screen for some time and want to share what I tried and what half-helped. So first, what I tried:

- Clear mod list and added one by one. The maximum number that I get is 39, but then it’s stop working even after removing some mods.
- Clear Config folder in AppData and check for integrity in Steam
- Delete all Saves
- Unsubscribe to all 1.4 mods
- Regular delete and reinstall the game and mods via Steam
- Delete and reinstall the game and mods data and configs via RimPy
- Delete the game, delete “RimWorld by Ludeon Studios*”* folder in AppData, delete \steamapps\common\Rimworld (and the “*workshop\content\294100”* was already gone after uninstalling). Reinstall.
- Restart the PC after each of the above (except the first one).
- Run Steam and the Game in compatibility mode with Windows 8 (I’m using 10) and as an administator. Also Disable fullscreen optimization. With this even the base mods don’t work.
- If I used a Windows Defender, I would also add the game to the exceptions - but I don't.
- In Prepatcher remove one or few random mods before the main loading.
- Using RimPy for testing and log analyzing.

Maybe some of this will work for you. :lh_pray:
And also, the method that helped me get to the menu (at least half of the time), but not playing the game - can’t generate a world or pawns or location or something else. But here is the method:
1. Start the game and Prepatcher (of course you will have to add and activate it)
2. Open the Windows Task Manager, find the Rimworld.exe process
3. RMB → Set Affinity → Deselect all except Cpu 0 → Apply
4. Go back to the game and Launch

So yeah, in the end I'm just trying to build a modlist without HugsLib and XML Extensions (yes, it is also have this problen).:candywhat:

Check out my new solution bro
Fortirus 15 Aug, 2024 @ 2:22pm 
Originally posted by KASZA:

Check out my new solution bro

Well, it's been almost 2 months - I haven’t touched the game during this time, maybe the problem with HugsLib has already been resolved.
Regarding your solution, I have a 2556x1440 screen resolution, so it’s clearly not my case. Nevertheless, thanks for the info! :steamthumbsup:
Mad Goose 12 Sep, 2024 @ 8:52am 
Originally posted by Fortirus:
I don’t like creating new discussions, but I tried to fix the black screen for some time and want to share what I tried and what half-helped. So first, what I tried:

- Clear mod list and added one by one. The maximum number that I get is 39, but then it’s stop working even after removing some mods.
- Clear Config folder in AppData and check for integrity in Steam
- Delete all Saves
- Unsubscribe to all 1.4 mods
- Regular delete and reinstall the game and mods via Steam
- Delete and reinstall the game and mods data and configs via RimPy
- Delete the game, delete “RimWorld by Ludeon Studios*”* folder in AppData, delete \steamapps\common\Rimworld (and the “*workshop\content\294100”* was already gone after uninstalling). Reinstall.
- Restart the PC after each of the above (except the first one).
- Run Steam and the Game in compatibility mode with Windows 8 (I’m using 10) and as an administator. Also Disable fullscreen optimization. With this even the base mods don’t work.
- If I used a Windows Defender, I would also add the game to the exceptions - but I don't.
- In Prepatcher remove one or few random mods before the main loading.
- Using RimPy for testing and log analyzing.

Maybe some of this will work for you. :lh_pray:
And also, the method that helped me get to the menu (at least half of the time), but not playing the game - can’t generate a world or pawns or location or something else. But here is the method:
1. Start the game and Prepatcher (of course you will have to add and activate it)
2. Open the Windows Task Manager, find the Rimworld.exe process
3. RMB → Set Affinity → Deselect all except Cpu 0 → Apply
4. Go back to the game and Launch

So yeah, in the end I'm just trying to build a modlist without HugsLib and XML Extensions (yes, it is also have this problen).:candywhat:

I was having critical error on 100% fresh Rimworld. The only active mods were Harmony, HugsLib, Dubs Perf. Analyzer, Perfomance Optimizer and Rocketman. World generation bugs, black screen bug, crashes. After setting up compatibility mode and turning fullscreen mode in the game the worldmap finally loaded correctly. Gonna test everything futher and try the DPI setting solution too. Thanks, man
Mad Goose 22 Sep, 2024 @ 4:27am 
Update: tried everything but turned out the only solution was disabling HugsLib and XML Extentions. Farewell to some good mods but nothing critical
Mad Goose 26 Sep, 2024 @ 12:45pm 
Update 2: Futher tests showed that disabling HugsLib and XML Extensions isn't enough. There's something with 1.5 itself or Harmony. And everything works nice on 1.4 at the same time. And no one really cares since only a small part of the community struggle with this problem. One of the Vanilla Expended developers replied to my message "1.4 is almost 6 months behind us at this point. Just let it go. We won't touch it". So... yeah...
Last edited by Mad Goose; 26 Sep, 2024 @ 12:45pm
What worked fore me was to just put HugsLib at the Botton of the Modlist, an any mod that was dependend on that under it
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