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6 years ago

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Black Screen and System Restore Required

I'm having an issue with the game. Every time i try to start the game from the launcher i get a black screen with a few seconds of sounds and then my PC will freeze up and can't tab out or use task m...

proxos666
6 years ago
@Loganos47

Create an override with CRU and just list the native resolution for that TV , TVs usually have errors in the edid, see if that resolves the issue currently

also you can also set the game to try and start in window mode per below

Press the [Windows] Key + [R] at the same time

Copy the following in to the text box and press ok

%localappdata%\swtor\swtor\settings

Open the client_settings.ini file in notepad and ensure the following are displayed within

Fullscreen = false D3DFullScreen = false RefreshRate = 60

Check NativeHeight, NativeWidth, Height and Width ( all 4 ) match your monitor resolution.

Save and close the file.
Start the game as normal.
Change graphic settings within the game as desired.

Loganos47

6 years ago

It seems i found out why this problem started. The game didn't create the client_settings.ini file so it didn't load any settings to begin with, causing the black screen and a never-ending error to load the game and confusing windows and the need for a system restore. I created the file in notepad and then changed the file name to that of the required file and now the game loads up fine.

proxos666

Hero+

6 years ago

@Loganos47

Good news , hope fully that is the end of this issue for you

May The Force Be With You