Game opens but it runs in the background.

[Scallywanker]

Ive Reinstalled steam and new world and updated all drivers. I ran a benchmark and comps running above average. It also has no option to run as admin. I know its not my specs been playing game since release on this pc. Any ideas on what to do ive tried all the basics.

[Scallywanker]

Originally posted by Lord Haart:

Check for Running Processes:

Open your Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) and check if "NewWorld.exe" is running. If it is, end the task by right-clicking on it and selecting "End Task."
2. Windowed Mode:

Try running New World in windowed mode. You can usually change this setting in the game's options menu. Windowed mode sometimes helps resolve display-related issues.

Ive done all that it when i open game it just runs but i am unable to open it up

[Crunktanium]

Originally posted by Scallywanker:

when i open game it just runs but i am unable to open it up

Sounds like a screen configuration issue. Right click desktop choose display settings and make sure you are using Display 1.

[Virsago2099]

This sounds a lot like the white screen bug. Where you launch the game, and you can hear it, but it just shows a white screen and never displays the game. It usually happens after the AGS logo, when the cut scene is supposed to play. There is a solution to it, but it is only temporary. If you open your %AppData% folder (press windows key + r to open "run" window, and type in %AppData%), and find the folder named AGS. Delete the AGS folder. Next time you launch the game it will prompt you to make a new character. Press back at the character creation screen, and you will go to the character select screen, where you can access your existing characters.

This will reset all your custom settings and keybinds to the default, so you will have to go back and change those to what you had them at before.

It's also important to note this only a temporary fix. Eventually (usually after a few days), it will start doing it again, and you will have to repeat this process. It's not an issue with hardware or drivers. It's AGS's inability to proper code a game. I recently wanted to come back and play again to check out the new content, and ran into this issue. I did the fix above about four times before I finally said it wasn't worth jumping through all those hoops to play New World for me. So I'm not playing again until that gets fixed.

[SpaceCadetWil]

Change your dpi settings to 1920/1080