The Lord of the Rings Online™

The Lord of the Rings Online™

jmrathbun Apr 17, 2018 @ 5:17pm
Why Does Launcher Give Me 30" of Blank Screen?
I played for at least a month before this problem started, but now it's every time I load the game: a few seconds after I enter my password, the screen goes black for more than half a minute. The mouse cursor shows as a rotating blue circle and will move anywhere on the screen, but clicking or pushing buttons has no effect. Finally the splash screen appears and login is complete. I'm using Win 7 Pro and my rig exceeds recommended specs for the game. Nothing has changed at my end that I know of. What gives?
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Starbuck Apr 18, 2018 @ 2:25am 
It’s called loading.
oreyos Apr 18, 2018 @ 4:29am 
I would stop running an obsolete OS.
Other than that, it's probably time to do some maintenance, as the issue describe are caused by the OS, not the game.
edorward Apr 18, 2018 @ 10:16am 
Originally posted by oreyos:
I would stop running an obsolete OS.
Other than that, it's probably time to do some maintenance, as the issue describe are caused by the OS, not the game.

No, it's not. This problem is well documented with the latest build. I didn't get any hang like that prior to the most recent patch and now I get exactly the same hang as the OP describes. And no, it's not called loading.
kalameet Apr 18, 2018 @ 12:04pm 
windows 7 obsolete?
lmao
Love this game, is always user fault, ssg never make mistakes XD
oreyos Apr 18, 2018 @ 4:03pm 
Originally posted by kalameet:
windows 7 obsolete?
lmao
Love this game, is always user fault, ssg never make mistakes XD

Unless you're buying extended support, end of life was back in 2015. Yes, Windows 7 is obsolete.

If the game stops working on Windows 7, it's because you're running an ancient OS, that's no longer worth supporting.

But blame it on SSG, why don't you.
Running-Target Apr 18, 2018 @ 4:21pm 
You need to have patience. You didn't say how many Minutes or Hours in Total you waited.

If you have an update to download before you logged in, that could make the loading slower. Maybe if you moved LOTRO directory to a SSD, you could speed the load times up. Make sure the drive that LOTRO is on is defragmented and that your active anti-malware defenses are Not scanning LOTRO as it is loading.

Well you could try puting this in the properties of the steam link of LOTRO > Set Launch Options button: " -invoker -nosplash -skiprawdownload "
Last edited by Running-Target; Apr 18, 2018 @ 4:50pm
Gatuno Apr 18, 2018 @ 7:43pm 
Originally posted by oreyos:
Originally posted by kalameet:
windows 7 obsolete?
lmao
Love this game, is always user fault, ssg never make mistakes XD

Unless you're buying extended support, end of life was back in 2015. Yes, Windows 7 is obsolete.

If the game stops working on Windows 7, it's because you're running an ancient OS, that's no longer worth supporting.

But blame it on SSG, why don't you.

Lmao, LOTRO is an ancient game, it was made back when Windows XP was still a thing.
edorward Apr 19, 2018 @ 4:57am 
Originally posted by oreyos:
Originally posted by kalameet:
windows 7 obsolete?
lmao
Love this game, is always user fault, ssg never make mistakes XD

Unless you're buying extended support, end of life was back in 2015. Yes, Windows 7 is obsolete.

If the game stops working on Windows 7, it's because you're running an ancient OS, that's no longer worth supporting.

But blame it on SSG, why don't you.

OK, first off, MS is still publishing updates, so even though they don't sell it anymore, it's not obsolete. Second, the game still lists it as a supported OS, so even if it were obsolete, the game should still work in Win7. Blaming the OS is a really lazy, completely unhelpful response to a known bug from the last update.

OP - try lowering your graphics settings and reloading the game. If that gets rid of the black screen, switch back to your usual settings. Failing that, updating your graphics drivers might help.
Last edited by edorward; Apr 19, 2018 @ 5:19am
kalameet Apr 19, 2018 @ 6:37am 
windows 7 dont have any problem with lotro, is what I tried to say, is ssg fault, 3 months ago I couldnt play for a week until they restarted the server because this game still have lots of olds bugs
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Date Posted: Apr 17, 2018 @ 5:17pm
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