Black screen after launcher

[Sevrojin]

tried all the online fixes.

any more to get this spaghetti code to work?

[Relic62]

The most common reason for a black screen is a system usually a laptop using 2 video cards, having said that you need to post your specs to get any help on the issue. If its the above issue you need to go to video settings and set the primary card for fallout 4.

[Sevrojin]

12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H 2.30 GHz
windows 11
navidia geforce rtx 3070 ti laptop

as far as i can tell the main cause is the dumpster fire known as windows 11

[Necron Monolith ₿]

what's the refresh rate of your laptop screen?

[Sevrojin]

360. i had it set however on the vidcard to 60 fps

gonna have to drop that down to 60 just to play fo4?

[EJR]

Can you post your results and method(s) if you get it fixed? I'm having the same issue and, like you, I tried everything and still got the black screen of emptiness

[Zekiran]

Weapon Debris = off. You have to turn it off and yes cap your game at 60 fps.

If you need to find the ini file to fix the video card / resolution issue that's around online aplenty.

[Sevrojin]

Originally posted by EJR:

Can you post your results and method(s) if you get it fixed? I'm having the same issue and, like you, I tried everything and still got the black screen of emptiness

i didnt want to fix the problem with mods but thats what i resorted to

you need fallout 4 script extender(have to launch the game with this)
and fallout 4 high fps physics fix


sadly i dont think this is fixable without mods

[Sevrojin]

Nvm still broken..

the game will launch but then freeze after a short bit of time

[dot]

Originally posted by Sevrojin:

Nvm still broken..

the game will launch but then freeze after a short bit of time

do you have it borderless and/or windowed? give it a try to go fullscreen if so and never ever alt+tab during that intro load.

[Zekiran]

Have you got the game on the same drive with Steam, and with any launcher in the same space installed properly?

Is your computer trying to do a "live" scan for virus or firewall purposes?

You already know that windows 11 is kind of iffy, and it updates a lot since it's basically still not ready for prime time. Can you revert to a prior version of the OS or a prior w11 update? Make sure that your OS doesn't update until you tell it to if you can, so you can research the kb#s before allowing them to download.

Is your video card driver proper? remembering that new doesn't always mean right, it might be needing to revert.

And did you turn weapon debris off? You say that you are attempting mods but without actually answering our questions it's not gonna go well...

[Sevrojin]

Gave up trying.

Bathesda is a trash company with trash employees that could make a bug free game if their life depended on it

[EJR]

Yeah I thought you would come to that conclusion. I tried every fix on my end, from verifying files, to un/reinstalling, and playing around with the settings and resolution(s). None of it worked for me. Since 4 worked on my old PC and I got my new one in November 2021, I assume Bethesda did something within after that date to cause this issue to happen more since I notice more Fallout 4 black screen issues lately.

[cswiger]

Originally posted by EJR:

Since 4 worked on my old PC and I got my new one in November 2021, I assume Bethesda did something within after that date to cause this issue to happen more since I notice more Fallout 4 black screen issues lately.

You'd be wrong. Fallout 4 last changed 3 years ago, on Dec 4 2019:

https://steamdb.info/app/377160/depots/
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/4460038/

[EJR]

Originally posted by cswiger:

Originally posted by EJR:

Since 4 worked on my old PC and I got my new one in November 2021, I assume Bethesda did something within after that date to cause this issue to happen more since I notice more Fallout 4 black screen issues lately.

You'd be wrong. Fallout 4 last changed 3 years ago, on Dec 4 2019:

https://steamdb.info/app/377160/depots/
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/4460038/

Then something probably went wrong with the game itself somehow, something similar happened with NV in that same year

[cswiger]

Originally posted by EJR:

Then something probably went wrong with the game itself somehow, something similar happened with NV in that same year

And what would that be?

Fallout 4 plays fine for most people. The biggest problem with newer systems seems to be enabling the Weapon Debris option which causes crashes on newer nVidia hardware, but that is nVidia's change, not Bethesda.