The game won't start

[Someguyisdumb]

I've just got beat saber and when I tried to launch it, it says up next and I waited a while and it just won't launch at all. I've restarted my pc and updated everything and the game still won't launch.

[airpirata]

У меня такая же проблема, я только ради этой игры купил очки, а игра не запускается

[Lonewolf63]

Originally posted by jthornbladh:

I've just got beat saber and when I tried to launch it, it says up next and I waited a while and it just won't launch at all. I've restarted my pc and updated everything and the game still won't launch.

Same here, how do I get a refund until this is fixed? I get the "Choose Language" screen but noting happens when I click on anything.
I can and have been playing The Forest with Steam Link so it's a problem with Beat Saber only atm!

[kaynairways]

Same here. Got the game this morning.

[kaynairways]

Fixed it with advice from another player. Go to Steam, open Beat Saber, click settings icon, properties, beta tab, select legacy version.

[Lonewolf63]

TY (and the OP) I tried it and IT WORKED ;))))))))

[Galen DreVahn]

Thank you for the suggestion, worked here too. Program freezes at startup otherwise.

[Velique]

Index running latest Steam VR here. Non-legacy Beat Saber versions ... i.e. 1.3x were working fine for me until this week. Now, any of them (I tried downloading a few) give me this in the console:

ExecuteSteamURL: "steam://run/620980"
GameAction [AppID 620980, ActionID 10] : LaunchApp changed task to ControllerWarnings with ""
GameAction [AppID 620980, ActionID 10] : LaunchApp waiting for user response to ControllerWarnings ""
GameAction [AppID 620980, ActionID 10] : LaunchApp continues with user response "ControllerWarnings"
GameAction [AppID 620980, ActionID 10] : LaunchApp changed task to SynchronizingControllerConfig with ""
Game process updated : AppID 250820 ""D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\SteamVR\bin\win64\vrmonitor.exe" ", ProcID 12728, IP 0.0.0.0:0
GameAction [AppID 620980, ActionID 10] : LaunchApp failed with WaitingOpenVRAppQuit with "111"
GameAction [AppID 620980, ActionID 10] : LaunchApp changed task to Failed with ""
CAPIJobRequestUserStats - Server response failed 2


I've rolled back to 1.29 legacy, it works, but some custom songs won't load again. Ugh.

[AtOnYcK]

Originally posted by kaynairways:

Fixed it with advice from another player. Go to Steam, open Beat Saber, click settings icon, properties, beta tab, select legacy version.

I hadn't played the game since March 2024, tried it today (November 2024). Black screen. Nothing.
THIS TIP WORKED!!! It gave me 3 legacy options, I chose the top one, named 1.34.2_legacy - 1.34.2_legacy.

[mrorangejohn]

Thanks not played for ages and had black screen your tip worked chose the bottom option in legacy patches it worked many thanks

[Shaker]

I can confirm that the 1.34.2 legacy works. I wonder why they release something like this without fixing it until now!

[DoS]

same here. rift s user. i see a little white beat saber text on black background. then i get an infinite black screen.
all three betas run without a problem, except i can'T play the metallica songs i paid for

hope the devs will fix that soon

[ideal victim]

did anyone bug report this?

[Nazcool]

Schön das man für den Schrott bezahlt hat (zum Glück nur meine Frau) und kein Entwickler sich mal meldet…

[spderweb]

Black screen is still an issue, so they never fixed this i guess.
Switching to legacy mode worked,