If the game won't start properly

[lordvadersky]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but,

Ever since I downloaded the newest alpha, I am unable to load saves. I create a new world, then a colony, then after I play for a while, I save it. Then when I go to play RimWorld again, I am unable to load my save and the game becomes unresponsive and I am forced to close it.
I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it and I have even re-downloaded the files and it still doesn't work.
Is there a way to fix this?

Any help is appreciated.

[TheGingy]

Hello,

Recently got the game and it was working just fine up until today. Comes up stating that it's crashing today. Tried downloading and reinstalling in a different folder and still no luck. Tried deleting config files to reset and also no luck. Any advice?

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[TheGingy]

Actually I found my problem. Did some driver updates and Microsoft wasn't accepting the digital signature driver for my graphics card. Disabled the check and now it works 

[Anco]

Whenever i try to start the game, i get the black screen cursor bug, i've tried deleting the config.xml but it has no effect

[Baguette]

I know my games modded and nobody can really help with this, But I made a new save yesterday and it worked fine no matter how many times i loaded it up. Now whenever i load it up it's just the sound of rain and a black screen.

[makaveli024]

i have the same problem as Anco, please help

[want_some]

I know my games modded and nobody can really help with this, But I made a new save yesterday and it worked fine no matter how many times i loaded it up. Now whenever i load it up it's just the sound of rain and a black screen.

Sounds like you need to reload your mods. If you added new mods, you should remove them as they might require you to start a new world and.or colony for them to work.

[stefanstr]

Since Tynan locked my thread and asked to post here:
I only get a black screen when trying to open Alpha 9 on my MacBookPro Retina. Alpha 8 works fine.
Clearing caches didn’t help, permissions are fine.

[Tynan]

Since Tynan locked my thread and asked to post here:
I only get a black screen when trying to open Alpha 9 on my MacBookPro Retina. Alpha 8 works fine.
Clearing caches didn�t help, permissions are fine.

Please delete all the game files and then reinstall the game to a clean empty folder.

If that doesn't work, please post the log file here; I'll take a look at it.

[stefanstr]

Since Tynan locked my thread and asked to post here:
I only get a black screen when trying to open Alpha 9 on my MacBookPro Retina. Alpha 8 works fine.
Clearing caches didn�t help, permissions are fine.

Please delete all the game files and then reinstall the game to a clean empty folder.

If that doesn't work, please post the log file here; I'll take a look at it.

Sure.  I have done this but I cannot find any logs. Where should they appear? An empty folder gets generated in ~/Library/Application Support/unity.Ludeon Studios.Rimworld There is no trace of a RimWorld folder in ~/Library/Caches...

[Mangus]

Game worked fine until the new set-up.  Followed all instructions and deleted old version to install new one....nothing...blackscreen.. I've triedthis a few times to the point of only two downloads left, which I don't want to lose.  Don't know what to do next?   Any advice.

[Mangus]

P.S.
Discovered my problem.  It's the epykx (?) pack.  Doesn't work on Alpha 9.  Unfortunately, I have but a single download left.   

[stefanstr]

Since Tynan locked my thread and asked to post here:
I only get a black screen when trying to open Alpha 9 on my MacBookPro Retina. Alpha 8 works fine.
Clearing caches didn�t help, permissions are fine.

Please delete all the game files and then reinstall the game to a clean empty folder.

If that doesn't work, please post the log file here; I'll take a look at it.

Sure.  I have done this but I cannot find any logs. Where should they appear? An empty folder gets generated in ~/Library/Application Support/unity.Ludeon Studios.Rimworld There is no trace of a RimWorld folder in ~/Library/Caches...

I downloaded the hotfix version and the game runs now. I think it was affected by the language bug somehow: although I’ve always played in English, Alpha 9 has opened in Polish, which is my system language. I wonder why it didn’t pick up the language setting from Alpha 8.

[Tynan]

I downloaded the hotfix version and the game runs now. I think it was affected by the language bug somehow: although I�ve always played in English, Alpha 9 has opened in Polish, which is my system language. I wonder why it didn�t pick up the language setting from Alpha 8.

Very glad to hear it works now!

[Coenmcj]

I've noticed that VPN's have been a bit of a problem for a while, but am unsure if it really fits here, as sometimes it stops the game from running and othertimes it causes other problems.