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PUBG Black Screen on Launch: Try Our 10 Quick Solutions
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Updated onFebruary 5, 2024
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Looking at its current ratings will give you a good idea about what’s going on withPUBG. Long story short, this is a great battle royale shooter, but it hasmany issues and bugs. And one of the most common is the black screen on launch in PUBG.
A black screen can be quite challenging in the sea of issues plaguing gamers, making reboot necessary. For the affected users, it appears either on launch or while waiting for the matchmaker queue.
How can I fix the black screen on launch on PUBG?
Before trying any advanced solutions, here’s what you can do:
1. Run the game through Steam
Even though you can run thegamefrom the desktop shortcut, we still recommend usingSteam. If you acquired PUBG via theSteamStore, we suggest using the desktop client to start it.
For some peculiar reason, this seems to work for some users, and the startup black screen or freezing on the title screen is gone. On a side note, we encourage you to run Steam with administrative permissions.
2. Delete the contents of the Movies folder
Once done, reopen Steam, and the black screen shouldn’t appear when you launch PUBG.
3. Remove custom launch options
If you’ve made any changes in the Steam configuration concerning the launch options, make sure to disable all of them. Some of them might work in your favor, but for the sake of establishing a blank slate, you’ll need to remove them for the time being.
4. Disable background programs
The impact certain background applications can have on thegamewas already proven. So, we recommend performing a clean boot, with only system resources running in the background.
In addition, some users adviseduninstalling apps, including theGeForce Experienceutility.
5. Reinstall GPU drivers
When it comes to in-game issues andWindows 10, we can’t sleep on the GPU drivers. It becomes imperative to find the perfectly suited drivers for your GPU, even for premium graphics cards.
Windows 10pushes generic drivers, and more times than not, they work as intended. But we still recommend navigating to the official OEM’s support site and downloading the latest driver version. If one fails, try installing an alternative.
Here’s where to find the drivers for major manufacturers:
After that, you can block the installation of generic drivers provided byWindows Update. Also, we recommend installing redistributables and updating DirectX. You can even usededicated driver updater softwareto find the latest driver versions automatically.
6. Delete configuration settings and verify the game’s integrity
Restoring the game configuration to its default settings might help, as well. Some users copied the configuration files from other users who haven’t experienced crashes.
This will hardly work since it’s not likely that you have the same system configuration as the next user. Rather, you’ll need to delete the configuration settings and configure everything again in the in-game settings.
Once done, the next step is to verify the integrity of the game files. Like all other files, the game files tend to get corrupted or incomplete. With this operation, you’ll restore them to their proper values.
7. Update Windows 10
Windows 10 updates are rarely the cause of gaming issues, especially minor ones. However, having the latest patch for Windows might be valuable. Users reported issues with Ryzen CPUs, and the resolution was presented in a timely update.
8. Add exceptions for Windows Firewall and antivirus
Allowing the game to communicate freely is of utmost importance. Saying that this is the main reason for the black screen is a far-fetched claim, but it won’t cost you anything to try it.
Firstly, if you have anythird-party antivirus solutionwith a built-in firewall, we urge you to disable it. After that, you can add an exception for Windows-native Firewall.
Allowing the game to communicate freely on your computer is important to avoid other issues likePUBG anti-cheat error, check out this guide to learn more.
9. Disable integrated graphics in dual-GPU configurations
In case you have a dual-GPU configuration, with one integrated and one dedicated graphics card, disabling the integrated one might help you overcome the error at hand.
This can be done in various ways, but the best approach would be to disable integrated GPU from its own control panel.
Some users recommended uninstalling it in Device Manager, but this can cause additional issues, so avoiding this approach is a good idea.
Instead, navigate to Device Manager, expand the Display Adapters section, and disable the integrated graphics. Restart your PC, and you should be good to go.
10. Reinstall the game
Finally, the only thing that comes to mind is reinstalling the PUBG on your PC. If PUBG, as the case has shown, worked just fine and suddenly a black screen on launch started appearing, the reinstallation might be a resolution.
Once you have fixed this, we recommend deploying thebest settings for improved gaming performanceto eliminate various issues.
On that note, we can wrap it up. Tell us whether the steps mentioned above helped you in the comments section below.
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Aleksandar Ognjanovic
Aleksandar’s main passion is technology. With a solid writing background, he is determined to bring the bleeding edge to the common user. With a keen eye, he always spots the next big thing surrounding Microsoft and the Windows OS.
Focused on Windows errors and how to solve them, he also writes about the OS’s latest features as well as its interface.
In his free time, he likes to read, listen to music, and enjoy the nature. Hiking is one of his newly found passions.
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