Cannot Launch in Fullscreen : Fallout 4

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 12:53 am

When attempting to launch the game in fullscreen mode I either get a solid black screen with just a loading cursor, or a Flashing black Screen where the game seems to be running the back ground but is unplayable. The game works perfectly fine in windowed mode. I've checked my video drivers, fully updated. I've attempted changing gfx settings to no avail. I haven't seen any other posts regarding this exact issue. Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening and any potential fixes?

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:50 am

I'm having the same issue. I went and updated my drivers and now I can't even launch it in windowed mode. But I did have that exact same issue.

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:04 am

With this engine, some people have better performance in Windowed Mode, some people have to run the game in Windowed mode. I believe there is a Borderless Window mode that removes the border from the game. I have not poked around in the options for that. If there is not, I am sure the Border Remover mod will be set up for this game soon enough.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:07 pm

Use System Restore to set your machine back to before you updated the drivers.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:31 pm

I had this issue and disabled Steam Overlay. This fixed it for me together with bFull Screen=1 in Fallout4Prefs.ini

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:49 am

Thanks. But how do I do that?

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 12:05 am

You are able to run it borderless ( which is how i'm currently playing it) my primary problem with this is how small it is. If i could increase the size of the screen while in windowed mode I would be happy but I cannot go beyond the preset max which is only about half of my actual screen.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:24 pm

how?

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:47 pm

How do i disable the overlay?

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 2:59 am

I gave both of these a go and unfortunately no joy, i still just get the solid black screen with loading cursor

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 12:15 am

SUCCESS! taking your suggestion a step further I set the game to windowed borderless mode in in the Fallout4prefs.ini file i just edited the screen size to match my max screen resolution and now it runs perfectly in my full screen! thank you so much!

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:46 pm

i did both as well and it still just crashed

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:42 pm

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» Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:01 pm

Here are the crash details.... I'm not sure if they can provide any insight or not

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: Fallout4.exe

Application Version: 1.1.30.0

Application Timestamp: 563b8ba7

Fault Module Name: Fallout4.exe

Fault Module Version: 1.1.30.0

Fault Module Timestamp: 563b8ba7

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 0000000002178806

OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: db1f

Additional Information 2: db1fd8f2ac34f6e2a7cb405174246d15

Additional Information 3: b9ef

Additional Information 4: b9ef0b385bac42485390250d6e2e87ca

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:52 pm

Many laptop users have this problem (I have a gtx 850m), but no real fix till now (I want to play with real fullscreen, since windowed mode usually has more stuttering and input lag ).
Opened a support request with Bethesda sending my. Dxdiag but no repky...

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:01 am

I have the same problem, the black screen, and flashing screen.... it svcks.