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Black Screen when loading

loneeagle721#3966 loneeagle721
loneeagle721#3966
 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
in Windows and General: PC, Network, and Other Technical Issues
When I try loading STO through ARC all I get is a black screen with the loading wheel spinning on its merry way. No Cryptic loading screen or anything else. Any suggestions on fixing this?
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    phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
    phoenixc#0738
         Member Posts: 5,507 Arc User
    edited September 2022
    I get that a lot too. Using CTRL-ALT-Del to bring up the task manager, killing the program and launcher then immediately starting the game again from the desktop usually gets it to load normally when it does that. Unfortunately, it is just a kludge and not a fix so chances are it will do the blackscreen nonsense again at next launch.
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    josh#0694 josh
    josh#0694
         Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    This has been a long standing bug in the Arc launcher. Launching from startrekonline.exe without using the arc launcher will give you a 100% success rate.
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