Black Screen at start?

[Death90000]

So I just got a account and I did everything and I did download the realm list but when I start it up I just get a black screen. Anything wrong?

[Katharakt]

Got the same problem here, i keep hearing the music tho but cant do anything, i tried with compatibility but nothing changed.

[Diametra]

I see some problems with Nvidea graphics. The cure to which was updating drivers...if that's the case search manufacturer for updated drivers (should probably check for updated drivers regardless of manufacturer). I also see someone has worked around it by launching wow in a separate window instead of filling their monitor with the game. I'll keep looking around to se if I see anything else.

[Diametra]

here is also a link to multiple solutions and symptoms across platforms:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Black_Screen_Crash

[Diametra]

and finally:

Go into your System settings, on the left column click on Advanced. Once in this new tab, look for "Graphics API" and set it to DirectX 9

[Hydra9268]

So I just got a account and I did everything and I did download the realm list but when I start it up I just get a black screen. Anything wrong?

This happened to me too. To fix this try replacing everything in your wtf/Config.wtf file with the following settings.

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SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET gxResolution "1920x1080"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET fullAlpha "1"
SET gxWindow "1"
SET gxMaximize "1"
SET lodDist "250"
SET SmallCull "0.010000"
SET trilinear "1"
SET frillDensity "48"
SET farclip "777"
SET specular "1"
SET pixelShaders "1"
SET particleDensity "1"
SET unitDrawDist "300"
SET movie "0"
SET anisotropic "16"
SET detailDoodadAlpha "100"
SET mapObjLightLOD "2"
SET maxLOD "3"
SET nearClip "0.33"
SET shadowLevel "0"
SET SkyCloudLOD "1"
SET SkySunGlare "1"
SET textureLodDist "777"
SET texLodBias "-1"
SET weatherDensity "3"
SET waterParticulates "1"
SET waterRipples "1"
SET waterSpecular "1"
SET waterWaves "1"
SET showShadow "1"
SET showLowDetail "0"
SET showSimpleDoodads "0"
SET gxTripleBuffer "1"
SET M2UsePixelShaders "1"
SET screenshotFormat "png"
SET screenshotQuality "10"
SET maxFPS "59"
SET maxFPSBk "15"
SET DesktopGamma "1"
SET Gamma "1.000000"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET MusicVolume "0"
SET SoundVolume "1"
SET MasterVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET gameTip "6"
SET EnableErrorSpeech "0"
SET AmbienceVolume "0.20000000298023"
SET uiScale "1"
SET CombatDamage "0"
SET minimapZoom "0"
SET scriptMemory "131072"
SET minimapInsideZoom "0"
SET cameraYawMoveSpeed "180"
SET cameraYawSmoothSpeed "180"
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "1"
SET checkAddonVersion "0"
SET cameraSmoothStyle "0"
SET cameraDistanceMax "50"
SET lastCharacterIndex "2"
SET realmList "login2.nostalrius.org"
SET realmName "Nostalrius Begins"
SET lod "0"


This should fix your black screen issues. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.