New World – How to Fix Errors, Black Screen, Issues, Problems

A guide on how to fix errors, black screen, issues, problems in New World.

How to Fix

New World game has just released today all over the world after Beta testing a few days ago. New World is an upcoming MMORPG that is developed and published by Amazon Game Studios.

New World introduces a wide spectrum of character personalization that will fit a player’s build through a deep crafting mechanic like crafting their desired gear such as weapons and armor, improving on certain specializations, weapon mastery, and many more. It is up to you and your allies to carve your own destiny as you venture into a supernatural frontier known as Aeternu.

Although New World passed some testing process, there can be problems, bugs, errors to be fixed. This guide will give you some tips and tricks to solve them. Please note that this guide will be updated, you can also help us to extend via comments.

How to Solve Black Screen

There are too much people facing with Black Screen. When you open the launcher and entered the game, you may see the Black Screen and nothing happens.

There is a just simple way to overcome this issue: Wait. You should just wait a while to pass Black Screen problem. Then you will see that black screen issue has been solved.

Is Voice Chat Disabled?

You may think about that. But the answer is no. However there is a note released from developers:

VOIP is now disabled for the first 3 hours after character creation to limit poor voice behavior.

How to Skip Tutorial?

Advanced players can skip this tutorial. Before being asked to move when you wash up on shore, simply

Press ESC
Game Menu
Skip to New World

This takes you directly to the starting beaches of the main game, but note, you’ll not have shield or one ration.

However, if you are new to New World, it’s good to do this tutorial at least once.

How to Fix Not Starting, Launching Problems

These problems can be general issues and there are some common solving steps. You can just follow these steps.

1. Please run the repair option on Steam once. You can find them at:

Steam Library
Right click on the entry of New World and click on Properties
Local files
Check game files for errors.

2. A clean restart would also be an option:

Press Windows Key + R and enter msconfig , then click Ok
In general window / tab
Go to the Services window / tab
Click Hide All Microsoft Services .
Now click on Deactivate All.
Go to the Start window / tab and click on Open Task Manager.
Deactivate every program there in the Autostart window . (Please do this for each program that opens in the autostart)

After that, restart the PC and open the game.

3– Ultimately, if problem persist can you please uninstalling the game, then, Windows+r to open Run, type in “%appdata%” and hit enter, under roaming open “AGS” folder, Delete new world folder, Empty Recycling Bin, download New World and try again.