Hogwarts Legacy is finally available on PC, but seems to be showing recurring problems. Among other things, there is a black screen at startup and various crashes. We explain how to solve these problems.
Acclaimed by critics and fans, Hogwarts Legacy has been available on PC for a few days. The game offers an original story brilliantly resuming the world of wizards, all in an extremely realistic world. Unfortunately, with the graphic quality of the game also come the technical requirements with regard to your PC, knowing that the game is extremely, but really extremely, greedy. In some cases, although your PC meets the technical recommendations of the Avalanche Software teams, Hogwarts Legacy is the victim of crashes, and especially of a black screen at launch. We give you all our solutions to remedy these problems.
How do I fix the black screen when launching Hogwarts Legacy?
Most common problem on all configurations, Hogwarts Legacy launching, displaying warnings dedicated to people with epilepsy, and remaining completely stuck on a black screen. Whether you launch Task Manager (Ctrl+SHIFT+Esc) or close the game by hand, nothing helps, the application stops responding. Well, the solution to this problem is quite simple.
Hogwarts Legacy systematically adjusts its shaders when launching the game, a process that can be very long. In some cases, the progress bar for this process does not appear. Hence your impression of a crash or black screen. In fact, if you see a black screen after epilepsy warnings, let your app do the work. The shaders will settle in the background and you can launch your game.
How do I fix Hogwarts Legacy crashes?
If you have tried the above solution without result, you are now in the classic problem solving process for a game. This solution suite is often the same from one game platform to another, and we recommend performing the following steps in order:
- Update your graphics drivers: whether you have an Nvidia, Intel or AMD graphics card, your manufacturer regularly provides drivers to be updated via a dedicated application (Adrenaline for AMD and Geforce Experience for Nvidia). Be sure to keep your drivers up to date.
- Check the game installation files: on Steam or Epic Games, Hogwarts Legacy may have been improperly installed. To avoid having to restart the installation from the beginning, you have the option to “Verify integrity of game files” (right click on Hogwarts Legacy in your Steam or Epic Games library >> properties >> local files >> verify game files)
- Check your version of Windows: your version of Windows may affect whether or not you can play Hogwarts Legacy. Check your Windows version with the Winver command. The 21H2 version is ideal.
- Reinstall the game completely: last resort solution, it obviously remains the most reliable. That said, if your game does not launch after these four steps, you will need to inspect the technical specifications of your computer.