Game stuck on black screen since 8.1.5

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So I downloaded the patch and now my game is stuck on just a black screen. Upside is the music is playing ok :frowning:

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Hello Glorina,

Have you tried the suggestions from this article here?

Kind regards

What’s your opinion?

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Had the same problem. Resetted the interface and it started working again.

Problem is, when I try to change the Graphic settings it freezes again and I need to reset the interface back again.

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Hello Këiner,

Have you tried it with a clean interface?

Kind regards

What’s your opinion?

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Yes, but it seems to do the charm only partly.

I still need to clear both the Cache and the Interface and reset twice before being able to access the game each time I change the Graphic settings.

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Fixed it by resetting from launch screen

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I am having this issue aswell?!?! How do you launch with a ‘clean interface’?

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But if you do that then your addons disappear and when you reinstall them you are back to black screen again

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Hello Dalecarter,

You find the steps to reset your interface here.

Kind regards

What’s your opinion?

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Hello Pinkylarue,

If addons are the cause to an issue, you would have to address that with the developer of the addon.

Kind regards

What’s your opinion?

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Actually addons arent the problem, they are just something that happens. However, I’ve tried and tried all solutions here. I have no addons. I have scanned and repaired. Updated drivers. Everything that the guys are saying here and after that I have managed to get into the game twice. I went to reinstall addons, I went back to black screen. I scanned and repaired again and now I have just black screen - so its not about addons.

Edit: And if it were about the addons why are there other people with the same addons from Twitch able to play with zero problems and I cant?

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I had the same problem, but then I fixed it via disabling the “Game Overlay” on discord. After I switched it off it started working for me.
(How to turn off Game Overlay:)

  • Open Discord
  • Goto: Discord Settings
  • Click on “Game Activity”
  • Find World of Warcraft
  • Click on the small Screen so it turns red
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Oh my god I love you! Now its working for me and I can install addons :smiley:
Can I suggest you get yourself a job working for Blizzard as you seem to be more capable than some and fixed my problem instantly.

<3

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discord was what was causing me the issue well so far doing this seems to have worked. thanks

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You are a total star, this instantly fixed the issue where no other suggestion from Blizzard posts helped.

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Have to add my two-penneth … what a STAR!! :star::star::star2::star2:

Thank you very much! I’ve been closing it, resetting it, putting it through a scan and repair … a simple switch off of the discord overlay did it! Well done :slight_smile:

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Going to add something to the Discord alternative. What helped me was to close discord completly and then open WoW and re-open discord helped me with my black screen problem.

I looked at the Overlay settings, but it’s already off so hmm.

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I don’t know if this will help anyone but disabling the overlay in discord and updating my addons fixed it for me - I did them all so I’m not sure what particular addon it was but probably something pretty widely used if a few people are getting the same problem.

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I think overlays generally seem to be having a hard time of it with WoW at the moment … I haven’t tried overwolf yet (hmm … perhaps I should …) but since the last patch it was refusing to load. We finally discovered the way to get it working was to sit in the character selection screen for a while … go into settings … then back out (no need to change anything) and it would suddenly pop up. Almost like something gave it a reminder it should be there.

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I really hope this works because I’m close to pulling my hair out. rapidly logs into discord
Edit: you absolute gem

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