# Black screen and music

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-screen-and-music/39439>\
**Category:** Crash Reports\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-screen-and-music/39439 "2019-02-08T16:04:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tommetje02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Tommetje02](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Tommetje02)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-screen-and-music/39439/1 "2019-02-08T16:04:10Z")

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**Summary:**

Whenever I start the game I get a black screen, and after about 30 seconds music starts playing but the black screen remains.

I’ve seen some other posts and found some users who seemed to experience the same problem as me, so I deleted my user\_settings.json file, but it didn’t work. Also tried pressing F5 but this didn’t work either. Reinstalled the game a few times but no result. I’m on the latest version and don’t use mods. Anyone got any ideas?

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**Author:** ![paulthegreat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/paulthegreat/32/62395_2.png) [@paulthegreat](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/paulthegreat)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-screen-and-music/39439/2 "2019-02-08T18:33:40Z")

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Unplug/disable your webcam and/or any other unnecessary peripheral devices.

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**Author:** ![Wouter\_Sikkema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/wouter_sikkema/32/61482_2.png) [@Wouter\_Sikkema](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Wouter_Sikkema)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-screen-and-music/39439/3 "2019-02-08T19:27:41Z")

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What Paul said, disconnect anything not your mouse and keyboard or screen, and give it a shot, for me it was my webcam causing crashes

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**Author:** ![Tommetje02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Tommetje02](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Tommetje02)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-screen-and-music/39439/4 "2019-02-09T10:34:03Z")

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I think I found the problem. Opened my mod folder and noticed one mod was downloaded two years ago (though it was a default mod since I never installed a mod?), although I just reinstalled the game. Removed it and the game seems to work properly now, although it still takes longer to load than before. Thanks for all the help guys, really appreciate it!