Black screen wont start

[mjkelly93]

Ive tried just about everything. I reinstalled steam. Reinstalled the game. Updated windows. Updated drivers. Moved steam to a different drive. Uninstalled and reinstalled the C++ redistributables.

Anything else to try or we just sit and wait? Ive never had a problem with a game before.

Heres my output log. It looks like a DLL is missing. (???)

Initialize engine version: 5.0.0f2 (b4e6f79600c9)
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
Direct3D:
Version: Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.0]
Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645 (ID=0x11c4)
Vendor: NVIDIA
VRAM: 971 MB
Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-UnityScript-firstpass.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-UnityScript-firstpass.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\ColossalManaged.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\ColossalManaged.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\ICities.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\ICities.dll into Unity Child Domain
- Completed reload, in 0.061 seconds
<RI> Initializing input.

<RI> Input initialized.

desktop: 1920x1200 59Hz; virtual: 1920x1200 at 0,0
<RI> Initialized touch support.

Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\System.Core.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\System.dll (this message is harmless)
Game mode

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebug.gen.cpp Line: 56)

Unloading 1 Unused Serialized files (Serialized files now loaded: 0)
UnloadTime: 0.288582 ms
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/.\C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/.\C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/libC:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/.\libC:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/libC:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/.\C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/.\C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/libC:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/.\libC:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Mono/libC:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll
System.DllNotFoundException: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines/Cities_Data/Plugins/ColossalNative.dll

at (wrapper managed-to-native) ColossalFramework.BootStrapperreload ()

at Starter.Awake () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 [Core]

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebug.gen.cpp Line: 56)

GameSettings: 'gameSettings' is not found or cannot be loaded. Make sure to call GameSettings.AddSettingsFile() to register a settings file before using SavedValue(). [Settings - Internal]

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebug.gen.cpp Line: 56)

Localization 'en' failed to load. You may have to delete old versions manually. System.MissingMethodException: Cannot find the requested method.

at (wrapper managed-to-native) ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation:get_executablePathName ()

at ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation.get_executableDirectory () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation.get_applicationBase () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation.get_gameContentPath () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.Globalization.LocaleManager.get_localePath () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.Globalization.LocaleManager.LoadLocale (System.String codeString) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation:get_executablePathName ()

at ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation.get_executableDirectory () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation.get_applicationBase () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.IO.DataLocation.get_gameContentPath () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.Globalization.LocaleManager.get_localePath () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ColossalFramework.Globalization.LocaleManager.LoadLocale (System.String codeString) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 [Localization - Internal]

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebug.gen.cpp Line: 56)

Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Mono.Security.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\System.Configuration.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\System.Xml.dll (this message is harmless)
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at ColossalFramework.Globalization.Locale.Get (System.String id) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at Starter.Awake () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

(Filename: Line: -1)


Unloading 2 unused Assets to reduce memory usage. Loaded Objects now: 752.
Total: 0.217878 ms (FindLiveObjects: 0.036505 ms CreateObjectMapping: 0.037273 ms MarkObjects: 0.137951 ms DeleteObjects: 0.005379 ms)

Setting up 2 worker threads for Enlighten.
Thread -> id: 1660 -> priority: 1
Thread -> id: 1584 -> priority: 1

 

[Dossou]

I fixed it on my own. Heres what i did.

I removed ALL of the C++ distributable files in the add/remove programs in control panel. Then i reinstalled the 2010 and 2013 redistributable x64 c++ packages off google. Then i tried the game and it just worked. Took 10 minutes.

This didn't work for me.

 

[jdjumper]

This didn't work for me.

Me neither.

 

[Dossou]

bumping