Game fails to boot correctly on high resolution display (Surface Book)

[adam_grif]

Hi,

I've only had about 10 minutes to test this morning before work since the evil swedes released it at 2am local time, however I did install it on both my Surface Book and PC. Both machines use Windows 10. The SB switches to a low res mode and begins loading (you can hear the menu music), however it fails to display anything other than a small black rectangle in the top left corner of the screen. The SB has an SSD however nothing had come up after 10 minutes. During this time, other than the black rectangle, I can still see the whole desktop albeit in a lower resolution than it usually is in.

I suspect the issue might be related to the 3000x2000 resolution display, which is an irregular 3:2 ratio. Other Clauzewitz games do work however.

 

[Sergei Meranov]

I also have this issue on a Surface Book

 

[Sergei Meranov]

Just an update. I clicked on the gear icon on the lower left of the launcher and changed from full screen display to windowed (full screen) and the game launched without issue. Though, when I attempted to exit it crashed and locked up. So, for those with surface books experiencing this issue this might be a solution.

 

[adam_grif]

Just an update. I clicked on the gear icon on the lower left of the launcher and changed from full screen display to windowed (full screen) and the game launched without issue. Though, when I attempted to exit it crashed and locked up. So, for those with surface books experiencing this issue this might be a solution.

Cool, I'll try it when I get home to see if I can get it to load up.

I will mainly play it on my PC but I was hoping to test the performance on the SB for when I'm away!

 

[Sergei Meranov]

I'm the same way. I have a SB for when I travel. Performance seemed fine though I didn't play long. I would suggest looking at the UI scaling guide on the Steam forums for Stellaris as high dpi displays and Paradox games don't play well.

Happy Conquering!