Start menu will not show

[HiddeDeHaan]

Integrity​

I have verified my game files (on Steam)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

Start menu will not show

Description​

The start menu will not show. Only the load the screen (which since the 1.5 update now also weird black pixels on it, see attached screenshot).

After loading I can hear the music and the sounds of the start menu. If I move my cursor I can hear it react to it. Most of the time it'll just keep showing me the load screen, other times the screen will go black.

I've had this issue for a while. The game worked fine for months, but since I got this issue I can't get it to go away.
I've uninstalled mods and DLC, removed all Vic 3 documents on my laptop, reinstalled the game, verified files, etc. several times. No idea why it won't go back to normal.

Steps to reproduce​

Start game from the launcher

Game Version​

1.5.8 hot fix, but even before 1.5 I've had this issue

OS​

Mac

Additional​

Bug Type​

Performance Issue

Save Game​

Attachments​

Player Pain​

10

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

Moving to Tech Support! (Mac Sonoma issue).

 

[AndrewT]

If your model of Mac only has an Intel video system, that is probably the cause of your problem. This game now only usesw Vulkan as a renderer, not openGL any longer. And Vulkan does nto run well or in some cases at all on Intel video Macs. FYI this game has never been supported on that hardware platform since release, so really it's a matter of luck that it ever worked!

If that is the situation you can try updating MacOS to 14.x which may have a newer Intel video driver; if that doesn't help or is not possible, all you can do is revert to the previous game version 1.4.x in theSteam betas tab for the game. Or play on any other machine you have access to with supported hardware.


If however that is not the case - ie that your Mac has AMD video - that's a different matter; let us know here and we'll look into your case more closely.