Sins not displaying anything

After the new update, every time I load Rebellion, it only gives me a black screen, music, and my mouse. I've been able to run the game previously with no problem. Is anyone having this problem, or is it just on my end?

 

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I want to say I saw one other person with this issue. I think either setting the Rebellion.user.settings file to start the game in windowed mode or validating the installation fixed his problem.

Reply #2 Top

I am having this exact same problem, and as much as I love Sins I don't really want to run it in windowed mode for the rest of its existence. How exactly do I go about validating the installation?

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Sorry for the double post, but I found a solution that worked for me.

Go to: My Documents/My Games/Ironclad Games/Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion/Setting, and open the 'rebellion.user' file with notepad.

Find the value VideoIsWindowed, change FALSE to TRUE, and start the game. Using the in-game options menu, you can go back and change it to full screen. You should be able to play and start the game in full-screen mode now.