How to fix Star Wars Squadrons Black Screen Issue on PC

Star Wars Squadrons Black Screen
Star Wars: Squadrons

Star Wars: Squadrons is a space combat game set in the Star Wars universe from Motive Studios and Electronic Arts. The game is now available on PCXbox OnePS4, and players can experience the full game in VR on both PC and PSVR. If you are on the PC version and are running into the Star Wars Squadrons Black Screen, here is how you can fix it.

The game currently has Mixed reviews on Steam, and this is because of some technical issues players are facing. It sits on a score of 81 on Metacritic.

Star Wars Squadrons Black Screen

If you are running into a black screen while trying to launch the game, here is how you can easily fix it.

  • Head over to where the game is installed
  • Here, right-click on the game’s executable, and select Properties
  • Now, head over to the Compatibility tab
  • Here, under Settings, click on Change high DPI Settings
Star Wars Squadrons Black Screen
Change high DPI settings
  • Check both Program DPI and High DPI scaling override
Star Wars Squadrons Black Screen
High DPI Settings
  • Relaunch the game and it should start working properly

While you are here, make sure you check out our other guides as well.

STAR WARS: SQUADRONS SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

Here are the system requirements for Star Wars: Squadron for with and without VR

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-VR

OS: Windows 10
CPU: Intel i5-7600 (Intel) or Ryzen 3 1300X (AMD)
Memory: 8GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon HD 7850 or Equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): Geforce GTX 660 or Equivalent
DirectX: 11
Internet: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Hard Drive Space: 30GB

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-VR / MINIMUM VR

OS: Windows 10
CPU: Inteli7-7700 (Intel) or Ryzen 3 3200G (AMD)
Memory: 16GB
Graphics Card (AMD):Radeon RX 480or Equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): Geforce GTX 1060 or Equivalent
DirectX: 11
Internet: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Hard Drive Space: 30GB

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR VR

OS: Windows 10
CPU: Inteli7-7700 (Intel) or Ryzen 3 3200G (AMD)
Memory: 16GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon RX 570 or Equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): Geforce GTX 1070 or Equivalent
DirectX: 11
Internet: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection

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