Black screen

[gray finch]

when i host a game, chosee the settings, make my character and spawn there's just a black screen and when i click ESC it kicks me out to the main menu

[eternal mirage]

Do you have any mods enabled? Does it happen without them?

[gray finch]

it happens with and without mods

[eternal mirage]

Can you replicate it without any mods again?

After that, can you share your logs.zip file found in C:\Users\YourUserName\Zomboid?

[gray finch]

i did it without mods, its the same

[gray finch]

i doesn't let me send it here

[eternal mirage]

Are you sure you are sending the correct file?

What kind of error does Discord show

[gray finch]

give me a second

wrong file type or smth like that

[gray finch]

hello?

[eternal mirage]

Yeah, means you are not uploading the right file

Can you send a screenshot if you got the right one?

[gray finch]

this is the one im sending

trying to send*

[eternal mirage]

That is a folder though

[gray finch]

there arent any other zips

[eternal mirage]

You can see the file at the bottom of the screenshot

[gray finch]

ohhhh

this one?

[eternal mirage]

Yes, were you able to host a server before?

[gray finch]

yeah

nything

[gray finch]

with no problems or anything

[eternal mirage]

There do not seem to be any errors here, though the issue seems similar to another user who had issues with the router firewall

Did you perhaps get a new router since last time you were able to host?

[gray finch]

i didnt change anything. The only router related thing that happened was a ddos, nothing else

[eternal mirage]

Try restarting your router then just to see if there is any issue with that first

[gray finch]

then give me 2 minutes

[gray finch]

i restarted my router, still have the same problem

[eternal mirage]

I would probably recommend a full game reinstall in that case, to check for any file and settings errors.
First, uninstall the game, then go to "Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid" and make sure there are no leftover files or folders there.
After that, go to “C:\Users\YourUserName\Zomboid” and delete everything there except the “Saves” folder.
Then just install the game again and see if that helps.

[gray finch]

can i delete the saves folder too? Or do i need to keep it, i don't have any saves that i care about

[eternal mirage]

It is really not necessary to do that as your saves would be unrelated to this, you can if you want to

[gray finch]

"Steam\steamapps\common" there aren't any folders other than these

[eternal mirage]

After uninstalling the game, right?

That would mean that Steam uninstalled it correctly, it can sometimes leave leftovers though

[gray finch]

i also deleted the "Zomboid" file in C:\Users\YourUserName\