WotLK BLACK SCREEN when I start the game! Help me, please!

[SyncsWoW]

As the title says, when I launch the game, all I see is a black screen. I can hear sounds, so the game is running, it's a video problem.

Can we make the game launch in windowed mode through settings somehow controlled from the outside, meaning without actually launching the game? Or any other way to fix this?

Thanks in advance!

[SyncsWoW]

I changed Config.wtf to include
SET gxWindow "1"
SET gxMaximize "0"

and now the game starts in Windowed mode, which works fine, but when I switch to fullscreen, the same problem persists.

Here are the rest of my config settings:

SET locale "enUS"
SET realmList "logon.warmane.com"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxResolution "2560x1440"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET videoOptionsVersion "3"
SET movie "0"
SET DesktopGamma "1"
SET Gamma "0.900000"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET showToolsUI "0"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET farclip "1277"
SET specular "1"
SET groundEffectDensity "64"
SET projectedTextures "1"
SET dbCompress "0"
SET mouseSpeed "0.75"
SET accounttype "LK"
SET realmName "Lordaeron"
SET showGameTips "0"
SET Sound_VoiceChatInputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_VoiceChatOutputDriverName "System Default"
SET uiScale "1"
SET useUiScale "1"
SET textureFilteringMode "5"
SET componentTextureLevel "9"
SET shadowLevel "0"
SET groundEffectDist "140"
SET environmentDetail "1.5"
SET extShadowQuality "5"
SET weatherDensity "3"

[SyncsWoW]

Ok, I think I fixed it. I had turned all settings under Video > Effects all the way up. I reset to defaults and then starting turning them up one by one. It works fine now. I only left 1-2 that are not so important down, and I'm not even gonna bother turning them up. Hope this helps if someone faces the same problem.

[Echelon]

I changed Config.wtf to include
SET gxWindow "1"
SET gxMaximize "0"

and now the game starts in Windowed mode, which works fine, but when I switch to fullscreen, the same problem persists.

Here are the rest of my config settings:

SET locale "enUS"
SET realmList "logon.warmane.com"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxResolution "2560x1440"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET videoOptionsVersion "3"
SET movie "0"
SET DesktopGamma "1"
SET Gamma "0.900000"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET showToolsUI "0"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET farclip "1277"
SET specular "1"
SET groundEffectDensity "64"
SET projectedTextures "1"
SET dbCompress "0"
SET mouseSpeed "0.75"
SET accounttype "LK"
SET realmName "Lordaeron"
SET showGameTips "0"
SET Sound_VoiceChatInputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_VoiceChatOutputDriverName "System Default"
SET uiScale "1"
SET useUiScale "1"
SET textureFilteringMode "5"
SET componentTextureLevel "9"
SET shadowLevel "0"
SET groundEffectDist "140"
SET environmentDetail "1.5"
SET extShadowQuality "5"
SET weatherDensity "3"

Thanks, saved me from downloading the game again

[Fransuas]

I fixed it completely by using your trick to window mode plus using this https://github.com/invcble/NoMoreBorder. With that app you will be able to use any settings you want :D. It set the window mode to the size of your screen.
Cheers