
Outdated GPU driver – It’s also possible to encounter this issue due to a severely outdated GPU driver that makes it impossible for your PC to render the game.

Since you cannot get to the main menu in order to disable this feature, you can only resolve this problem by modifying the main config file of Starbound (nfig) in order to force Vsync to stay Disabled. More specifically, when this graphical feature is enabled on a low-end PC configuration, the game might refuse to launch.


Vsync is Enabled – One of the most common culprits that are known to trigger this issue with Starbound is VSYNC.
