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How to Fix Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Black Screen and Stuttering

How to Fix Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Black Screen and Stuttering

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is a really cool new game from Ubisoft and we’ve seen that already in our previous walkthrough of the game, but unfortunately not everybody can experience the game entirely: some players encounter problems like black screen or stuttering, which can get quite annoying. In this article, I am going to share with you a few possible solution for your Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands problems.

First of all, before attempting anything, make sure that all your drivers (and most important the graphic card drivers) are up to date and also that your computer meets the minimum system requirements for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. If everything is OK but you still have problems, it’s time to start fixing!

How to fix Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands black screen?

Open regedit, search for “AlternateVerticalSyncThreshold”. Unless you have multiple Ubi games installed, it should immediately give you PoP’s registry key. It should look something like Software->Ubisoft->Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands->1.000000000->Engine

Right-click the folder called 1.000000000 and rename it to 1.0.

How to fix Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands stuttering or performance issues?

First of all, try toning the game a bit lower: it won’t look that good, but at least you’ll be able to play it.

Alternately, for those with multi core processors, change processor affinity to one or zero – this should do the trick for you!

Did these solutions help you fix your PoP: The Forgotten Sands problems?

78 comments

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Yigit

TO FIX THE BLACK SCREEN !!!!!!!

-right click “Prince of persia.exe”
-properties
-compability

choose windows98 – ME mode and run in 640×480 mode.

it worked fine for me.

But i didnt like this prince… It’s not like the old ones. Like im playing “Super Sonic” or “Mario3D”

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    Taha

    That was awsum black screen FIXED!! But my game now stucks at the loading screen. that blue loading screen with a cresent moon. It jus keep loading and never loads. Any help in this??

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    dark Shadow

    thanks bro this worked….

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mazen

thx 4 yigit’s solution it works with me but there are some places does’nt appear it leads me to fall down and die shall this one have a solution ??? please ansewr ,,,,

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utpal

in the stage bath after hanging in the golden bar the door is not opening……how i can get through the door…..guyz plz help…..

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Prabin

Same problem as Taha it hangs in the loading screen. it shows that the game is loading but game never begins.Any help……..

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    snowzer

    try pressing alt+tab then return.. then it will start

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    atharva

    download plz directx 100% ur game will work

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    Manish goyal

    Try to click on vertical sync option on game setting.exe

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Taha

Yes plz ppl post any help I am desperate to play it bought 2 Cds of it Hoping that it might work. But still the same problem exists!!

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    owais

    plz tell me frnd where is regedit i forfot the location.

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YASH

problem with black screen the name was already 1.0 but black screen was not going

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YASH

hi guys you bileve it or not
after the above comment i renamed 1.0 to 1.000000000 it worked fine

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YASH

but there was loading problem please help

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    tabrez

    this was the same problem of which i came through…But no need to worry..
    First of all check any errors on Ur local disk i.e., on Ur C drive…
    >run>cmd>chkdsk..
    reboot ur system ans its over

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Gautam

Hey,the folder name was already 1.0 and when i changed the affinity, the game dosent loads up. But i know something which fixed one of my prob,i.e lagging of the game.u can turn on triple buffering in the graphics card control panel.

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max

i have the loading screen problem. The game
takes about half an hour to load. Any help will be appreciated.

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    ajay

    i have the same loading screen problem……. any one please reply if you have a solution.

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dawg

How to fix Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands black screen?
when i click on the game a black screen comes and goes , the game dose not start.

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Mahesh

I have the same problem. When I click on “Prince of Persia.exe” the file opens and a black screen appears, the game does not start. Please help me.

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    PIYUSH

    Press ctrl +alt+del key wait for sometime don’t press anything game will start

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metalloid

I got a problem during opening a gate in the prison area, the gate won’t open even if I stepped on it. The game stacked-up there. Anyone knew a solution to this problem?

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ashwin

hey the file name in regedit is already 1.0 so any other sooution u guys can help me with, i am dying to play this one:)

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somnath

i havd a nother prob it show me in xp sign dont send problem.the game could start.pls help.i begged u

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somnath

can any one fix my prob when i try to r un this on xp it shows me dont sent error.i begg of u pls help me i want to play this game

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    Taha

    you have virus in your pc SOMNATH

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Taha

The black screen prob can be fixed through the compatibility option as told above & the loading screen prob was fixed when I re-installed the game. (try minimizing & maximizing too[for both the problems])

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Taha

You have a VIRUS in ur system REINSTALL WINDOWS

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somnath

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Moin

Hello There Friends I have the solution for the blackscreen Bug when you start your game and the annoying blackscreen appears press the *enter* key you will see a glowing cursor and after 5 or 8 seconds the game will start hope the trick worked for you cause it worked for me

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S

u can use the regedit solution.
but if its already 1.0, run the game in win98/ME mode
it worked for me

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Dew98

This game cant run on xp. Only Vista and above

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vidyarthi

hey yigit thanks 4 ur solution it just worked finr 4 me thnk u once more

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Saim

guys with black screen problem 2 solution

1)when the black screen comes press Ctrl+ALT+Delete than the game will minimize run it by clicking it and after 10-20 second black screen will go

2)those of u who already have 1.0 in regedit set the number to 1.000000000 it will go

Can u help me my game does not load and my requirement are above minimum PLZ HELP

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saeer

when i open game the screen goes black plzzzzz tell how i fix this problem

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saeer

plzzzzzzzzz UTPAL hlp me i cannot open the game without your hlp

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dilpreet

when i open the game black screen appears plzzzzzz tell how to fix this problem

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naresh

i am using windows 7..
after clicking the shortcut on desktop,it is displaing a black screen and immidiately displaying prince of persia.exe stopped working
wat should i do??

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    waiz

    Same happening with me…

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naresh

in the problem details it is showing:
problem event name : APPCRASH

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naresh

any 1 plz help me out dis is annoying

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naresh

hello help me

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Taha

Your system requirements do not meet =(

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naresh

320gb hard disk
intel core2duo processor
intel dg41 motherboard
4gb ram

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naresh

IT IS DISPLAYING PROBLEM DETAILS AS FOLLOWS:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Prince of Persia.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4bef2f23
Fault Module Name: Prince of Persia.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4bef2f23
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00a304b8
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 16393
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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naresh

the programme is starting and a blinking cursor is apperaing…nothing is happening next…it keeps on blinking thats it..game is not starting…any 1 plz help

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naresh

windows 7
32 bit
4gb ram
intel core 2 duo e7400 @2.80 ghz
intel dg 41 mother board

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naresh

its displaying the problem details as follows:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Prince of Persia.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4bef2f23
Fault Module Name: Prince of Persia.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4bef2f23
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00a304b8
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 16393
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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naresh

hey do u believe it…i have installed the game again and this time the game is starting

after selecting the difficulty level easy…the game is starting

as the game starts the prince is falling down…it is displaying loading…..and again the prince is falling down.again its loading and the prince is falling down…….the same thing is being repeated

can any1 help me?

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somnath

if anyone have appcrash problem then download directx from filehippo.com

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Raghav

hey guyz my game didn’t start i made the changes but after 2-3 seconds it appears dat “prince of persia the forgotten sands is not working”

plzz help me mine win 7

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rishabh

when i start the gme it run so slowly can any one help me to speed up its speed plzzz

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awa

i got same problem in ps3 when i use gaia black screen problem
helpppppppppppppppppp

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joel

where to download pop tfs

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mico

help how to fix the black screen and i got stuck up at loading when i choose easy or normal it takes loading foreveR!!! help!!!! somebody T_T i need to play this game

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rohan

its still not working

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chandrabhan chauhan

hi there I have also POP TFS but the same problem accuring due to launch the game black screen Will accure My PC requirement is windows7, Ram-3GB, 1GB graphic card Nvidia Gforce, AMD Athlon,Hard disk 320GB & the 2.00GHZ is thise the problem of GHZ Please give me favourable rrrreply…. Please I am crazy about the pop series game.

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    somnath

    try to update ur directx or change compatibility mod to win98/me

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kunal

Install the latest version on the DirectX and the Problem will be sloved…KUNAL VAGHELA….!!!

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Uday

hii frnds plz help , i got stuck in the area where i have to activate a pillar and while doing so when i jump to the pillar to go to the other side , a slight movement of prince and the castle vanishes and i am stuck in mid air, really annoying , graphics problem, if u do have any solutions plz plz help. thnx in advance

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praveen

-right click “Prince of persia.exe”
-properties
-compability

choose windows98 – ME mode
this is enough for all issues

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jaspreet

hey.
i got this game from my friend, when i open the .exe file black screen appears and cursors starts loading an suddenly shows princeofpersia.exe has stopped working error message. can anybody help please…..

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    marib

    Dude I opened the game with 98 &me it opens perfectly but on loading it shows close the program and sometimes it opens and suddenly shows again close the program what to do plz plz plz help

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Assadullah baig

hey!! everyone ,i have also the same problem the game crashes on startup. but soon ill find a solution i think tomorrow cause my brother had this game a year ago and it was running fine on his laptop,so tomorrow i will ask him he would definitely solve it and i will tell you the method after that ,cause he is a computer enginner and and he can solve any problem ,he solved many problems of game like this and many other,so wish me luck so i would succed

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    Uditanshu

    My game dosent works as it says the game had stopped working and the details arw app crash

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vml

I take program file…of forgotten sands bt it stops in loading what to do yar… Help bawa.

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PIYUSH

Didn’t black screen error continued with launcher error 0x0002 and 0x0003

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Devendra

My game suddenly stop working that means the window of game is shown but keyboard and mouse dosent work

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karty

app crash error . exe haa stopped working .anybody plz give me the solution . first i play this game with swift shader . but now exe stopped working

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waiz

I have the same problem guys.A black screen occurs and after some blinking the black screen goes off and there it says that prince of Persia has stopped working.And when we view problem deatail it says APPCRASH. I’ve tried everything that you guys have told me to do.and I have full system requirements.please please can anyone help me to slove this black screen problem.thank you!