Help! Can't load game with SMAPI
Please help me! I'm able to open the vanilla Stardew.exe game, but when I try to run SMAPI, I get the SMAPI screen, but then when the game itself tries to load, I just get a black screen.
In case it makes a difference, I bought Stardew via GOG. Everything was completely fine, and then all of a sudden a couple days ago it just stopped working.
Things I've tried, but did not work:
- restart my computer
- removed all the mods except SMAPI
- uninstall and reinstall SMAPI
- uninstall and reinstall the game
- older versions of SMAPI
[10:21:50 INFO SMAPI] SMAPI 4.5.2 with Stardew Valley 1.6.15 build 24354 on Windows 10 (10.0.19045.0)
[10:21:50 INFO SMAPI] Mods go here: C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Stardew Valley\Mods
[10:21:50 TRACE SMAPI] Log started at 2026-05-16T17:21:50 UTC
[10:21:56 DEBUG SMAPI] Waiting for game to launch...
[10:21:58 TRACE game] Instance_Initialize() finished, elapsed = '00:00:00.6185905'
[10:21:58 TRACE SMAPI] Scanning for malicious files...
[10:21:58 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mod metadata...
[10:21:58 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mods...
[10:21:58 TRACE SMAPI] Console Commands (from Mods\ConsoleCommands\ConsoleCommands.dll, ID: SMAPI.ConsoleCommands, assembly version: 4.5.2)...
[10:21:58 TRACE SMAPI] Save Backup (from Mods\SaveBackup\SaveBackup.dll, ID: SMAPI.SaveBackup, assembly version: 4.5.2)...
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Detected direct console access (System.Console type) in assembly SaveBackup.dll.
[10:21:59 INFO SMAPI] Loaded 2 mods:
[10:21:59 INFO SMAPI] Console Commands 4.5.2 by SMAPI | Adds SMAPI console commands that let you manipulate the game.
[10:21:59 INFO SMAPI] Save Backup 4.5.2 by SMAPI | Automatically backs up all your saves once per day into its folder.
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Direct console access
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] --------------------------------------------------
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] These mods access the SMAPI console window directly. This is more fragile, and their output may not
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] be logged by SMAPI.
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] - Save Backup
[10:21:59 DEBUG SMAPI] Launching mods...
[10:21:59 DEBUG SMAPI] Mods loaded and ready!
[10:21:59 TRACE Save Backup] Already backed up today.
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for known software conflicts...
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] None found!
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates...
[10:21:59 TRACE game] setGameMode( 'titleScreenGameMode (0)' )
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Running on GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
[10:21:59 TRACE game] Instance_LoadContent() finished, elapsed = '00:00:01.5771638'
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] SMAPI okay.
[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates to 0 mods...
[10:22:00 TRACE SMAPI] All mods up to date.
[10:22:00 INFO SMAPI] Type 'help' for help, or 'help <cmd>' for a command's usage
[10:22:00 TRACE SMAPI] Mod blacklist updated to match the server (updated from bc5a6d00537812af8780de4d8b279243 to c90724aac496a33d5d1c0c4735f943cd). The changes will take effect on the next SMAPI launch.
[10:22:00 TRACE game] Window_ClientSizeChanged(); Window.ClientBounds={X:1920 Y:0 Width:1920 Height:1080}