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June 29, 2025, 2:40pm
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Hey there, this sounds like classic gray screen issue, can you please forward them these 3 guides to follow through, they address the most often cause of this issue.
The “Grey/Gray Screen of Death”
One of the most common issues people experience using Foundry VTT is a grey screen error, or “grey screen of death”. This is where a Foundry VTT game refuses to load or display properly, and instead becomes stuck on the titular “grey screen” or an infinite loading bar in-world.
How to fix grey screen issues
Below are the most common reasons behind grey screen issues for Foundry VTT games.
Third-Party Antivirus
Third-party antivirus such as Avast, AVG, and Norton…
What is hardware acceleration?
Simply put, hardware acceleration is an option in some programs/apps. By having it enabled, they will attempt to use your device’s GPU/GPU-equivalent. In very basic terms, its an option that allows the program to use the right hardware in your computer.
Most modern browsers support hardware acceleration. Due to recent browser updates, Foundry VTT will technically function without hardware acceleration enabled- sometimes. Despite this, the experience will still …
Introduction
Foundry VTT worlds can be oversized in two ways:
They take up too much data storage, resulting in users hitting their data storage limits.
They have too many actors, items, journals, and/or scenes, resulting in the world bloating beyond a size capable of running or being able to be loaded into easily.
Both are correlated with one another, but the latter is usually far more of an issue. A world doesn’t have to be completely non-functional to have a size issue- worlds that are star…