How to Fix Skate Stuck on Loading Screen

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In this guide, you’ll learn how to fix stuck on loading screen in Skate (black screen, infinite loading, not starting).

How to Fix Skate Stuck on Loading Screen

Fix 1: Verify the integrity of game files

1. Open Steam and go to your library.
2. Right-click “Skate” and select “Properties…”.
3. Select “Installed Files” and select “Verify integrity of game files”.
4. Launch Skate to check if the loading screen is fixed.

Fix 2: Change Skate’s installation directory

1. Open Steam and select “Steam” on the top left.
2. Select “Settings” and select “Storage”.
3. Select “Add Drive” and add another SSD/HDD (e.g. Local Drive (D:)).
4. Select “Skate” in your current drive and select “Move”.
5. Select the drive that you’ve just added (e.g. Local Drive (D:)) and select “Move”.
6. Launch Skate to check if the loading screen is fixed.

Fix 3: Wait until the servers are back up

• If Skate is stuck on the loading scren, the game might be under maintenance for an update or the servers are down.
• If that’s the case, you must wait until the servers are back up.
• According to the developers, “Some players have reported that waiting between 1 and 3 minutes in the loading screen solved the issue for them”.

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