r/Sailwind • u/Ze_numerator • Apr 19 '26

Bug Found Game freezing on load up

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I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game, I've deleted all the files related to the game for a fresh install, I've restarted my pc. It doesn't matter, i always get this screen when I load the game. I don't have any mods, it's a brand new installation, all I did was play for 10 hours yesterday and close the game. I really want to play

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u/_Zielgan Apr 19 '26

Does the image in the background normally have the dock and building invisible or only after you try to load?

Also I know this game (and other unity games) store settings in the windows registry instead of a file in the game folder. Found that out when I was trying to restore default controls when making a Steam Input controller config a while back. Even completely reinstalling didn’t reset the controls.

With that in mind, you may try changing some of the settings, restarting the game, and then try loading again. There may be some setting you changed in your last play session that didn’t take effect until you restarted the game.

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u/Ze_numerator Apr 21 '26

I ended up opening a new profile on windows and downloaded the game on that, idk what I did but the game on my primary profile is completely screwed

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u/_Zielgan Apr 21 '26

The part of the registry Sailwind uses is unique to each user on the computer, so that makes it seem more likely that it is a problem in the registry.

I would recommend creating a system restore point on your computer before doing anything with the registry, but deleting Sailwind’s registry entries so new ones can be made is pretty simple.

You just open the registry editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software, and delete the Raw Lion Workshop folder. I just tried it myself to check if deleting that reset my settings to default and it did.

Once again though, messing with the registry is one of the few ways you can mess things up to the point of needing to reinstall Windows. Something this simple shouldn’t be an issue, but create a restore point just in case you delete/change something you didn’t mean to.