How to Fix FiveM Loading Screen Blank or Black Screen Errors

You've installed a beautiful custom loading screen, restarted your server, and eagerly connected—only to be greeted by a completely black screen, or worse, the default ugly FiveM bridges. FiveM loading screen blank or black screen errors are incredibly frustrating, but usually easy to fix. Here is a troubleshooting guide.

1. The "Resource Not Found" Error (server.cfg)

The most common reason your loading screen isn't showing up is because the server doesn't even know it exists.

• Check folder name: Ensure the folder inside your resources directory does NOT have spaces or special characters (e.g., use vice_loadscreen instead of vice loadscreen).
• Check server.cfg: You must add ensure vice_loadscreen (or whatever your folder is named) to your server.cfg file. If it isn't started, the client won't load it.

2. The "Missing File" Error (fxmanifest.lua)

If you get a white screen or a black screen with broken text, it means your HTML loaded, but your CSS, Javascript, or images failed to load.

Open your fxmanifest.lua file. You must list every single file your webpage uses inside the files array.

-- If you added a new logo named "server_logo.png", it MUST be here:
files {
    'index.html',
    'style.css',
    'server_logo.png' 
}

3. HTML Syntax Errors (Unclosed Tags)

FiveM uses CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework) to render the screen. If you recently edited the index.html file to change the server name and accidentally deleted a closing </div> tag, the entire page might fail to render, resulting in a blank screen.

Fix: Open your index.html file in a normal web browser like Google Chrome by double-clicking it on your desktop. If it looks broken or blank in Chrome, your HTML code has a syntax error.

4. Large Video Files Freezing CEF

If you are using a massive 150MB 4K `.mp4` file as your background, the FiveM client might simply hang while trying to load the video into memory, causing a black screen until the download finishes. Always compress your videos or use YouTube embeds to avoid this issue.

Avoid Errors Completely

Manually editing HTML and manifest files always carries the risk of introducing syntax errors.