Invalid format while the format IS valid in the options

Cbrainz·Jan 11, 2017·2 votes·4,634 views

So today, right after the update of the patch 7.1 i went into a custom game to check how syndra was doing with the new W, and i got hit with a bad surprise. As soon as the transition from the client happened, my screen went black and a good old "INVALID FORMAT" started to dance around on it.

Needless to say, this never happened before this patch and after i checked around and discovered i could check the resolution of the game in the file, i quote : "Game.cfg" which is located in "\game\data\cfg" within the LoL folder, i discovered with surprise that the resolution did not change (i play 1024x1280) .

So, what is going on? Am i the poor little victim of a big bad bug? (And yeah, since the screen go black i can't take any screenshots. As for what i did, i simply launched a custom game like anyone would, tried twice with and without bots, did the same thing twice. I am using the new client, and possess a TV as my screen.)

11 Comments

EleiixJan 11, 20173 votes

Hi, my friend had the same problem, try to press Atl + Enter at the same time in game (with the sound of ping, music etc..). After that my friend haven't this problem anymore. PS: Sorry for my bad english i'm French

JayDragonMaster2Jan 11, 2017

didnt work me

CbrainzJan 11, 20171 votes

That did work for me, i just saw the update from rito on the client and did just that.

Now i do not like at all how it looks in windowed so i hope that bug will soon be corrected. Cause i ain't playing rankeds or seriously again until then lol.

MajnengotenJan 12, 20172 votes

Alt+enter at the same time should give u windowed mode, then go to setting and instead of full screen set it on borderless. Should look like normal fullscreen with a little differences when minimazing :) gl

CbrainzJan 16, 20171 votes

Yeah, thanks for the tip. But this is now making me ram in team fights lol.

When will that damn bug be corrected in the end?

JayDragonMaster2Jan 11, 20171 votes

bro i just had the same invalidformat dancing inthere I sent Riot a ticket and now i m waiting for a reply

RIP BOIIJan 12, 20171 votes

pls tell me what they said

mocker 13Jan 13, 20171 votes

I have the same problem.First i queue for a ranked game and after champion select i get the invalid format message.i check to see if anyone else has the same problem and i try the solution with the game.cgf file.i queue again and the same problem appears.then i queue one more time to check the alt+enter thing and again invalid format.now i log in and riot sends me the leaverbuster message.come oooon

CbrainzJan 16, 20171 votes

If even in windowed you are getting invalid format then i don't know what you can do anymore. Send a ticket, cause when i play in windowed i do not get it anymore.

ElgharJan 13, 20171 votes

Me to man 3 days I have been unable to play :'( Has anyone found the solution ?????

CbrainzJan 16, 20171 votes

Someone gave away a temporary solution in this board, Majnengoten to quote his name. This permit to play on the same set up as if you were on full screen, with a borderless window. But it does have an impact on performances playing like that...

As for the bug in itself, it's rito job to correct it, and knowing how hard it hits, i REALLY wonder why it hasn't already been hotfixed. The bug resist? Or it's "not that bad" ? (cause it is to me, unstable 50~70 fps changes quite a lot from constant 120 fps...) [slayer-jinx-unamused]