Windows Visuals freeze after changing zoom level

[ImReallyCreative]

Whenever I adjust the zoom level, after a few seconds the game freezes, but I can still hear my character move and swing their tools. Alt-tabbing out and back causes the screen to start flashing rapidly. The UI zoom level is unaffected. This was happening in 1.5.5 as well, I was hoping the 1.6 update would fix it. I'm on windows with the steam version, I have no mods installed and I made sure its a fresh install of the game. I verified the integrity of the game files and turned off the steam overlay. I tried setting the zoom level, saving and quitting, then restarting the game, but the game still froze a few seconds after I stepped outside. I tried the compatibility version of Stardew Valley, and that had no problems. This makes no sense to me because I checked and I'm running a 64-bit version of Windows. I'm now completely out of ideas and not sure how to fix this.

 

[liquidcat]

Hi! I've locked this thread because we are currently directing all 1.6 issues to the central thread to help keep things organized. I noticed you have already added about your issue there so feel free to add any additional information you are able to provide and thank you for reporting!