There are a lot of other things that might be causing you to see the server error screen in Rust, such as your antivirus software acting wacky or your computer being infected with malicious software.
No of the cause, it is essential that you learn how to resolve this issue as soon as possible so that you can go back to enjoying Rust with your friends.
Thankfully, the solution to this issue is not too complicated and can be achieved by following these few basic steps.
Fixing Rust Server Pink Screen
- What causes a Rust Server Pink Screen?
The most common cause of a server crashed and needing a restart in Rust is when there are too many items on-screen at once.
Because Rust’s map sizes are so large, even with occlusion culling disabled, if you put lots of items into an area, it can lag your computer.
It will be hard for players to see through all of that clutter, and they may not be able to get their bearings straight enough to find their way back out.
When players die because they couldn’t find their way out of a building or cave system, it makes for a bad experience for everyone involved.
If you want your servers to run smoothly, keep item amounts low! (In case you were wondering why we disable occlusion culling by default.)
Note: Occlusion culling should always be enabled unless you’re having serious performance issues due to server-side rendering issues.
In that case, consider optimizing your maps before turning off occlusion culling. We don’t recommend disabling it just to allow more items in an area—it’s better to leave it enabled and use better optimization techniques instead.
- Rebooting In Safe Mode
If you can’t get into safe mode, or if your efforts are unsuccessful, try restarting your computer in Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
To do so, follow these steps: Press and hold F8 when you start your PC; it will say Windows boot options at top of screen.
Choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt from menu that pops up. You should see a black screen appear with white text that says something like Safe Mode command prompt only along with a blinking cursor next to a blinking underscore (_). Type cd restore and press Enter. Then type rstrui.exe and press Enter again.
- Fixing Common Issues Related To Hardware/Drivers
If you’re getting an unhandled exception error when booting up, try updating your graphics drivers. If that doesn’t work, reinstall your operating system.
If none of this work, check out our troubleshooting page for more solutions (and a forum for further support).
- Resetting SMC/NVRAM Settings
One way that you can quickly fix a frozen or non-responsive Mac is by resetting its SMC (System Management Controller).
To do so, press and hold Shift+Control+Option and then power up your Mac. Keep holding these keys until you hear a startup sound.
Then release all of these keys, wait 10 seconds and start up your computer again normally. In addition, resetting NVRAM (non-volatile RAM) settings will force your PC’s hardware to revert back to factory settings.