Black screen problem

[ChainChilla]

I've been loving this game a lot, especially as it's my first real horror game, but I've occasionally encountered a pretty annoying bug where the screen will go completely black. The music keeps playing, but nothing else seems to work. I think I could hear the menu opening sfx, but that also stopped working. It first happened relatively early in the game I think (can't really remember), and then when I tried to go into the tower of the endless (or whatever it's called)

Is there a way to fix this or prevent it from happening in the future? I'm playing on steam deck if that makes any difference

[Y2KSmoothie]

steam deck is one of the worst ways to play this game

[shundread]

I had the same experience. Even though most games I got run better on the Deck than on my laptop, specifically Fear and Hunger was the exception that ran worse on the Deck.

[Mr. Bubbles]

Steam Deck is honestly not a good idea to play this game. There's a lot of issues that normal PC players don't get and if it's one of those I can't help you.


However there are 2 other ways to get this issue. One being a gameplay feature and the other being a glitch.

If a creature blinded you then the game is supposed to be black and you might as well load an old save. The only way to cure blindness is through becoming a marriage or through a specific moment in the game where you sell the girl.

The other is a glitch where a specific possessed weapon will cause a party member to turn on you. If it gets to combat, it will be bugged and the game will go to a black screen and the combat with that party member will auto-complete. The way to fix this cause of the black screen is to find a different combat and just leave or defeat that one as the trigger to remove the black screen will start working again.