Black Backgrounds

[Spectra]

Hello! I keep having an issue where the backgrounds do not appear and it's just black.

Sometimes relaunching the game fixes this, although they end up disappearing again mid playing and when I return to the main menu, its background also disappears.

I honestly have no idea why this happens but it's really annoying and I can never seem to play the game for more than 30 minutes to an hour.

[diegomode]

Since I reinstalled the game (playing for the second time), I'm facing the same problem. And that was also the case with the new game (Shadows of New York). I really don't know what's happening because the first time I finished it, it was normal.

[Spectra]

Originally posted by diegomode:

Since I reinstalled the game (playing for the second time), I'm facing the same problem. And that was also the case with the new game (Shadows of New York). I really don't know what's happening because the first time I finished it, it was normal.

I've actually fixed the issue (I think?). All I do is launch the game and let it stay on the main menu for like 5 to 10 minutes and that seems to fix it.

[diegomode]

I'll try that, thanks!

[Elltrix]

I'm having the same issue. Also, I tried to let it for 5-10min and the game keeps with the black screen...

[Spectra]

Originally posted by Elltrix:

I'm having the same issue. Also, I tried to let it for 5-10min and the game keeps with the black screen...

It's what worked for me, sorry that it didn't for ya. I hope we can find a permanent solution!

[diegomode]

Originally posted by Elltrix:

I'm having the same issue. Also, I tried to let it for 5-10min and the game keeps with the black screen...

Same here

[Unrelenting Frog Revolution™]

Any update on this? A month has passed and I'm still getting this bug.

[Unrelenting Frog Revolution™]

Alright so I finished the game (twice now), but without backgrounds sadly.

Moved on to Shadows of New York, but this game has the same problem.

Now I tried to install Shadows of New York on another devices (my laptop) and here everything's working fine. I've got no idea why the backgrounds aren't showing on my 20x as powerful gaming PC. I didn't do anything different. Maybe it's some sort of setting in Windows, or a driver.

The only difference that comes to mind is that my graphic driver on my laptop is a little more outdated (whoops lol), plus that the game is installed on the same drive as the windows installation on my laptop, compared to on a secondary ssd on my PC.
I've read somewhere before on another community post about someone getting a black screen with only sounds, that the problem had something to do with Windows Media Services. Which, I'm assuming at least, is installed on the windows installation drive. I'll do a quick check on my PC, since the game isn't too big in size.

Update: yeah so that didn't do it lol
I'll play on my laptop for now I guess, if anyone has any ideas on what could be different I could check, but I myself dunno

[Evil]

Same problem. Has anybody found the solution to this problem?

[Spectra]

Originally posted by Evil:

Same problem. Has anybody found the solution to this problem?

Hey there! Completely forgot about this post, sorry! Unfortunately I never found a solution. I just came to the realization that it's simply a dice roll and you have to be lucky, just keep launching and relaunching the game until you have backgrounds and pray that they don't randomly disappear while playing.

[Evil]

I see. Thx anyway.
Still I'll be looking forward to finding out 'the mystery' of this annoying bug.

[Bardo]

Same here, it happens in both Coteries and Shadows. I can see everything EXCEPT backgrounds, which is quite annoying. Tried to reinstall, verify files, etc. Windows 10, No XBOX Gaming bar active... I can't find a fix for this ♥♥♥♥.

[Rytharr]

Originally posted by Bardo:

Same here, it happens in both Coteries and Shadows. I can see everything EXCEPT backgrounds, which is quite annoying. Tried to reinstall, verify files, etc. Windows 10, No XBOX Gaming bar active... I can't find a fix for this ♥♥♥♥.

Same here, seeing as this issue has been going on for so long the developers clearly do not care.