black screen with sounds but no video

[Dinosaurs]

anybody have any idea how I can fix this?
I tried the steam launch settings:
-windowed and -fullscreen nothing changes anything.
It HAS to be some kind of resolution issue, as it plays as if I can see.
I'm making a new thread to help others find this to post if they have the issue..
please anybody have any suggestions?(besides upgrading video drivers)
Thank You

[Sui]

Try upgrading video drivers....

Ok, I am joking. Since the default API is Vulkan, maybe let's go with some more high level API.

Go to:

%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\DOOM 64\

Just post the address above in address bar in explorer window (unless you want to do it manually, then refer to this[www.pcgamingwiki.com]
and open kexengine.cfg with text editor (preferably Notepad++)

Find a line:

seta r_rhirenderfamily

and set its value to d3d11 (cause I assume that should cause least problems)

seta r_rhirenderfamily "d3d11"

Save and try running the game.

Now, if you don't have a config file (cause it might be created after first change of settings, try downloading this file:
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1847-safe-launch-config-for-doom-64/

It's pretty much a default config, except set to run d3d11 in 720p in windowed mode (which I assume any PC by now should be able to handle). Place it in :

%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\DOOM 64\

Then try running the game.

[Dinosaurs]

OMG! Thank you sir! You must be a coding god.
(I had a feeling that the 'launch options' steam provides werent coded into the release perhaps and so going into the actual config file was genious!)

Found mine said
seta r_rhirenderfamily "vulkan"
was what I found in the config. Changed vulkan to d3d11 and it works!

Thank you sooo much! I hope anyone else that has this problem now will be able to fix it thanks to your great work. No need to upgrade my video drivers.And just to clarify, I have a lot of old games I play and I'm worried newer drivers will mess it up, and feel like for such an old release there should be no need for brand new 2020 drivers for a game thats 20 years old. I'm still trying to finish the first ghost recon, watch dogs 2, etc. everything from 2018 pretty much.

[Execute888]

Originally posted by SmilingDinosaurs:

anybody have any idea how I can fix this?
I tried the steam launch settings:
-windowed and -fullscreen nothing changes anything.
It HAS to be some kind of resolution issue, as it plays as if I can see.
I'm making a new thread to help others find this to post if they have the issue..
please anybody have any suggestions?(besides upgrading video drivers)
Thank You

I think I am suffering the same thing, sound but black picture with a white box in upper right corner

[アビー]

Thanks, mate

[bhunter117]

Thanks! That solution worked for me, too!

[Marvyn777]

I did it, and didn't worked, changing the note did nothing.

[Neon Dragon]

Thanks, mate! This worked for me.

[Jack the Addemater]

Worked for me.

I still have an issue of the video being flipped.
My monitor is an output from my 2-in-1 laptop, which sits on the floor with the monitor flipped upside down. All of my other video outputs normally to my monitor, including every game I've played.