Screen goes black after a few seconds of gameplay

[Malikhi]

Help, not sure if this is a settings thing, a bug, hardware thing, or what. Started my first new game, loaded in, walked around and picked up a few things, then my view went black.

I can still see the HUD, and the menus still work. I believe I'm still moving and navigating in the world as well. I just can't see the world or my character.

Thoughts on how to troubleshoot?

[ThunderfulPaige | Community]

Hey can you please fill out a bug report using the template pinned? That way we can properly investigate!

[Malikhi]

Update: Found a workaround. If you change your graphics settings and then apply, it'll fix itself. I presume this resets something, which may help track the bug

[Malikhi]

Originally posted by ThunderfulPaige | Community:

Hey can you please fill out a bug report using the template pinned? That way we can properly investigate!

Uh, sure. That template asks for a lot though, and I'm very tired so gimme a bit and I'll work my way through it.

[[NOVA] Silent Bob]

Originally posted by Malikhi:

Help, not sure if this is a settings thing, a bug, hardware thing, or what. Started my first new game, loaded in, walked around and picked up a few things, then my view went black.

I can still see the HUD, and the menus still work. I believe I'm still moving and navigating in the world as well. I just can't see the world or my character.

Thoughts on how to troubleshoot?

I have the same problem all the time. It was exactly the same in the demo version.
Windows10. PC = Intel core i7-3770K, RAM 32 Gb, GeForce 960 GTX 4Gb.

Changing the graphics settings does not give a visible result yet.

[Kubeenz]

I'm having the same issue. Black screen lasts for a few seconds to a minute or two then a flash of white before screen returns to normal. I'm using a gtx 970.

[Arwen]

I managed to get rid of black screen by changing Window mode setting to FullScreen from Windowed, also i run game as admin, but that didn't seem to help with it.
Edit: NVM that, it came back same day i posted this....

[Tank]

I am having the same problem on one of my computers, screen randomly blacks out for a random number of second, maybe 10 to 20, then a flash of white and the world is visible. It's like when you are in the cave, and if you somehow could instantly teleport to outside, the screen goes bright white and then 'vision' is restore. This has been happening for days now. No changes to any of the graphics settings are stopping this from happening. It's definitely a game bug, not anything to do with the graphics failing, as the game is still working just fine, I can see the HUD, sounds are all there, it's simply the game darkening the world because of a buggy trigger. GeForce GTX 970 4GB driver date 6/7/2023

[Alexis911]

I have de same issue GTX980 here.

[pikatchouu [FR]]

same for me gtx 980

[Mike]

same happened to me, i did try to start playing it and screen kept going black every time, looked online and saw other people had the same issue so knew it wasnt something solely to my machine so ended up refunding the game and waiting now instead

[ThunderfulPaige | Community]

Folks please do fill out bug reports if you are having issues, we would love to fix any problems you are having.

[BALOCHISTAN LIBERATION ARMY]

Originally posted by ThunderfulPaige | Community:

Folks please do fill out bug reports if you are having issues, we would love to fix any problems you are having.

I would suggest you to change the name of this thread, people might mistake it as it is written "ASKA DEMO BUG REPORTING...." - https://steamcommunity.com/app/1898300/discussions/0/4331979056057267196/

Also, you could add the thread link with your comment when you are asking them to report the bug.

[Leja_mit_Aluhut]

I have the same issue. No fix since June 21th 2024?

[IGSF - Antaelus]

Same issue and it's here to stay. It's a shader problem or unsupported lighting effect.
It's not a game bug, it's a hardware issue.
While playing with a friend i managed to go to a light torch by him directing me and i could "see" a few meter around the torch.
Here is a screenshot. https://imgur.com/a/vo4fZZc
It happen not as random as it seems and it's related to the weather and/or time of day.
In the screenshot, it was during a bloodmoon that i didn't seems to have the notification, but that's a sync issues not related.

[Sloppy RedRum]

Originally posted by Malikhi:

Help, not sure if this is a settings thing, a bug, hardware thing, or what. Started my first new game, loaded in, walked around and picked up a few things, then my view went black.

I can still see the HUD, and the menus still work. I believe I'm still moving and navigating in the world as well. I just can't see the world or my character.

Thoughts on how to troubleshoot?

Seeing these posts from last June, I'm playing for the first time almost a year later with the same problem. Was it ever resolved?