Infinite Black Screen On Startup

[Papa Johns Pizza]

When i open the game i see the logo of the company and unity and my mouse changes to the games cursor and exactly after that my fps lock on a certain random number either 29 or 1 or 5 etc and the game just freezes on a blackscreen and does nothing. But if i click it crashes and a windows notification pops up and the process closes.
Pls help, thanks.

[Saobie]

Feel like i might as well add my two cents, since i have a very similar issue

Problem for me is it blackscreens once i load into a game, either hosting myself or joining others. Its also pretty immediate, basically right after the loading screen after you host. Stays blackscreened, but once i click it crashes. Like mentioned here earlier, disabling my Display Adapter (Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500) is the one and only way iv been able to load into a game, but it runs at less than 5fps and is therefor unplayable. Iv tried a wide array of things to fix the issue and im convinced its not something the average person can fix

Im no computer whiz, but it seems to be a compatibility issue with certain graphics cards, especially low end Intel devices. Only the dev can fix it, and sadly he seems more interested in adding more content :/

[Abstruse Paradox]

引用自 kanashimih：

引用自 Abstruse Paradox：

Nah, really patched the issue through buying a new graphics card.

"nah", what are you saying is totally bullsht

True! Discovered two more critical errors after I tried hosting a game (one of them being the above). My new GPU is essentially modern - this is indeed bs.

[phoonwax]

引用自 CoffeeRobot：

Hello guy i got the same issue, and finally found a solution that actually works!!!

folllow this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M0aSbu7Loao

and download this program, add the .exe file of the game in the steam folder in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Lethal Company
https://iowin.net/en/dxcpl-en/

this workaround got me past the opening screen into the main menu until i had to actually get into the game. clicking host did nothing and when i tried to join a friend all i got was an error message. i think its just time for me to get a new graphics card or wait for lethal company to get some graphics options in the next 10 years

[kanashimih]

引用自 phoonwax：

引用自 CoffeeRobot：

Hello guy i got the same issue, and finally found a solution that actually works!!!

folllow this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M0aSbu7Loao

and download this program, add the .exe file of the game in the steam folder in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Lethal Company
https://iowin.net/en/dxcpl-en/

this workaround got me past the opening screen into the main menu until i had to actually get into the game. clicking host did nothing and when i tried to join a friend all i got was an error message. i think its just time for me to get a new graphics card or wait for lethal company to get some graphics options in the next 10 years

it's not your pc fault, mate. it's Lethal Company. and yes, we probably gonna wait 10 years for a fix, unfortunately.

[Saobie]

The issue doesnt seem to be widespread and mostly affects those on lower end devices. Since it affects a minority it wont have a big impact on the game itself, and will probably not be taken care of anytime soon. Why put time and effort fixing a possibly complicated issue so a small group of people can play the game, when you can add more content and reach a wider audience

[Abstruse Paradox]

引用自 Saobie：

The issue doesnt seem to be widespread and mostly affects those on lower end devices. Since it affects a minority it wont have a big impact on the game itself, and will probably not be taken care of anytime soon. Why put time and effort fixing a possibly complicated issue so a small group of people can play the game, when you can add more content and reach a wider audience

My dude, it's the most reported bug on the Steam forums. Can't go a day without seeing a post of it.

[ivoryliekssharting]

It stays in black screen then I hover over buttons and I click on it it just plays music over a black screen none of these methods work for me

[Saobie]

引用自 Abstruse Paradox：

引用自 Saobie：

The issue doesnt seem to be widespread and mostly affects those on lower end devices. Since it affects a minority it wont have a big impact on the game itself, and will probably not be taken care of anytime soon. Why put time and effort fixing a possibly complicated issue so a small group of people can play the game, when you can add more content and reach a wider audience

My dude, it's the most reported bug on the Steam forums. Can't go a day without seeing a post of it.

Really? I only see the same few posts about the issue circulating (mine included). Though i did see a new post about a very similar but not quite the same issue

I got help from my bro, who does know his way around a computer. He also agrees its certainly a compatibility issue with many old gen drivers. Tried various versions of my driver and various versions of compatibility mode. Nothing made any difference :/

Kinda glad to know its a more widespread issue than i thought. Maybe it will be addressed before i have the money to afford a better device in a month or two

[conker]

引用自 Bingus：

引用自 conker：

I found the mod its called, MorePerformanceCompany https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/Mercyz/MorePerformanceCompany/

It says page not found

It seems they removed the mod i tried looking it up but when i did tried to play with it, did nothing i still crashed when i made a game or joined a game

[conker]

引用自 conker：

引用自 Bingus：

It says page not found

It seems they removed the mod i tried looking it up but when i did tried to play with it, did nothing i still crashed when i made a game or joined a game

You can still find the mod inside of the r2modman app, you can look up any mods

[Saobie]

引用自 conker：

引用自 conker：

It seems they removed the mod i tried looking it up but when i did tried to play with it, did nothing i still crashed when i made a game or joined a game

You can still find the mod inside of the r2modman app, you can look up any mods

I installed the mod but im not sure its even doing anything? In the bepinex console nothing is mentioned about the plugin, though it does say 2 plugins loaded (i only have MorePerformanceCompany2 and HDLethalCompany enabled). I cant verify if it fixes my issue because i dont know if its even working. It seems i do have slightly more config options in the HDLethalCompany config, is that what it does?

EDIT: So i think i figured it out. But when i run the game i get this error in red text in the Bepinex console. I normally never get red text errors

[Error : Unity Log] WindowsVideoMedia error 0x887a0005 while reading C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Lethal Company/Lethal Company_Data/sharedassets3.resource

Context: Failed opening shared handle with ID3D11Device
Error details: The GPU device instance has been suspended. Use GetDeviceRemovedReason to determine the appropriate action.

Track types:
Video Track [360 x 202], type: H264

EDIT 2: I ran the game again after verifying game files (nothing wrong). And for some reason the red error message didnt show up. But the game did what it always does, froze on the blackscreen after trying to host a game

This really sucks. So many people are trying so many things to fix this issue but none of it seems to work. Having to wait and twiddle my thumbs until the dev finally does something about it; IF he even will, is honestly really crappy

I hate not having access to a game i paid for and had many hours in before things went wrong...

[conker]

引用自 Saobie：

引用自 conker：

You can still find the mod inside of the r2modman app, you can look up any mods

I installed the mod but im not sure its even doing anything? In the bepinex console nothing is mentioned about the plugin, though it does say 2 plugins loaded (i only have MorePerformanceCompany2 and HDLethalCompany enabled). I cant verify if it fixes my issue because i dont know if its even working. It seems i do have slightly more config options in the HDLethalCompany config, is that what it does?

EDIT: So i think i figured it out. But when i run the game i get this error in red text in the Bepinex console. I normally never get red text errors

[Error : Unity Log] WindowsVideoMedia error 0x887a0005 while reading C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Lethal Company/Lethal Company_Data/sharedassets3.resource

Context: Failed opening shared handle with ID3D11Device
Error details: The GPU device instance has been suspended. Use GetDeviceRemovedReason to determine the appropriate action.

Track types:
Video Track [360 x 202], type: H264

EDIT 2: I ran the game again after verifying game files (nothing wrong). And for some reason the red error message didnt show up. But the game did what it always does, froze on the blackscreen after trying to host a game

This really sucks. So many people are trying so many things to fix this issue but none of it seems to work. Having to wait and twiddle my thumbs until the dev finally does something about it; IF he even will, is honestly really crappy

I hate not having access to a game i paid for and had many hours in before things went wrong...

The red text i get says something like "Hardware doesn't support volumetric material" maybe this confirms that the game isn't optimized for older devices although it looks like poo poo and caca

[Saobie]

Optimization seems like the hardest aspect of game design to be fair. It just sucks because from an outside perspective it doesnt seem like it is asking a lot or a particularily difficult task. But evidentally it is

[strikemaster]

Hi, I found a fix...
I belive the error is asociated to a HDR postprocessing technique, so if it's disabled the game could launch.

To skip the HDR activation I added the following options on startup:
"-window-mode borderless -screen-quality Very Low"
Wich skips disables HDR as the tecnology is only enabled on FullScreen games/videos.

EXTRA -
Details of the bug:

Kernel 'KDepthDownsample8DualUav' not found
ArgumentException: Kernel 'KDepthDownsample8DualUav' not found.
at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.ComputeShader.FindKernel(UnityEngine.ComputeShader,string)
at UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition.MipGenerator..ctor (UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition.HDRenderPipelineRuntimeResources defaultResources) [0x00039] in <6214bbc46efe4329a4e9806065941bb4>:0
at UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition.HDRenderPipeline..ctor (UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition.HDRenderPipelineAsset asset) [0x006d8] in <6214bbc46efe4329a4e9806065941bb4>:0
at UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition.HDRenderPipelineAsset.CreatePipeline () [0x00000] in <6214bbc46efe4329a4e9806065941bb4>:0
at UnityEngine.Rendering.RenderPipelineAsset.InternalCreatePipeline () [0x00004] in <e27997765c1848b09d8073e5d642717a>:0
UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
UnityEngine.Logger:LogException(Exception, Object)
UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
UnityEngine.Rendering.RenderPipelineAsset:InternalCreatePipeline()
UnityEngine.Rendering.RenderPipelineManager:PrepareRenderPipeline(RenderPipelineAsset)
UnityEngine.Rendering.RenderPipelineManager:DoRenderLoop_Internal(RenderPipelineAsset, IntPtr, Object)

[Me Mitch]

引用自 ChurlyWurly：

Got this game a few days ago and have not once managed to actually play it due to this issue. Have tried all of the above and unfortunately no luck.

Same here