Just a black screen

[Dippy the Ghost!]

Game simply isn't working. I launch it, and it's just a never ending black screen. No sound, no nothing.

Edit: Go in either Nvidia control panel or AMD's software control and set the game to cap at 60 FPS

[KitsuneHound]

i have the same problem

[thejunky1]

its a crash caused by a broken audio dll.
xaudio2_9.dll is what you want to find from microsoft or another driver outlet. Put it in game directory, and then put a launch modifier in properties after launching the game OR replace the existing xaudio2_9.dll file with the one you downloaded, renaming it to the same no caps. At least thats the current workaround for steamdeck / linux users. The game would crash when clicking new game. Its not a fix all. As video in codec calls still break, and flashback historic videos in the middle of other cutscenes will break as well....

When you are in the menu, go to "Special" and see if the tutorial videos play for you, or if you just get a gradient white to black bars with color sample and static. I think all these issues are tied to the processing speed being to high. You know, the thing they said they already patched out.

[thejunky1]

ALSO. go to game properties and op in for the beta. That may fix it as well.

[thejunky1]

another option, is to try the mod that replaces alllllllll the audio in all cutscenes. As the FMV sequence on game start was the first thing to be fixed by this.
https://www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidmastercollection/mods/7?tab=bugs

[KitsuneHound]

Originally posted by thejunky1:

its a crash caused by a broken audio dll.
xaudio2_9.dll is what you want to find from microsoft or another driver outlet. Put it in game directory, and then put a launch modifier in properties after launching the game OR replace the existing xaudio2_9.dll file with the one you downloaded, renaming it to the same no caps. At least thats the current workaround for steamdeck / linux users. The game would crash when clicking new game. Its not a fix all. As video in codec calls still break, and flashback historic videos in the middle of other cutscenes will break as well....

When you are in the menu, go to "Special" and see if the tutorial videos play for you, or if you just get a gradient white to black bars with color sample and static. I think all these issues are tied to the processing speed being to high. You know, the thing they said they already patched out.

it didn't work, im running it on PC not steam deck and the launcher only opens to a endless black screen without any sound, i tried using just the .exe but that just opens the launcher

[Dippy the Ghost!]

I fixed the issue for me by going to Nvidia control panel and capping the game's FPS at 60.

[Marko.org]

Hey i have the same problem right now i tried everything and it doesnt work, sooo i was just wondering if any of you fixed this. Thanks :)

[devin]

Has anyone solved this??

[Afevis Solmunko]

Originally posted by devin:

Has anyone solved this??

Screenshot your game's folder & post it here please.
Also, what is your GPU?

[BeastOutlander]

Has anyone figured this out? I’ve tried everything. Just an endless black screen.

[Afevis Solmunko]

Originally posted by BeastOutlander:

Has anyone figured this out? I’ve tried everything. Just an endless black screen.

Read the question directly above your post

It's literally impossible for anyone to provide you any level of technical support without you first providing even the slightest bit of basic information about your computer.