Black screen

[Dyan]

All I get is a screen saying Rome II, then the screen goes black and all I have is sound. I can click at things, but can't see them. What's the problem? I checked my pc and it should be able to run Rome II!!!!!

[mike280zx]

my drivers and stuff are all updated

[Icecream1973]

mike280zx eredeti hozzászólása:

Matsutabi eredeti hozzászólása:

Necropost.

unsupported drivers/graphics card.
or unsupported resolutions.

an so on.

how can that be my problem when ive ran this game perfect sence release date?
how do i fix it Matsutabi!?

.... since you (all) have been so absolutely brilliant giving such a huge amount of details for actuall problem analysis, for us it is simply too difficult to process all of the variables with our poor tiny brains ;-)

[mike280zx]

.... since you (all) have been so absolutely brilliant giving such a huge amount of details for actuall problem analysis, for us it is simply too difficult to process all of the variables with our poor tiny brains ;-) [/quote]

Ive done everything i know how to do my drivers are updated and my game cache fine. is not my graphixs card because ive ran this game fine on ultra settings since its release. I tried deleting the rome 2 folder and editing the scripts that did nothing, i dont have the gfx direct11 thing to change to true or false or w/e it is in the script which i thought was weird because i had tochange that when i bought in on release to play it, my start up screen when from blue to red, but now is white and bigger than normal.. it started doing this after the update with the emperor edition, and so i havent been able to play it for months..

[mike280zx]

idk how much more info to give. the problem is i have a black sceen,
can hear all the sound and can click on things but i cant see ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

[Icecream1973]

"Ive done everything i know how to do my drivers are updated and my game cache fine. is not my graphixs card because ive ran this game fine on ultra settings since its release. I tried deleting the rome 2 folder and editing the scripts that did nothing, i dont have the gfx direct11 thing to change to true or false or w/e it is in the script which i thought was weird because i had tochange that when i bought in on release to play it, my start up screen when from blue to red, but now is white and bigger than normal.. it started doing this after the update with the emperor edition, and so i havent been able to play it for months.."

I am sure you see the difference between the info written by you above & below? :-) ;-)

mike280zx eredeti hozzászólása:

my drivers and stuff are all updated

Good that you have already shown some initiative & searched & tried for some solution(verify game files, delete appdata folder etc.).

Do you have any mods activated? If so, deactivate & COMPLETELY deinstall them (as some mods still cause issues even after deactivation, or make sure you know that your mods are not outdated).

Like Matsumi already mentioned problem sounds video card related.... I assume video card drivers is up to date?

Currently there are a lot of issues related towards Windows 8.1 & Mac, but can't help you with this unfortunately......

If my given info still does not fix the problem then go to:

http://forums.totalwar.com/forumdisplay.php/144-Total-War-ROME-II-Support-Forum

Hope this all helps you to enjoy Rome 2 again.....

[mike280zx]

I already deleted all the mods i had, and yes video card drivers are up to date. im not sure what windows i have, i dont have a mac, screw apple.. lol

How can it be my video card if ive been able to run the game perfect since its release date even on ultra settings and ive never had lagg, that makes no sense to me? i believe my graphix card is a ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series but im not 100% sure i built my own pc back in 2009 and its a beast so none of that video stuff is the problem. I think the problem is just something in the script or some kind of setting isnt right but i jsut dont know...I even tried disabling my firewall.

Ive tried to look at the forums on the TW sights but there no help either, this really bums me out cuz i really want to be able to play.

Thanks for the help though..

[Icecream1973]

Unfortunately after some updates new machines are affected still..... also many "PC beasts" have or had issues so this is a bit unpredictable.
Did you actually post an thread question on the TW/link I mentioned?

Sorry that did not work. Best of luck :-)

[mike280zx]

No but ive read like 20 threads about the blackscreen issue on there and have had no luck... yeah idk what to do might just have to give up and play shogun or empire or medevil lol but this one and the original rome were my favorite. Or ill have to wait tell the new TW game come out... it just bugs me cuz i was able to play the game for many many months with no problem then they screwed it all up for me... thanks though for trying to help!

[Migz - DH]

mike280zx eredeti hozzászólása:

Ive done everything i know how to do my drivers are updated and my game cache fine. is not my graphixs card because ive ran this game fine on ultra settings since its release. I tried deleting the rome 2 folder and editing the scripts that did nothing,

When you deleted the Rome2 folder located at C:\Users\<profile name>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly , did you also disable Steam's Cloud save feature to make sure you didn't download bad data from the cloud before loading TW:R2 again?

When you say you edited the scripts, what did you do? Did you change the resolution lines to be what your screen's native resolution is?

For a 1920x1080 monitor:
x_res 1920; # x_res <int32>, Fixed window width #
y_res 1080; # y_res <int32>, Fixed window height #
x_pos 0; # x_pos <int32>, Window position #
y_pos 0; # y_pos <int32>, Window position #
[...]
fix_res true; # fix_res <bool>, Forbid window resizing #
fix_window_pos true; # fix_window_pos <bool>, Forbid window repositioning #

[mike280zx]

yea ive messed with both of those i changed it to the smaller screen and that didnt work eiher. I dont think i disabled the steam cloud one though what do i change on that??

[mike280zx]

fix_res true; # fix_res <bool>, Forbid window resizing #
fix_window_pos true; # fix_window_pos <bool>, Forbid window repositioning #

^^^^^^^
thats what mine says in the scripts in that area

[mike280zx]

And what i did in the scripts was change some start up things to either true or false jsut to see if somehting would work, but i put everything back to normal so.

[mike280zx]

Migz - DH eredeti hozzászólása:

mike280zx eredeti hozzászólása:

Ive done everything i know how to do my drivers are updated and my game cache fine. is not my graphixs card because ive ran this game fine on ultra settings since its release. I tried deleting the rome 2 folder and editing the scripts that did nothing,

When you deleted the Rome2 folder located at C:\Users\<profile name>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly , did you also disable Steam's Cloud save feature to make sure you didn't download bad data from the cloud before loading TW:R2 again?

When you say you edited the scripts, what did you do? Did you change the resolution lines to be what your screen's native resolution is?

For a 1920x1080 monitor:
x_res 1920; # x_res <int32>, Fixed window width #
y_res 1080; # y_res <int32>, Fixed window height #
x_pos 0; # x_pos <int32>, Window position #
y_pos 0; # y_pos <int32>, Window position #
[...]
fix_res true; # fix_res <bool>, Forbid window resizing #
fix_window_pos true; # fix_window_pos <bool>, Forbid window repositioning #

should i post the whole script on here and see if you see anything that doesnt look right??

[mike280zx]

I even ran that whole repair thing with this stuff

1-vcredist_x86-90.exe
2-vcredist_x86-100-sp1.exe
3-vcredist_x86-80-sp1.exe

and ran all three of these repairs and still nothing

[mike280zx]

write_preferences_at_exit true; # write_preferences_at_exit <bool>, Write preferences at exit #
app_multirun false; # app_multirun <bool>, Allow multiple instances of the application #
x_res 1024; # x_res <int32>, Fixed window width #
y_res 768; # y_res <int32>, Fixed window height #
x_pos 0; # x_pos <int32>, Window position #
y_pos 0; # y_pos <int32>, Window position #
vfs_log_level 0; # vfs_log_level <int32>, 0 - off, 1 - mod-user, 2 - dev #
unit_test false; # unit_test <bool>, unit test (for daily build) #
gfx_first_run false; # gfx_first_run <bool>, First time application run #
gfx_video_memory 0; # gfx_video_memory <int>, Override available video memory (bytes) #
gfx_fullscreen true; # gfx_fullscreen <bool>, Run the application in fullscreen or not #
gfx_vsync false; # gfx_vsync <bool>, vertical synchronization #
explicit_thread_affinity true; # explicit_thread_affinity, Enable thread affinity #
enable_steam_update_thread true; # enable_steam_update_thread, Enable Steam Update Thread #
gfx_hdr 0; # gfx_hdr <int>, Set high dynamic range rendering quality #
gfx_shadermodel 2; # gfx_shadermodel <int>, Set shader model, 0-SM3, 1-SM4, 2=SM4.1, 3=SM5 #
gfx_aa 0; # gfx_aa <int>, Set antialiasing, 0-no, 1 = MLAA #
gfx_texture_filtering 0; # gfx_texture_filtering <int>, Set texture filtering, 0-trilinear, 4- anisotropic 16x #
gfx_texture_quality 2; # gfx_texture_quality <int>, Set the quality of textures. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_device_type 1; # gfx_device_type <int>, Set device type, 0-D3D9, 1-D3D11, 2-GL3 #
gfx_ssao false; # gfx_ssao <bool>, Enable Screen Space Ambient Occlusion buffer #
gfx_distortion true; # gfx_distortion <bool>, Enable Distortion Effect buffer #
gfx_depth_of_field 0; # gfx_depth_of_field <int>, Set depth of field quality 0 - off, 2 - high #
gfx_unlimited_video_memory false; # gfx_unlimited_video_memory <bool>, Enable unlimited video memory allocation #
gfx_tesselation false; # gfx_tesselation <bool>, Enable tesselation #
gfx_alpha_blend 0; # gfx_alpha_blend <int>, Set the alpha blending quality, 0 - alpha test, 1 - standard OIT, 2 - Intel accelerated AOIT #
gfx_gpu_select 0; # gfx_gpu <int>, Select gpu on a multi-gpu config, 0 = first gpu, 1 = second gpu, ... #
gfx_direct_resource_access false; # gfx_direct_resource_access <bool>, Enable Direct Resource Access #
gfx_sky_quality 3; # gfx_sky_quality <int>, Set the quality of sky. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_unit_quality 3; # gfx_unit_quality <int>, Set the quality of units. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_building_quality 3; # gfx_building_quality <int>, Set the quality of buildings. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_water_quality 3; # gfx_water_quality <int>, Set the quality of water. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_shadow_quality 3; # gfx_shadow_quality <int>, Set shadow quality. 0 - off, 5 - extreme #
gfx_tree_quality 3; # gfx_tree_quality <int>, Set tree quality. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_grass_quality 3; # gfx_grass_quality <int>, Set grass quality. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_terrain_quality 3; # gfx_terrain_quality <int>, Set terrain quality. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_unit_size 2; # gfx_unit_size <int>, Set unit size. 0 - small, 3 - ultra #
gfx_fleet_size 2; # gfx_fleet_size <int>, Set fleet size. 0 - small, 2 - large #
gfx_gamma_setting 2; # gfx_gamma_setting <float>, Set gamma correction #
gfx_brightness_setting 1.2; # gfx_brightness_setting <float>, Set brightness #
gfx_screenshot_folder "./screenshots"; # gfx_screenshot_folder <folder>, Folder to where save screenshots relative to Empire directory #
gfx_gpu ""ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series""; # gfx_gpu <path>, The GPU description #
gfx_effects_quality 3; # gfx_effects_quality <int>, Set effects quality. 0 - low, 5 - extreme #
gfx_vignette false; # gfx_vignette <true|false>, Enable vignette #
gfx_blood_effects true; # gfx_blood_effects <bool>, Enable Blood effects #
gfx_nightmare_mode false; # gfx_nightmare_mode <bool>, Enable Halloween visuals #
batter_meter true; # battery meter <bool>, Show battery status #
external_browser false; # external_browser <bool>, Use external browser for encylopaedia, internal browser if set to false #
camera_move_speed 100; # camera_move_speed <float>, Set camera movement speed #
camera_turn_speed 5; # camera_turn_speed <float>, Set camera turn speed #
default_camera_type 1; # default_battle_camera <card32>, default battle camera: 0-totalwar 1-rts 2-debug #
fix_res true; # fix_res <bool>, Forbid window resizing #
fix_window_pos true; # fix_window_pos <bool>, Forbid window repositioning #
mouse_wheel_sensitivity 50; # mouse_wheel_sensitivity <card32>, mouse wheel sensitivity: <0-100> default value = 50 #
invert_cam_x_axis false; # invert_camera_x_axis <bool>, invert camera tilting up/down #
invert_cam_y_axis false; # invert_camera_y_axis <bool>, invert camera panning left/right #
show_selection_markers true; # show_selection_markers <true|false>, Show the selection markers under the units #
show_path_markers true; # show_path_markers <true|false>, Show paths in naval battles #
show_target_zones true; # show_target_zones <true|false>, Show firing arcs etc #
show_projectile_trails true; # show_projectile_trails <true|false>, Show projectile trails... #
ui_show_help_markers true; # ui_show_help_markers <true|false>, Show/hide the markers that indicate various things such as disembark zones and bastions #
ui_telestration_always_on false; # ui_telestration_always_on <true|false>, Enables telestration for single player (for if want to draw for replays, or videos, etc) #
unitcard_numbers_visible false; # unitcard_numbers_visible <true|false>, Shows unit numbers on unit cards #
ui_porthole_mode true; # ui_porthole_mode <bool>, Determines if porthole panel shown or minimised #
ui_card_mode true; # ui_card_mode <bool>, Determines if card panel shown or minimised #
ui_radar_mode true; # ui_radar_mode <bool>, Determines if radar panel shown or minimised #
ui_radar_scale 1; # ui_radar_scale <float>, Scale of battle radar #
ui_unit_tooltip_expand_mode 2; # ui_unit_tooltip_expand_mode <0|1|2>, 0 = never expand, 1 = delayed expand, 2 = always expand #
ui_porthole_default_page 1; # ui_porthole_default_page <0|1>, 0 = model page, 1 = stats page #
roomlist_window_pos_x 0; # roomlist_window_pos_x <int32>, roomlist windows position on screen #
roomlist_window_pos_y 0; # roomlist_window_pos_y <int32>, roomlist windows position on screen #
chat_window_pos_x -1; # chat_window_pos_x <int32>, chat windows position on screen #
chat_window_pos_y -1; # chat_window_pos_y <int32>, chat windows position on screen #
chat_window_width_scale -1; # chat_window_width_scale <float>, chat windows dimensions on screen #
chat_window_height_scale -1; # chat_window_height_scale <float>, chat windows dimensions on screen #
browser_window_pos_x -1; # browser_window_pos_x <int32>, browser windows position on screen #
browser_window_pos_y -1; # browser_window_pos_y <int32>, browser windows position on screen #
browser_window_width_scale -1; # browser_window_width_scale <float>, browser windows dimensions on screen #
browser_window_height_scale -1; # browser_window_height_scale <float>, browser windows dimensions on screen #
ui_land_unit_ids 0; # ui_land_unit_ids <0|1|2>, 0 = always, 1 = on mouse over, 2 = never #
ui_unit_id_scale 0.8; # ui_unit_id_scale <float>, Sets scale of unit banners #
ui_mouse_scroll true; # ui_mouse_scroll <true|false>, Allow/disallow scrolling of the map by putting the cursor at the edge of the screen #
battle_realism_mode false; # allow_battle_realism_mode <bool>, Imposes legendary difficulty settings on battle ui; no radar, reduced tooltip and banner information for enemies and restricted camera #
ui_onscreen_kb false; # ui_onscreen_kb <true|false>, Enable on-screen keyboard for touch #
battle_time_limit 60; # battle_time_limit <int>, Sets the time (in minutes) for each battle. -1 for unlimited #
battle_difficulty 0; # battle_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for battles. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
autoresolve_difficulty 0; # autoresolve_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for battles that are autoresolved. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
campaign_difficulty 0; # campaign_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for campaigns. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
battle_advice_level 2; # battle_advice_level <int>, Sets advice level in the battle game #
campaign_advice_level 2; # campaign_advice_level <int>, Sets advice level in the campaign game #
advisor_mode 2; # advisor_mode <int>, Sets Advisor options. 0 - text only, 1 - audio only, 2 - text and audio both #
adc_enabled true; # adc_enabled <bool>, Determines if aide de camp is enabled #
campaign_time_limit -1; # campaign_time_limit <int>, Sets the time (in minutes) for each round of the campaign. -1 for unlimited #
show_cpu_moves_level 1; # show_cpu_moves_level <int>, Sets level of viewing ai movement on the campaign map. 0 - only interactions with player pieces are shown; 1 - limited additional ai movement shown (enemy pieces, movement in your regions, movement in sea regions you have any control over); 2 - all visible movement shown #
automanage_regions false; # automanage_regions <true|false>, Let the AI manage taxes etc in players regions #
multithreaded_model_enabled true; # multithreaded_model_enabled <true|false>, Run the battle model on a separate thread #
battle_camera_shake_enabled true; # battle_camera_shake_enabled <true|false>, Enable battle camera shake effects #
subtitles true; # subtitles <true|false>, Display subtitles during movies #
sound_setting_version 2; # sound_setting_state <int>, Version of current audio settings to handle reseting some default values between updates #
sound_master_volume 100; # sound_master_volume <int>, master sound volume 0-100 #
sound_music_volume 100; # sound_music_volume <int>, music sound volume 0-100 #
sound_advisor_volume 100; # sound_advisor_volume <int>, advisor sound volume 0-100 #
sound_vo_volume 100; # sound_vo_volume <int>, vo sound volume 0-100 #
sound_sfx_volume 100; # sound_sfx_volume <int>, sfx sound volume 0-100 #
sound_previous_master_volume 100; # sound_master_previous_volume <int>, Last modified sound value #
sound_previous_music_volume 100; # sound_music_previous_volume <int>, Last modified sound value #
sound_previous_advisor_volume 100; # sound_previous_advisor_volume <int>, Last modified sound value #
sound_previous_vo_volume 100; # sound_previous_vo_volume <int>, Last modified sound value #
sound_previous_sfx_volume 100; # sound_master_previous_volume <int>, Last modified sound value #
sound_master_enabled true; # sound_master_enabled <true|false>, master sound enabled #
sound_music_enabled true; # sound_music_enabled <true|false>, music sound enabled #
sound_advisor_enabled true; # sound_advisor_enabled <true|false>, advisor sound enabled #
sound_vo_enabled true; # sound_vo_enabled <true|false>, vo sound enabled #
sound_sfx_enabled true; # sound_sfx_enabled <true|false>, sfx sound volume enabled #
audio_speaker_configuration 0; # audio_speaker_configuration <int>, 0 = 2.0 Speakers, 1 = 2.0 Headphones, 2 = 5.1, 2 = 7.1 #
audio_quality 0; # audio_quality <int>, 0 = high(default), 1 = low #
audio_mute_in_background true; # audio_mute_in_background <true|false>, Mute game audio when not in focus #
audio_sink_type 0; # audio_sink_type <int>, 0 = detect, 1 = XAudio2, 2 = DirectSound #
voice_chat_enable true; # voice_chat_enable <bool>, Enables VOIP functionality in Steam. (default = true) #
voice_chat_microphone_gain 100; # voice_chat_microphone_gain <int>, voice_chat_microphone_gain (0-100). #
voice_chat_microphone_gain_boost true; # voice_chat_microphone_gain_boost <bool>, Boost microphone gain. #
voice_chat_volume 100; # voice_chat_volume <int>, Voice chat volume (0-100). #
voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed true; # voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed <bool>, voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed (otherwise always trasnmitting). #
bink_use_thread true; # bink_use_thread <bool>, tells bink to use asynchronous update, increased performance on some systems, decreased on others. (default = true) #
number_of_threads 0; # number_of_threads <int>, Set the number of threads <= 0 - automatic, >0 = explicit number #
number_of_threads_for_campaign_pathfinder_cache -32; # number_of_threads_for_campaign_pathfinder_cache <int>, Set the number of threads to be used for the campaign pathfinder cache. This is independent from and additional to the number_of_threads < 0 - automatic up to the specified number, >=0 = explicit number #
campaign_camera_edge_scroll_delay 0.2; # campaign_camera_edge_scroll_delay <float>, Set the number of seconds of delay between the mouse cursor entering the edge-scroll zone on the campaign map the camera starting movement. #
campaign_zocs_always_shown_for_selected_force false; # campaign_zocs_always_shown_for_selected_force <bool>, Always displays the zone of control for the selected force, not just when the mouse is over it. #
battle_left_click_drag_move_delay 0; # battle_left_click_drag_move_delay <float>, Number of seconds have to have mouse clicked down still on unit before initiates a left click drag action (as some people who use drag select a lot prefer to have a delay, but the delay makes the move less responsive obviously) #
autosave_to_disk_and_cloud false; # autosave_to_disk_and_cloud <bool>, Save a copy of autosaves to the cloud #
twitch_remember_account true; # twitch_remember_account <bool>, Determines whether game should remember twitch account #
twitch_user_name ""; # twitch_user_name <user name>, Twitch account user name that is remembered #
twitch_user_password_encrypted ""; # twitch_user_password_encrypted <user name>, Twitch account password that is remembered and encrypted #
twitch_stream_title "Total War: Rome 2"; # twitch_stream_title <stream title>, Title of stream show on website for viewers #
twitch_server_name ""; # twitch_server_name <server name>, Name of ingest server to use for twitch. If non will use default as dictated by twitch #
twitch_game_volume 1; # twitch_game_volume <float>, Volume of system to be sent through twitch stream (0-1) #
twitch_mic_volume 1; # twitch_mic_volume <float>, Volume of microphone to be sent through twitch stream (0-1) #
twitch_fps 30; # twitch_fps <int>, Twitch frames-per-second for broadcast (10-60) #
twitch_bitrate 1500; # twitch_bitrate <int>, Twitch streaming bit rate, max kbps (230 - 3500) #