Black screen w/ sound when I start up The Evil Within! Plz help!

[OmgAdam]

Every time I start up The Evil Within, it is just a black screen with the sound playing but right when I click it, my whole computer freezes and I have to force restart it in order to fix it. I tried SOOOOO many tips/tricks/things to fix it but none work... I just uninstalled it and now I'm reinstalling it but it's a 5 hour download time so hopefully it works.... If the black screen happens again and you think you know how to fix it, please reply! Thanks!

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Specs?

[OmgAdam]

Originally posted by Prometheus:

Specs?

i3-2310M CPU @2.10GHz / 4 gb RAM / 64 Bit ....

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What video card ? That's most important in this case.

[OmgAdam]

Originally posted by Prometheus:

What video card ? That's most important in this case.

All i can find about my video card is that is called "Intel(R) HD Graphics Family"

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Yeah that's the problem right there mate . You don't have a dedicated video card only an integrated graphics chipset , an older version of that even I bet based on your other specs. You are below the minimum required system specs so even if the game did show properly , your frame rate would most likely be unplayable. Sorry dude , should have checked system requirements first before buying .

[mattisdell]

i have the same situation but im running a dell laptop with i7 and 6 gigs ram and a geforce 525m card...any help would be great, thnx

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Originally posted by mattisdell:

i have the same situation but im running a dell laptop with i7 and 6 gigs ram and a geforce 525m card...any help would be great, thnx

Your issue is probably fixable with a simple driver update. But again the problem is your card is also below the minimum required (GTX460) so your framerate might be unplayable.

[OmgAdam]

Originally posted by Prometheus:

Originally posted by mattisdell:

i have the same situation but im running a dell laptop with i7 and 6 gigs ram and a geforce 525m card...any help would be great, thnx

Your issue is probably fixable with a simple driver update. But again the problem is your card is also below the minimum required (GTX460) so your framerate might be unplayable.

Well I did update it to Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 but it's still showing up with a black screen and only the intro sound :( I know the freezing and stuff has nothing to do with my video card so I'm still trying to fix it..... Also, I downloaded Awesomenauts and it worked 100% fine so I looked to see the minimum requirements to run and play it, and my stuff is below the requirements and the game runs completely fine....

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Originally posted by OmgAdam:

Originally posted by Prometheus:

Your issue is probably fixable with a simple driver update. But again the problem is your card is also below the minimum required (GTX460) so your framerate might be unplayable.

Well I did update it to Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 but it's still showing up with a black screen and only the intro sound :( I know the freezing and stuff has nothing to do with my video card so I'm still trying to fix it..... Also, I downloaded Awesomenauts and it worked 100% fine so I looked to see the minimum requirements to run and play it, and my stuff is below the requirements and the game runs completely fine....

Yes but they are running completely different engines. Awesomenauts uses a less demanding engine obviously, I mean look at it lol. I'm telling you now bud, the Intel HD 3000 even if you do fix the black screen, will struggle to run this engine properly. The major thing with this idtech 5 engine that this game uses is dedicated VRAM (Video Card RAM) as high resolution Megatextures are streamed real time, Intel HD chipsets I believe use shared VRAM which is way too slow. This game is demanding at least 1GB VRAM for minimum settings/ low resolution and Intel HD chipsets do not have dedicated VRAM. big problem there. But its not all about VRAM, it demands power, which Intel HD chipsets dont have, they are not designed for complex 3D Rendering (Gaming), only for simple desktop use, movies, etc. There are a few games that are "playable" with it, but those games most likely have less demanding engines.

If you still dont believe me, go on youtube and look up Evil Within playing on a Intel HD 4000, its way faster than your 3000 but see how much it struggles to keep a playable framerate on the lowest settings. Ontop of that check comparisons of a GTX460 vs Intel HD 4000's, HUGE difference, it shows the big difference between a integrated chipset and an actual dedicated video card. Older gen dedicated video cards would still run circles around Intel HD's when it comes to gaming I'm afraid.

You are simply hardware limited in this case I'm afraid.

[JocularJosh]

Originally posted by JerseyS7 PL:

Try to use this tutorial here to fix your error:
http://www.gamespot.com/the-evil-within/forums/how-to-fix-the-evil-within-errors-and-crashes-tuto-31636404/

it's a hack, don't download this, seems like jersey downloaded it and now he is spamming this link everywhere, stupid little jersey

[L.O.R.D]

Originally posted by JerseyS7 PL:

Try to use this tutorial here to fix your error:
http://www.gamespot.com/the-evil-within/forums/how-to-fix-the-evil-within-errors-and-crashes-tuto-31636404/

STOP POSTING THIS EVERYWHERE YOU HACKER

NO ONE DOWNLOAD THIS , IT WILL HACK YOUR PC AND YOUR ACCOUNT

[OmgAdam]

Originally posted by Prometheus:

Originally posted by OmgAdam:

Well I did update it to Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 but it's still showing up with a black screen and only the intro sound :( I know the freezing and stuff has nothing to do with my video card so I'm still trying to fix it..... Also, I downloaded Awesomenauts and it worked 100% fine so I looked to see the minimum requirements to run and play it, and my stuff is below the requirements and the game runs completely fine....

Yes but they are running completely different engines. Awesomenauts uses a less demanding engine obviously, I mean look at it lol. I'm telling you now bud, the Intel HD 3000 even if you do fix the black screen, will struggle to run this engine properly. The major thing with this idtech 5 engine that this game uses is dedicated VRAM (Video Card RAM) as high resolution Megatextures are streamed real time, Intel HD chipsets I believe use shared VRAM which is way too slow. This game is demanding at least 1GB VRAM for minimum settings/ low resolution and Intel HD chipsets do not have dedicated VRAM. big problem there. But its not all about VRAM, it demands power, which Intel HD chipsets dont have, they are not designed for complex 3D Rendering (Gaming), only for simple desktop use, movies, etc. There are a few games that are "playable" with it, but those games most likely have less demanding engines.

If you still dont believe me, go on youtube and look up Evil Within playing on a Intel HD 4000, its way faster than your 3000 but see how much it struggles to keep a playable framerate on the lowest settings. Ontop of that check comparisons of a GTX460 vs Intel HD 4000's, HUGE difference, it shows the big difference between a integrated chipset and an actual dedicated video card. Older gen dedicated video cards would still run circles around Intel HD's when it comes to gaming I'm afraid.

You are simply hardware limited in this case I'm afraid.

Man this blows... Waste of $60....

[OmgAdam]

Originally posted by Prometheus:

Originally posted by OmgAdam:

Well I did update it to Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 but it's still showing up with a black screen and only the intro sound :( I know the freezing and stuff has nothing to do with my video card so I'm still trying to fix it..... Also, I downloaded Awesomenauts and it worked 100% fine so I looked to see the minimum requirements to run and play it, and my stuff is below the requirements and the game runs completely fine....

Yes but they are running completely different engines. Awesomenauts uses a less demanding engine obviously, I mean look at it lol. I'm telling you now bud, the Intel HD 3000 even if you do fix the black screen, will struggle to run this engine properly. The major thing with this idtech 5 engine that this game uses is dedicated VRAM (Video Card RAM) as high resolution Megatextures are streamed real time, Intel HD chipsets I believe use shared VRAM which is way too slow. This game is demanding at least 1GB VRAM for minimum settings/ low resolution and Intel HD chipsets do not have dedicated VRAM. big problem there. But its not all about VRAM, it demands power, which Intel HD chipsets dont have, they are not designed for complex 3D Rendering (Gaming), only for simple desktop use, movies, etc. There are a few games that are "playable" with it, but those games most likely have less demanding engines.

If you still dont believe me, go on youtube and look up Evil Within playing on a Intel HD 4000, its way faster than your 3000 but see how much it struggles to keep a playable framerate on the lowest settings. Ontop of that check comparisons of a GTX460 vs Intel HD 4000's, HUGE difference, it shows the big difference between a integrated chipset and an actual dedicated video card. Older gen dedicated video cards would still run circles around Intel HD's when it comes to gaming I'm afraid.

You are simply hardware limited in this case I'm afraid.

Now do you think this whole issue could be because of how low my Graphics card is? If so, what do you recommend that is a very good graphics card. A price preferably between $100-$200... Because if the game is freezing and acting like this because of my graphics card being so low, I wouldn't mind investing into one so this wasn't a waste.

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I believe you are using a laptop right now based on your mobility processor. In that case there's another big issue for you mate. Its not easy to upgrade video cards for laptops, and the only laptops that have the capability to upgrade the video card are high end gaming laptops, even then its still very hard to actually find video cards that would fit the specific laptop model and that would run with the laptops current power wattage support and cooling system. And ontop of that it would cost a fortune, way more than your average desktop gaming video cards for sure because video card companies do not support upgrading laptop GPU's, they dont even sell them, you would have to find the specific video card from a online seller.

But your laptop doesn't even come with a dedicated GPU which means there most likely isn't even a slot for a video card I'm afraid. The most you can upgrade is your RAM and HDD like most laptops, updating the GPU is almost impossible unless you have those custom gaming laptops again. But high end gaming laptop GPU's actually still struggle to run this game fine, I've seen some people on here with GTX800m serie's that have performance issues and those are the most powerful of laptop GPU's right now. Laptop GPU's are simply alot weaker than their desktop counterparts because of obvious reasons like size/power/cooling, etc.

If you are this serious about playing PC games, it would be better to invest in building a gaming PC. save up $1500 and you can have a beast PC that'l last you years.

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Have you tried this tutorial fix on neoseeker?
{LINK REMOVED}http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/61950/t2066932-evil-within-errors-crashes-fix-tutorial/