Can't launch game - "No Signal" from monitor

[ThatBryanDude]

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Took a break and decided to check out the new update, but the game launches, monitor completely loses signal from the video card and pops up with a "No Signal" message as if it's come unplugged. My second monitor is still connected and I can hear the game through my speakers. I press ALT + Tab or the Windows key just to swap out of the game and sure enough the monitor displays the desktop no problem.

I have rebooted the system, checked for updates on the graphics drivers, and verified the integrity of the game files, but nothing was flagged.

Any ideas? I did a search on the discussion board, but the most I found was people having issues when landing on planets -- if you find a discussion, please link it because I have dyslexia and, unfortunately, I do miss some results if I'm not careful!

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rename
Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries\SETTINGS\TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML

the game will create a new one with default values
check gfx-driver settings

[ThatBryanDude]

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rename
Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries\SETTINGS\TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML

the game will create a new one with default values
check gfx-driver settings

Thanks for the reply, but that didn't seem to fix it. It did create a new file, but it still disconnects my monitor.

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hmmmm, hmmmm hm hm hm :)
then i would play with the monitor ports and monitor resolutions, i think you know that a monitor goes ´offline´ when it cannot handle a resolution..

the game runs, game settings at default - no picture - i guess it's driver related

[ThatBryanDude]

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hmmmm, hmmmm hm hm hm :)
then i would play with the monitor ports and monitor resolutions, i think you know that a monitor goes ´offline´ when it cannot handle a resolution..

the game runs, game settings at default - no picture - i guess it's driver related

So I've run the game on my current setup before, which is what makes this weird. Here's what I've discovered though.

If I leave the game running while I target the desktop, it still loads up the main menu, and you can even see the game when you hover over the application icon on the Windows 10 Task bar. The moment you actually click on the application, monitor acts up.

From there, I unplugged the secondary monitor (24" 1080p 144hz) and tried to run the game, monitor acts the same when trying to load.

I unplugged the main display (35" 3440x1440p 100hz) and the game loaded fine on my secondary monitor.

Not particularly helpful since I want to play on the 35", but it's a start.

[ThatBryanDude]

Just resolved it. I'm leaving this up in case someone else runs into the issue. I opened up GeForce Experience and I manually changed the settings to run the game in "Windowed Borderless" rather than "Full Screen" which is what is was set to. Runs perfectly fine at the resolution and everything.

Not sure why Fullscreen was doing it, but it's working!

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nice you figured it out