Fix for black screen

[Ham Knight]

to fix the black screen error you need to go to \Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops III\players, then open note pad and put this in it

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//
//Gameplay
//

//Frame rate cap (0 for none)
MaxFPS = "60" // 0 to 1000

//Show current framerate on screen
DrawFPS = "0" // 0 or 1

//Toggle framerate smoothing
SmoothFramerate = "0" // 0 or 1

//Horizontal field of view in degrees assuming 16:9 aspect ratio
FOV = "80" // 65 to 120

SplitscreenOrientation = "0" // 0 or 1

//Enable network voice chat
VoiceChat = "1" // 0 or 1

//Enable occlusion of sound behind solid surfaces
SoundOcclusion = "1" // 0 or 1

//Mouse smoothing amount
MouseFilter = "0" // 0 to 10

MouseAcceleration = "0" // 0 to 1

MouseSensitivity = "2" // 0.1 to 30

//Mouse vertical sensitivity
MouseVerticalSensitivity = "0.022" // -1 to 1

//Enable vertical look with the mouse
MouseVerticalLook = "1" // 0 or 1

//Maximum number of simultaneous human corpses
CorpseCount = "32" // 1 to 32

//Number of frames the driver is allowed to enqueue, a lower value improves input latency but may decrease performance. Set it to 0 to use the system default, usually 3.
MaxFrameLatency = "0" // 0 to 4

//
//Setup
//

//Set to zero to force auto-detect to run at startup
AutoDetectHasRun = "1" // 0 or 1

//Thread count for handling the job queue
WorkerThreads = "2" // 2 to 4

//Clear to check driver against recommended
LastDriverNvidia = "35887" // 0 or bigger

//Clear to check driver against recommended
LastDriverAMD = "0" // 0 or bigger

//Fraction of video memory usage to target
VideoMemory = "0.95" // 0.75 to 1

//
//Display
//

// 0 - Windowed, 1 - Fullscreen, 2 - Fullscreen Window
FullScreenMode = "2" // 0 to 2

//Window X position
WindowX = "0" // -8192 to 8192

//Window Y position
WindowY = "0" // -8192 to 8192

WindowSize = "800x600" // any text

RefreshRate = "59.95" // 1 to 240

//Monitor index to use for fullscreen
Monitor = "1" // 0 to 8

//Vsync only applies in fullscreen
Vsync = "0" // 0 or 1

//Percentage of window resolution that the 3D scene renders at
ResolutionPercent = "100" // 50 to 200

//Color spaces for monitor output
DisplayGamma = "sRGB" // sRGB, rec.709, or rec.709 - Limited

//Set to 3 to enable triple buffering, useful to prevent large framerate drops when vsync is enabled
BackbufferCount = "2" // 2 to 3

//
//Graphics
//

//LOD's to drop on models, lower numbers are higher quality
MeshQuality = "1" // 0 to 8

//0 - Force 2x anisotropic filtering, 1 - Per material, 2 - Force 16x anisotropic filtering
TextureFilter = "1" // 0 to 2

//Number of mips to drop on streamed textures, lower numbers are higher quality
TextureQuality = "2" // 0 to 3

//Number of mips to drop on effects and dynamic decals, lower numbers are higher quality
TextureQualityFX = "2" // 0 to 15

//Number of mips to drop on reflections, lower numbers are higher quality
TextureQualityProbes = "1" // 0 to 16

//Number of mips to drop on sun shadows, lower numbers are higher quality
TextureQualityBakedSunShadows = "1" // 0 to 2

//Force lowest mips to stay loaded instead of streaming
TextureLowDetailResident = "0" // 0 or 1

DisableDynamicLightShadows = "1" // 0 or 1

DisableDynamicSunShadows = "1" // 0 or 1

//Resolution of spot light shadows
SpotShadowTextureSize = "1024" // 128 to 8192

//Resolution of omni (point) light shadows
OmniShadowTextureSize = "256" // 128 to 2048

//Enable multi-sampled soft shadows
ShadowFiltering = "1" // 0 or 1

//Number of lights with otherwise static shadows to force characters shadows on
ActorShadows = "0" // 0 to 16

//Enable volumetric sun and light shafts
VolumetricLightingEnabled = "1" // 0 or 1

//Number of raymarch samples for sunlight
VolumetricLightingMaxSunSamples = "8" // 1 to 256

//Number of raymarch samples for local lights
VolumetricLightingMaxLightSamples = "40" // 1 to 256

//Skip every other sample if color is constant
VolumetricLightingSkipSunSamples = "1" // 0 or 1

//Skip every other sample if color is constant
VolumetricLightingSkipLightSamples = "1" // 0 or 1

//Enabled order-independent transparency
OIT = "1" // 0 or 1

//Maximum number of overlapping transparency layers
OITLayers = "8" // 8, 9, 12, or 16

//Screen-space ambient occlusion method
SSAOTechnique = "GTAO Medium Quality" // Disabled, HEMIAO, GTAO Low Quality, GTAO Medium Quality, GTAO High Quality, or GTAO Ultra Quality

//Anti-aliasing technique
AATechnique = "Filmic SMAA T2x" // None, FXAA, SMAA 1x, Filmic SMAA 1x, SMAA T2x, or Filmic SMAA T2x

//Per-object motion blur
MotionBlur = "Auto" // Off, Auto, or On

MotionBlurQuality = "Medium" // Low, Medium, or High

//Better lighting for skin
SubsurfaceScattering = "0" // 0 or 1


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then save it as config.ini and save it as all files

should fix it for ya

[rizzoid]

引用自 ✯Fruity Cena✯：

I cant find the players folder...

Right click on "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" in your list of games then select Properties. Once the new window pops up, click on the Local Files tab then under it click on the Browse Local Files button. It should open up a Windows Explorer window with the root folder of the BO3 installation with a folder named "players".

[☾ Jakey ☽]

引用自 rizzoid：

引用自 ✯Fruity Cena✯：

I cant find the players folder...

Right click on "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" in your list of games then select Properties. Once the new window pops up, click on the Local Files tab then under it click on the Browse Local Files button. It should open up a Windows Explorer window with the root folder of the BO3 installation with a folder named "players".

ya there is no players folder in there, im gonna try verifying cache again

[rizzoid]

引用自 Ham Knight：

to fix the black screen error you need to go to \Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops III\players, then open note pad and put this in it

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


//
//Gameplay
//

-- snip --


//Better lighting for skin
SubsurfaceScattering = "0" // 0 or 1


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then save it as config.ini and save it as all files

should fix it for ya

This seems to simply be a copy-and-paste repeat that's being echoed all over but trying running your client then exit and look in that file to see if the 'WorkerThreads' line still exists. When you see that it doesn't, report back here so we can't stop wasting people's time with this old, pre-patch solution.

[Smoove_B]

引用自 Incognito：

引用自 Smoove_B：

What's weird is that my black screen doesn't occur until I actually try to play the campaign. The game starts, the Treyarch and Activision stuff works no problem and I go right into the game menus. So this fix might work for people that can't even start the game, but it doesn't address the black screen issue I'm seeing and it didn't work at all for me.

SP campaign launches and the intro video plays, but right after the quick scrolling text it either goes to black screen and monitor indicates the input isn't supported -or- the sound loops. No way to continue other than a computer reset.

Win7 home premium
12 GB RAM
GTX 960 w/ 358.87
i7 950 @ 3.07Ghz
1920x1080 @ 60Hz

If it was crashing or locking when I started that would be one thing, but to hang when I'm in the game and trying to start the SP campaign? I can't figure that out.

Try running it on Windowed mode, instead of full-screen.

Thanks for the suggestion. It actually made it a second or so more in a window. I saw some flames, but then the entire monitor went black with a looping/buzzing in the speakers and the monitor reporting "Input Not Supported".

[[FT]KACHOK]

I don't have the folder players! Why?

[powrgrid]

引用自 FTSAM KACHOK：

I don't have the folder players! Why?

Verify integrity of game cache.
Sounds like corrupted download.

[[FT]KACHOK]

引用自 Incognito：

引用自 FTSAM KACHOK：

I don't have the folder players! Why?

Verify integrity of game cache.
Sounds like corrupted download.

I have already verified integrity of game cache, and it is written that all files are "present"

[[FT]KACHOK]

引用自 FTSAM KACHOK：

引用自 Incognito：

Verify integrity of game cache.
Sounds like corrupted download.

I have already verified integrity of game cache, and it is written that all files are "present"

And I have reinstalled

[Helpless Love]

still black screen HELP ME I WASTED MY MONEY ON THIS PEACE OF ♥♥♥♥

[[FT]KACHOK]

引用自 FTSAM KACHOK：

引用自 FTSAM KACHOK：

I have already verified integrity of game cache, and it is written that all files are "present"

And I have reinstalled

So? Can you help me?

[Smoove_B]

I fixed my black screen error and hard-lock in a surprising way. It never occurerd to me that it could be related to my onboard audio drivers, but in checking they were the original ones from when the computer was built (2010). Sure enough Realtek had updated drivers from June of 2015 and after updating them, the game now works without a problem.

Win7 home premium
12 GB RAM
GTX 960 w/ 358.87
i7 950 @ 3.07Ghz
1920x1080 @ 60Hz

Since everyone is so focused on the video drivers, I figured I'd mention it. I don't think I've had to consider audio drivers as a problem since Windows 98.

[Koma]

i can access the main menu after sitting into the black screen like 5 mins Ö_Ö i can't play tho since i always lose connection to host in the loading screens even on solo

[rizzoid]

引用自 Smoove_B：

Sure enough Realtek had updated drivers from June of 2015 and after updating them, the game now works without a problem.

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Since everyone is so focused on the video drivers, I figured I'd mention it. I don't think I've had to consider audio drivers as a problem since Windows 98.

This actually makes a lot of sense as I disabled my on board audio with one of my computers and it has a Realtek chip on it (thus allowing the game to use my Xonar card). I effectively removed that from the equasion; not exactly the same way to reach the end goal but we had the same net effect.

So for anyone else still getting the black screen, are you using Realtek on-board audio?

[☾ Jakey ☽]

引用自 rizzoid：

引用自 Smoove_B：

Sure enough Realtek had updated drivers from June of 2015 and after updating them, the game now works without a problem.

-- snip --

Since everyone is so focused on the video drivers, I figured I'd mention it. I don't think I've had to consider audio drivers as a problem since Windows 98.

This actually makes a lot of sense as I disabled my on board audio with one of my computers and it has a Realtek chip on it (thus allowing the game to use my Xonar card). I effectively removed that from the equasion; not exactly the same way to reach the end goal but we had the same net effect.

So for anyone else still getting the black screen, are you using Realtek on-board audio?

So how did you disable the sound cards or whatever they are called?

[Do-It-Fluid]

Very interesting. Others have had to disable headset drivers too. Just make sure that before you start disabling drivers, you should try to update them ( video, audio, etc...)

How To Disable Drivers on Windows
1. Click Start
2. Type devmgmt.msc
3. Select Sound, video and game controller
4. Locate Audio device
5. Right click and select Disable.
6. Done