Black Screen

[YTVR]

I'm trying to initialize the game and it's always having a black screen issue. It has sound and I can use all the commands with my controller, but the display just doesn't show me anything.

I wonder if anyone else is having the same trouble. My laptop is an Acer Predator Helios Neo and I have my DirectX updated, then I'm sure there's no problem to run a game like this.

[Mu The Guardian]

Hello brother,

Go here:

C:\Users\YOURwindowsUSERNAME\AppData\Local\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul

Edit the file:

config.ini

And try these settings:

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=FIXED
FullScreen=ON
RefreshRate=60Hz
Resolution=1920x1080
UpdateRate=60.000000
VSync=OFF

[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=ON
FXAA=ON
LightShaft=ON
MSAA=NONE
Particle=ON
Shadow=2

If it doesn't work, try also 1280x720 under "Resolution".

Also, under [SYSTEM], add these:

[SYSTEM]
RenderingThread=ON
RenderingThreadPriority=HIGH

Do you have a desktop PC or a portable PC ?

[YTVR]

Originally posted by Mu The Guardian:

Hello brother,

Go here:

C:\Users\YOURwindowsUSERNAME\AppData\Local\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul

Edit the file:

config.ini

And try these settings:

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=FIXED
FullScreen=ON
RefreshRate=60Hz
Resolution=1920x1080
UpdateRate=60.000000
VSync=OFF

[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=ON
FXAA=ON
LightShaft=ON
MSAA=NONE
Particle=ON
Shadow=2

If it doesn't work, try also 1280x720 under "Resolution".

Also, under [SYSTEM], add these:

[SYSTEM]
RenderingThread=ON
RenderingThreadPriority=HIGH

Do you have a desktop PC or a portable PC ?

Ok, I tried it but it's still not working. Also, I have a portable PC.

[Mu The Guardian]

ok so, does your portable PC have a discrete GPU? (NVIDIA or AMD)?

[YTVR]

Originally posted by Mu The Guardian:

ok so, does your portable PC have a discrete GPU? (NVIDIA or AMD)?

Yes, it does. My GPU is a RTX 4060.

[Mu The Guardian]

I don't understand why the last message I left here has disappeared. I'll write it again:

You have a great system bro!

So, try this.

Go here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SSSS

Right-click on SSSS.exe

find "properties" and then "compatibility".

Check the box where it says "run this program in compatibility mode" (or something like that), and start selecting from the previous version of Windows.

For example, if you have Windows 11, try selecting the option to run the file in Windows 10 compatibility mode. Then launch SSSS.exe (not the SSSS shortcut file located on the desktop). If it doesn't work, re-do the same thing, only select compatibility with Windows 8. Then Windows 7.

Let me know if it worked.

[Shura]

does anyone fix the error? I have tried everything I saw on this forum and I still can't not play the game :(

[Mu The Guardian]

Originally posted by Shura:

does anyone fix the error? I have tried everything I saw on this forum and I still can't not play the game :(

Originally posted by YTVR:

I'm trying to initialize the game and it's always having a black screen issue. It has sound and I can use all the commands with my controller, but the display just doesn't show me anything.

I wonder if anyone else is having the same trouble. My laptop is an Acer Predator Helios Neo and I have my DirectX updated, then I'm sure there's no problem to run a game like this.

Try to modify the graphics settings in the game's configuration file (CONFIG.INI). It is located here:
C:\Users\YOUR_WINDOWS_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul\

Try these settings:

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=FIXED
FullScreen=ON
RefreshRate=60Hz
Resolution=1280x720
UpdateRate=60.000000
VSync=OFF
[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=ON
FXAA=ON
LightShaft=ON
MSAA=NONE
Particle=OFF
Shadow=2

If your computer is a laptop, verify what GPU is assigned to the game:
WINDOWS settings → system and display settings → graphics settings → select "desktop app" → browse → locate SAINT SEIYA game EXE file. Its name is SSSS.EXE and usually it is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SSSS

Click ADD button, then find the game in the list, click on it, and select the "high performance" option.

Then, open your GPU NVIDIA control panel or settings (for example, try by clicking on the WINDOWS desktop background with the right button of the mouse, and then select NVIDIA control panel) → Select the "program settings" tab → 1. Select a program to customize → click the ADD button → click the BROWSE button → locate SAINT SEIYA game EXE file. Its name is SSSS.EXE and usually it is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SSSS

Click on it, confirm, and when it is selected, down, where it says “2. Select the preferred graphics processor for this program” choose “High-Performance NVIDIA processor”.

[Shura]

Ok the nvidia option is the one that worked for me and now I can play perfectly, thank you very much.

[Mu The Guardian]

Originally posted by Shura:

Ok the nvidia option is the one that worked for me and now I can play perfectly, thank you very much.

Happy to hear that, Shura, brother gold saint of Capricorn! See you in battle!

[Mu The Guardian]

Originally posted by YTVR:

I'm trying to initialize the game and it's always having a black screen issue. It has sound and I can use all the commands with my controller, but the display just doesn't show me anything.

I wonder if anyone else is having the same trouble. My laptop is an Acer Predator Helios Neo and I have my DirectX updated, then I'm sure there's no problem to run a game like this.

See the Nvidia option above ↑↑ it worked for Shura

[El Paladin]

I have the same problem with my laptop, samsung galaxy book 3 pro, and i havent been able to fix it yet

[Mu The Guardian]

Originally posted by Facundo (Taylor's Version):

I have the same problem with my laptop, samsung galaxy book 3 pro, and i havent been able to fix it yet

mmm... The Galaxy Book 3 Pro doesn't have a discrete GPU chip. It only has the integrated graphics chip.

Normally, this was a deal breaker to run 3D games on laptops, in the past. However, Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul is a very old game, and the integrated graphics chip of your laptop is an Intel Iris Xe, which is one of the most modern and performing ones.

Theoretically, considering only the mere 'brute force' of your graphics chip, it should be able to handle the 3D graphics of this game.
However, there's not only brute force. There's also compatibility.

Your graphics chip is recent, and only recently (last 2 years approx.) Intel decided to become the 3rd player in the graphics cards market.

My guess would be that yours is a compatibility issue between the game and your graphics chip drivers.

If you navigate in this folder on your hard drive:

C:\Users\dddddddddd\AppData\Local\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul

replacing "ddddddddd" with your Windows user account folder name, you can right-click on the config.ini file and select "edit".

Then, at some point, you'll find a section saying something similar to this:

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=VARIABLE
FullScreen=ON
RefreshRate=240Hz
Resolution=1920x1080
UpdateRate=60.000000
VSync=ON

[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=ON
FXAA=ON
LightShaft=ON
MSAA=NONE
Particle=ON
Shadow=2

Change "VARIABLE" with "FIXED" and then put everything at minimum, for example:

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=FIXED
FullScreen=ON
RefreshRate=60Hz
Resolution=800x600
UpdateRate=60.000000
VSync=OFF

[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=OFF
FXAA=OFF
LightShaft=OFF
MSAA=NONE
Particle=OFF
Shadow=1

and then see if it works. Keep me posted.
I'll send you a steam friend request.

[Amaterasu]

Originally posted by Mu The Guardian:

Originally posted by Facundo (Taylor's Version):

I have the same problem with my laptop, samsung galaxy book 3 pro, and i havent been able to fix it yet

mmm... The Galaxy Book 3 Pro doesn't have a discrete GPU chip. It only has the integrated graphics chip.

Normally, this was a deal breaker to run 3D games on laptops, in the past. However, Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul is a very old game, and the integrated graphics chip of your laptop is an Intel Iris Xe, which is one of the most modern and performing ones.

Theoretically, considering only the mere 'brute force' of your graphics chip, it should be able to handle the 3D graphics of this game.
However, there's not only brute force. There's also compatibility.

Your graphics chip is recent, and only recently (last 2 years approx.) Intel decided to become the 3rd player in the graphics cards market.

My guess would be that yours is a compatibility issue between the game and your graphics chip drivers.

If you navigate in this folder on your hard drive:

C:\Users\dddddddddd\AppData\Local\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul

replacing "ddddddddd" with your Windows user account folder name, you can right-click on the config.ini file and select "edit".

Then, at some point, you'll find a section saying something similar to this:

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=VARIABLE
FullScreen=ON
RefreshRate=240Hz
Resolution=1920x1080
UpdateRate=60.000000
VSync=ON

[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=ON
FXAA=ON
LightShaft=ON
MSAA=NONE
Particle=ON
Shadow=2

Change "VARIABLE" with "FIXED" and then put everything at minimum, for example:

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=FIXED
FullScreen=ON
RefreshRate=60Hz
Resolution=800x600
UpdateRate=60.000000
VSync=OFF

[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=OFF
FXAA=OFF
LightShaft=OFF
MSAA=NONE
Particle=OFF
Shadow=1

and then see if it works. Keep me posted.
I'll send you a steam friend request.

Mu, i got my game to work after putting it into window mode, after putting it into high performance mode. Hope it helps someone

[DISPLAY]
Aspect=AUTO
FrameRate=FIXED
FullScreen=OFF
RefreshRate=144Hz
Resolution=1366x768
UpdateRate=30.000000
VSync=OFF

[GRAPHICS]
EDGE=OFF
FXAA=OFF
LightShaft=OFF
MSAA=NONE
Particle=OFF
Shadow=0

[Amaterasu]

Update, you can turn the graphics up, resolution and everything but changing it to fullscreen closes the game. Can't find another solution

[frankl0za]

I was trying all the fixes I saw here, what worked for me is changing my laptops setting, from hybrid mode to use GPU only and it came right on