Black Screen

[CodyHawkCatcher]

Hi. When I play Plants Vs Zombies, I have an issue that keeps occuring. When I play in full screen, the game loads and everything, but when I press adventure to play the game, it tries to load up the level but just shows a black screen and nothing else. It would do the same thing on windowed mode as well. I have tried changing the value of things in the registry, I've tried reinstalling it, and to my surprise, not much has worked. When I do Steam Beta Participation, I can run the game in windowed mode for about 15 minutes, but then after that, the black screen flashes in and out and makes thing very hard to play. Is there a fix to this issue, or is it something that valve has to fix?

[PhoenixFS]

I know this thread is quite old, but if you're still having problems then try turning 3D Acceleration off in the options menu. I came across this today when I was having the same problem and it worked.

[Mago Eskeleto]

Originally posted by PhoenixFS:

I know this thread is quite old, but if you're still having problems then try turning 3D Acceleration off in the options menu. I came across this today when I was having the same problem and it worked.

This works, thank you!

[Z e r o 5 3 - G]

It works.
Hope someone search Plant vs Zombies black screen keyword find this thread.

[PyroFireGamer]

I'm having the same problem but it happens when I view achievements and when I view plants in the almanac and I want to keep 3D Acceleration on... so is there a fix where I can keep 3D Acceleration on

[CreeperPizza12]

Originally posted by PhoenixFS:

I know this thread is quite old, but if you're still having problems then try turning 3D Acceleration off in the options menu. I came across this today when I was having the same problem and it worked.

how do I do this when I cant see anything on my screen?

[TheRealFanjin]

Originally posted by CreeperPizza12:

Originally posted by PhoenixFS:

I know this thread is quite old, but if you're still having problems then try turning 3D Acceleration off in the options menu. I came across this today when I was having the same problem and it worked.

how do I do this when I cant see anything on my screen?

Yes that's my problem too

[TheRealFanjin]

Originally posted by CreeperPizza12:

Originally posted by PhoenixFS:

I know this thread is quite old, but if you're still having problems then try turning 3D Acceleration off in the options menu. I came across this today when I was having the same problem and it worked.

how do I do this when I cant see anything on my screen?

I found a solution, you have to go to the registry editor, and under "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SteamPopCap\PlantsVsZombies" double click the one that says "ScreenMode" and change the value to 1 instead of 0

[Inexposure]

still very confused having this issue now no where i see screenmode nothing

[Nova Queen]

okay i found another solution if none of the others work

make sure you can see hidden folders in windows (if you can't just look up a tutorial)
go to: C:\ProgramData\PopCap Games\PlantsVsZombies\userdata and delete everything in that folder

success!
if you've tried *every* solution like i did and none of them worked, this one should work

[LightninMcQuade]

I have never been more frustrated than i am right now trying to fix this ♥♥♥♥. Since I turned 3D accel on and turned full screen off i cannot interact with the BLACK game window AT ALL RegEdit did nothing showing hidden folders did not reveal one with user data if you have done what i have done save yourself the headache and uninstall it

[LightninMcQuade]

nvm... in the reg editor you can change Is3d to 1 instead of 0 or vice versa to toggle the 3d accel option without opening the game

[Tenacious Zebra]

hey fellas how do i get to C:\ProgramData\PopCap Games\PlantsVsZombies\userdata? i know there's like a certain button for it but i honestly can't remember nor figure it out.