For people getting a black screen on exit.

[Reakor]

Ever since the anniversary update, some of us have been getting a persistent display crash on exit, only solution was to reboot.

Turning off G-Sync fixes the issue.

[NONinONDA]

i hope

[Seppo]

Originally posted by reak:

Ever since the anniversary update, some of us have been getting a persistent display crash on exit, only solution was to reboot.

Turning off G-Sync fixes the issue.

And why exactely should i be forced to turn off G-Sync before launching the game? I bought a G-Sync monitor to use the function.

I tried to launch other Steam Games, the 3 Dark Souls are the only ones with this issue so far.

For those who have this issue like me, there are two fixes besides a forced power off/on of the PC:
1 - unplug and re-plug the display port cable (monitor side or case size) solves the issue (desktop reappears)
2 - playing the game in windowed mode and not in full screen mode solves the issue (the monitor does not turn plain black). To force DS3 to start in Windowed mode, go to Users - Your User - Appdata (enable hidden files view if you don't see the folder) - Roaming - Darksouls3 then open up the graphicsconfig.xml and replace the FULLSCREEN word in the first row with WINDOW.

Of course disabiling G-Sync will work too, but for me it's not a clever option.

[Reakor]

Turning off G-Sync isnt as impactful for DS3 since its locked at 60FPS. I agree with you it's not optimal.

[Reddo]

Hello,

Not sure if this is a solution. But apparently with all suggested workarounds throughout google nothing really works, at least for me, or maybe some folks ain't doing their job well.

But here's something to try if you're still experiencing blackout on exit even with the latest 1.08 update, and assuming you're using a 144hz and G-Sync monitor like I do (PG278Q)

Set your desktop to 120hz refresh rate, and run the games on full screen, that would tend to change the refresh rate to 144hz for most games. You can double check that if you have an info button on your monitor, changes when some process runs in full screen to 144.

That solved my issue thus far, apparently the game is either causing a crash in graphics or something isn't right when you exit and the monitor tries to adjust to the 144hz to the desktop. While if the desktop was running on 120hz the exit process somewhat feels smoother.

Hope this helps!

[Amadeus]

. I fixed it by going into the Radeon settings on forcing the game to run with the "Wait for Vertical Refresh" at always on. Also make sure that the runnable file is has Disable display scaling on high dpi settings checked in the compatibility tab.