Help!! Im Getting a black screen when entering random battles!

[The MadMaxx]

What the title says i need a fix for the random battle black screen, happens with and without the moguri mod!
Changing x86 files to x64 didnt work!

[-Na Shagul-]

I've been having this issue too, though I'm slightly relieved to know that it's also happening without moguri because I thought that might have been the issue. Hope someone can provide some clarity for this

[The MadMaxx]

IDK why square didn t fix yet, its game breaking!!!!!!!

[Dire]

This issue has plagued the game for a good while now. I remember playing it about a year ago and ran into this problem several times. The only thing I know to suggest is open a ticket and hopefully if enough people do the same they will look into it. I highly doubt it though :( otherwise its still one of my favorite FF games.

[The MadMaxx]

Done that I’m still waiting for an answer!

[Sketch]

Square Enix still hasn't fixed this annoying issue? It's been 3 years now...

While I've yet to play through this version myself I've heard you can kinda get around it by going this route. Let me know if it works out for you. This way at least I know what I'm in for when I replay through it again on this version. You can read more about it in this thread.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/1768133742954417685/

Here's the jist of it.

1.) Navigate to your Steam Library folder and find the path to Final Fantasy IX
\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY IX

2.) You will see an x86 and x64 folder. Open the x86 folder and launch FF9.exe instead of using the launcher.

Be aware that this isn't a fix but supposedly it happens less often if you go about it this way. There's been a lot of discussion as to why this happens but apparently it doesn't matter what type of OS you're on nor what type of CPU you have since it affects all system types. That being the case it probably has something to do with memory if I had to take a guess.

I'm currently playing through this on PS4 and so far I've yet to encounter this problem. I wonder what they did differently with that version because I could play for multiple hours on end without encountering this irritating bug once. However the only downside is no Moguri mod and you're locked in with distracting gray bars on both sides of the screen.

TL;DR The best course of action you can take is to open a ticket to SE and hope for the best but since we're going on 3 years now with no patch to fix it I wouldn't hold my breath. Till then you're way better off emulating it imo. Or if you can't be bothered with emulation there's always the PS4 version that fixes it (at least so far in my experience) but you'll have to put up with distracting gray bars on the sides and no Moguri mod.

[The MadMaxx]

I’ll wait then still I can’t believe they don’t fix it thx for the replies ppl and lets everyone complain too SE!!!!

[ShadoW]

Yeah, same problem here... I've seen a 3 years old thread reporting it and still no solution...

https://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/133258593392483304

Given that they didn't solve it whithin 3 years I'm sure they won't solve it before I finish playing the game

[Montrasor]

Yeah same here, it seems to happen after a few hours of play, 2 or 3 ish. To work around it I save constantly and restart the game every few hours. Hasn't happened in a long while since i've been using that method.

[Diplomate]

Been getting this too :/

[Pilda]

I have this problem too and the alleged solution with x86 folder doesn't work at all. It still occurs randomly. Not less, not more. Just randomly.

[Sketch]

Originally posted by Montrasor:

Yeah same here, it seems to happen after a few hours of play, 2 or 3 ish. To work around it I save constantly and restart the game every few hours. Hasn't happened in a long while since i've been using that method.

Interesting work around. Going to keep this in mind for when I play through this version.

[Kurisu-chan]

Originally posted by Montrasor:

Yeah same here, it seems to happen after a few hours of play, 2 or 3 ish. To work around it I save constantly and restart the game every few hours. Hasn't happened in a long while since i've been using that method.

I have been doing this too. If I forget and get a black screen, the "continue" option from the title screen saves my ass.

[the_other_br0]

Same problem here too.

[Rufus]

Me too. Very annoying, just found the friendly Garuda and it happened. Gotta restart and search again. Bollox !

[delas86]

hey i found 2 fixes for the problemm

fix one is the 4gb RAM patch for the 64bit exe ( works fine for me 4 hours gameplay without a black screen in battle) https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371

fix two set fps to 30 fps limit with a 3th party tool ( cause like the guy will tell you, the black screen maybe come from fps spikes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7MUIEzWij8&t=0s