Black screen on start, sound still playing

[roku]

Hello.
I haven't played Momodora in a while, since I have a new Xbox One controller I wanted to play some games with it, but I cannot seem to start the game.
Whenever I launch the game, the screen just turns black, there's not even any Momodora icon in the taskbar ever since the second time I've tried starting the game.
I don't think that my rig is the problem, but here are my specs if it's of any help :
i5 6600
GTX 1060 6Gb
8 Go of DDR4 RAM
Windows 10

I used to run the game just fine about a year ago, that was before I switched my cpu and went from windows 7 to windows 10.
I've tried inputting the -windowed command in the launch options but it didn't change anything at all.
Thanks in advance for your help.

[rdein]

Hello there,

First of all, try running the game with as few programs open and see if it launches properly. Some programs could be interferring with the game (for example, MSI Afterburner, Riva Tuner...), so closing everything you can would minimize those types of situations.

Other than that, so here's a list of potential solutions you might want to try:

a) Make sure your Steam client is updated (steam -> check for client updates). Trying a beta Steam Client might be worth a shot, too.

b) Make sure your graphics drivers are updated.

c) Changing the applications's .exe to compatibility mode for Win7 has also been said to fix this issue for many users recently.

d) Also make sure the game is running with the correct graphics cards. On a desktop computer you can usually find a control panel application for your graphics card where there's an option to select which card to boot the game with. For Laptop users with Nvidia cards, there's also this small step-by-step:
1. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager > Under Display adapter > you should see Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA.

2. Go to NVIDIA Control Panel > Desktop > Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area. You will see a black chip picture in the taskbar. If the chip turns rainbow, which means your NVIDIA GPU is running.

3. Go to NVIDIA Control Panel to switch between two graphics manually under Manage 3D Settings > Preferred Graphics Processor.

[roku]

Thanks a lot for your help, running the game in windows 8 compatibility (the one that my computer has set by default) did fix the problem.

[rdein]

Originally posted by Rokumad:

Thanks a lot for your help, running the game in windows 8 compatibility (the one that my computer has set by default) did fix the problem.

I'm glad!

Cheers!

[Logicknot]

If you are playing in full screen try pressing alt+enter. I find that the game doesnt run at all in full screen. just black screen with audio.

[rdein]

Originally posted by Logicknot:

If you are playing in full screen try pressing alt+enter. I find that the game doesnt run at all in full screen. just black screen with audio.

It does run on fullscreen, but depending on your setup you might need to do somethings like changing the compability mode to Windows 7 or 8. Something recently happened in a Windows 10 update that broke this for more people than usual, but at least that compability fix seems to work for everyone that's tried it so far.

[Ohto Mata]

How does one change the compatibility mode?

[rdein]

Originally posted by BST:

How does one change the compatibility mode?

Find where the game is installed on your computer, right click the .exe file (MomodoraRUtM.exe), go to Properties > Compatibility. There should be options in there.
These should be the general steps, I'm not sure if something is different on Windows 10 (if you are on Win 10).
Please update me whether you can change it or not.

[Ohto Mata]

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

[Ohto Mata]

Sorry it took so long for me to get around to it, but doing what you said totally fixed it! Thanks a bunch.

[Soup]

I've recently gotten the game and have been having the same issues, only none of the above solutions have worked. The only thing that almost worked was changing the .exe compatibility settings to run at 640 x 480, but then the video quality was bad. Is there anything else I can try? Fullscreen is determined to not work for some reason

[rdein]

Originally posted by Soup:

I've recently gotten the game and have been having the same issues, only none of the above solutions have worked. The only thing that almost worked was changing the .exe compatibility settings to run at 640 x 480, but then the video quality was bad. Is there anything else I can try? Fullscreen is determined to not work for some reason

Please check this thread for a guide on how to change vsync:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/428550/discussions/0/1457328392104985590/

[mlow44]

Oddly enough I had the opposite problem where the game played with no sound, but as it turns out apparently both problems share the same solution of turning on Windows 8 compatibility.