Yet another thread about black screen issue on launch

[FieryThunder]

Hey all,

At my wits end in dealing with this issue. Just tried opening the game after a week.

When the game is launched, it remains on a black screen with several white dots.

I confirmed audio / music is playing in the background as expected.

Tried changing GFX Fullscreen values, launching in Compatibility for Windows 7 and 8 / Admin modes, and even updating the Visual C++ Redistributables. Also checked my graphics card drivers (AMD 6950XT) were up to date. Nothing so far.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Would hate to drop the game over this.

[FieryThunder]

Alright I was able to fix the issue.

For future people, it turns out that AMD's latest update (Adrenalin 24.6.1) breaks this game.

I had to downgrade to Adrenalin 24.5.1 and everything now works properly.

[Nonexxistense]

i dont want to downgrade it so what can i do?

[bluewolf10th]

Open a support ticket on AMD and request GER compatibility in the next driver version?

[BIG_CAFE_STAR]

can confirm this. Game is working now by downgrading

[Nonexxistense]

there was and update to 24.7.1 and still not working, we have yo make reports, all of us, so they will notice the problem.

[SNAFU Certified Stud Muffin]

A ton of older games are broken on AMD specifically.
Try AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition
Revision Number
Adrenalin 23.2.1 (WHQL)
and
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition
Revision Number
Adrenalin 23.2.2 (WHQL Recommended)

[Acrobat Matt]

The game won't run at all if your CPU has more than 1 core. Go to game Properties in Steam and input this line in the Launch Options to make the game use only 1 core.

taskset -c 0 %command%

Unfortunately, it will not fix the black screen issue when you defeat the boss at the end of Difficulty 6 but you can play up to that point.