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TheDeviousDagger Nov 11, 2012 @ 5:46pm
Black screen on startup
Just bought this game and everytime I boot it up its immediately just a black screen. I cna hear audio just fine, but no video. Already tried a few fixes I found online and nothing works. Could use some help.
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truekruse Nov 11, 2012 @ 8:43pm 
uninstall and update your video driver
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TheDeviousDagger Nov 12, 2012 @ 8:24am 
Yeah, that was the first thing I've tried. I also tried literally every fix I could find online and still nothing works.
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supernob Nov 13, 2012 @ 2:51pm 
yeah, i am having that same problem. so far nothing fixes it. i think it has something to do with the steam optimization patch, or so i have read. hopefully it's fixed, or you andm e wasted 25$.
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TheDeviousDagger Nov 13, 2012 @ 3:31pm 
I got mine working. It actually turned out to be an issue with the resolution. If your monitor doesn't support the default resolution in the game then you'll get a black screen. So if nothing else is fixing it then that might be your issue as well.
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Pissfingers Nov 13, 2012 @ 4:00pm 
Same problem here, no luck in finding a fix
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Proudcl0d Nov 13, 2012 @ 6:42pm 
Hit Alt + enter once you hear the audio, this switches it to windowed mode. Then set the right resolution.

Had the same problem with 1440 x 900 resolution, very lazy on the devs part and usually only happens with the worst console ported games.
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Pissfingers Nov 14, 2012 @ 12:59am 
Originally posted by DrrrrDrrrr:
Hit Alt + enter once you hear the audio, this switches it to windowed mode. Then set the right resolution.

Had the same problem with 1440 x 900 resolution, very lazy on the devs part and usually only happens with the worst console ported games.
thanks a lot man, worked for me
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Drako Nov 14, 2012 @ 5:35am 
I've already been going back and forth with a couple of the UWE peeps on their forums. But I'm one of those people that Alt+enter made no difference. Its still black, with a cursor. Log states Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to create default shader
Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to create screen shader
Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to create default shader
Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to create screen shader.

I'm using a amd HD6970 and I've rerun the dx redist that is in the NS2 folder a dozen times. So I'm not sure what's going on. Hopefully UWE will figure it out soon. Id love to be able to play the game lol. http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=123846 Is my post on it, if you guys come to this, and you still have no solution follow up by checking on that post. Hopefully we will find a solution to this problem.
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