Black Screen problem

[frank castle]

The screen is black in the game, what is the solution?

[TheDecider]

I get this too when exiting the game or when ALT-tabbing. It wont let go... so
having to power-off the PC everytime doesnt feel too great :/

I went into "SteamApps\common\Age of Civilizations II\config.ini" and changed FULLSCREEN to false.

Windowed mode to the rescue :)

[Chili]

Originally posted by TheDecider:

I get this too when exiting the game or when ALT-tabbing. It wont let go... so
having to power-off the PC everytime doesnt feel too great :/

I went into "SteamApps\common\Age of Civilizations II\config.ini" and changed FULLSCREEN to false.

Windowed mode to the rescue :)

Thank you, this did the trick for me. I managed to get this issue when I was messing around with window mode trying to get it borderless.

[aleshaa]

Originally posted by TheDecider:

I get this too when exiting the game or when ALT-tabbing. It wont let go... so
having to power-off the PC everytime doesnt feel too great :/

I went into "SteamApps\common\Age of Civilizations II\config.ini" and changed FULLSCREEN to false.

Windowed mode to the rescue :)

I can not find this file, help pls!

[TheDecider]

Originally posted by AlXimiik:

I can not find this file, help pls!

In steam library:
1. right-click the game, click 'Properties'
2. Click tab 'Local Files', choose 'Browse Local Files'
(Now you in game folder)
3. Find the 'config' file, right-click and edit or edit with notepad.
4. Change this:
FULLSCREEN=true;
to
FULLSCREEN=false;
5. Save the file (File->Save)
6. Start game.

[aleshaa]

Originally posted by TheDecider:

Originally posted by AlXimiik:

I can not find this file, help pls!

In steam library:
1. right-click the game, click 'Properties'
2. Click tab 'Local Files', choose 'Browse Local Files'
(Now you in game folder)
3. Find the 'config' file, right-click and edit or edit with notepad.
4. Change this:
FULLSCREEN=true;
to
FULLSCREEN=false;
5. Save the file (File->Save)
6. Start game.

Thanks a lot!

[loukaspapaxa]

Originally posted by TheDecider:

Originally posted by AlXimiik:

I can not find this file, help pls!

In steam library:
1. right-click the game, click 'Properties'
2. Click tab 'Local Files', choose 'Browse Local Files'
(Now you in game folder)
3. Find the 'config' file, right-click and edit or edit with notepad.
4. Change this:
FULLSCREEN=true;
to
FULLSCREEN=false;
5. Save the file (File->Save)
6. Start game.

I dont have the config file

[LEST WE FORGET]

I dont have a config file either.. I have config.json but no information about fullscreen within it. Any variable changed leads to the game not launching at all

[John]

Same here - no config file exists except for the various config.json files which relate to specific world regions on the game map.

[Žohar]

Anyone got a fix? I added config.ini and set fullscreen to false, it boots in windowed now but its still all black