Game goes black after loading, Task Manager says "Not Responding."

[LonePhantom756]

So I decided to pick up Wolfenstein II again, innocent as you please. I selected "Continue," innocent as you please. And then, after the loading screen, I got...a big black screen full of NOTHING. I had to Ctrl Alt Delete out of it, where the Task Manager said it was no longer responding.

I verified game integrity files. I changed the name of the .exe to "86" instead of "64." I've kept my Nvidia driver up to date. None of that has worked.

Can somebody help me, please?

[Eljyenka]

same for me :s

[UltrAramA]

I get BSOD after the intro. I have the latest Nvidia drivers.

[LonePhantom756]

I REALLY want to get back into this game. But I can't, and I don't know why. I'd rather not uninstall it, but if I can't play it, why take up the space on my hard drive?

[UltrAramA]

I got the game to run.

What I did is:

Disable cloud save for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in Steam.

Shut down Steam.

Delete the files and folders in c:\Users\*your username*\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein II The New Colossus\base\

Set the compatible mode to Windows 8 and disable Fullscreen Optimization for the file NewColossus_x64vk.exe

Start Steam

Now start the game in safe mode, set up the game in options with your resolution and set graphics preset to Ultra or lower depending on your system specs, also disable Async Compute in advanced settings.

After you set up shut down the game.

Now enable cloud save, steam will ask if you want to keep or replace your save files, replace with the new ones on your computer.

Run the game and it should launch fine. This worked for me, no more BSOD.

[LonePhantom756]

What you're describing...are you saying I'm gonna have to start the game all over again from the very beginning? All my progress, shot down?

[UltrAramA]

Originally posted by LonePhantom756:

What you're describing...are you saying I'm gonna have to start the game all over again from the very beginning? All my progress, shot down?

Yes, if you follow what I did you have to start the game from the beginning.

I found this thread on steam community https://steamcommunity.com/app/612880/discussions/0/1692659769948578498/

on page 2 they mention adding this to the launch options for the game

+r_disableSteamOverlay 1 +r_enableAsyncCompute 0

Try this and see if it helps to fix the black screen.

You can also try installing the latest Nvidia Vulkan Beta Drivers 451.98 https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver