Black Screen + Sound??

[Oryza]

I just bought this game yesterday, but when I try to play it I get a black screen. If I wait, the sound for the menu plays, so it's just a visual issue. I tried verifying integrity of the game cache, and it constantly says that 1 item is messed up and that the the file will be fixed, but nothing ever happens. I have windows 8 and nVIDIA GeForce 650M if that helps

[Wow Otter]

That "patch" is actually an entire game

[ekakdamar]

does not work for me with windows 8
help

[suzi skunk]

I'm having a problem with Windows Vista

[FidelisDrack]

i cant een get nvidia it keeps saying my computer cnt use it

[FidelisDrack]

i hate my keyboard ._. ^

[Mototech]

Publicado originalmente por wowhowcool:

But what I did was go to the Nvidia control panel, add this game, and set it to use the Nvidia graphics card instead of integrated graphics card. If you have an intel core processor, it is likely that the game wanted to use the integrated graphics card instead of the actual graphics card.
I also believe that if you go to the game's folder on Windows 8 and right click on the .exe, then you will find a submenu that says "Run with graphics processor", You can choose to use your GPU instead of the integrated graphics card. However, I'm not sure if it's just my computer or if it works with anyone else's.

Thats what fixed it for me. After opening the game it would go to a black screen. Opened Nvidia control panel and sure enough the game was set to auto detect and run with integrated intel graphics card. Swithched it to Nvidia and it works great.

Thanks wowhowcool. Rockin on some classic Sega Dreamcast memories. Remember pre-ordering it and picking it up on 9/9/1999. I still got the Dreamcast t-shirt that came with it. I don't regret giving my Dreamcast away to a younger relative, but damn I miss playing Shenmue and some other awesome games on it.

[Wow Otter]

Publicado originalmente por mototechRyan:

Publicado originalmente por wowhowcool:

But what I did was go to the Nvidia control panel, add this game, and set it to use the Nvidia graphics card instead of integrated graphics card. If you have an intel core processor, it is likely that the game wanted to use the integrated graphics card instead of the actual graphics card.
I also believe that if you go to the game's folder on Windows 8 and right click on the .exe, then you will find a submenu that says "Run with graphics processor", You can choose to use your GPU instead of the integrated graphics card. However, I'm not sure if it's just my computer or if it works with anyone else's.

Thats what fixed it for me. After opening the game it would go to a black screen. Opened Nvidia control panel and sure enough the game was set to auto detect and run with integrated intel graphics card. Swithched it to Nvidia and it works great.

Thanks wowhowcool. Rockin on some classic Sega Dreamcast memories. Remember pre-ordering it and picking it up on 9/9/1999. I still got the Dreamcast t-shirt that came with it. I don't regret giving my Dreamcast away to a younger relative, but damn I miss playing Shenmue and some other awesome games on it.

No problem! It'd be neat if SEGA, if they'd ever make a Dreamcast 2, they would make it backwads compatible with the Dreamcast 1. But I doubt it would happen lol

[Wow Otter]

Also, for anyone wondering about how to make it so that the gamepad works, you need to mess with the registry for the game. There are online tutorials for that, but like always, proceed with caution.

[SplotchDoggo]

It definately isn't Win8's fault, I used this game on another pc I had, that happened to be Win8, and it seemed to have worked, I have also noticed how a lot of people say that Win8 is full of Incompatability problems

[laughing stock]

i have this game on my XBOX 360 but it is not DX version it is the original and it works fine well it is XBOX 360 you wouldint get a problem so my point if you have a XBOX 360 you should get it on there on the arcade

[Evil Librarian]

i have an Acer Aspire V5 that has an intel if-3317U. i have do not appear to have a Nvidia control panel, is there any other way anyone knows of that i might be able to get the game to run properly on my computer?

[funewchie]

Publicado originalmente por wowhowcool:

Also, for anyone wondering about how to make it so that the gamepad works, you need to mess with the registry for the game. There are online tutorials for that, but like always, proceed with caution.

Huh? I use a gamepad without having to mess with the registry. At least, not for that specific reason.

The only changes that I had to make to the registry were just what this thread instructed, in order to get the configure tool to work (which allowed remapping keys and gamepad, and to adjust window size)
And even then, it's just to correct what the game forgot to do when you installed it. (It's supposed to add the registry entry automatically, but forgets to do so, so you have to add it maunally)

[Dracold]

I had a similar problem. I have Windows 7 32 bit. The solution mentioned here didn't work for me. As I couldn't find anything in the Nvidia settings that would let me choose if I want to run it on GPU or anything else.

But I found another solution. When I was looking deeper into that issue, some people were advocating using "patch":
http://steamcommunity.com/app/71250/discussions/0/846947320713077671/

But here it says, that this patch is actually an entire game, that replaces the old one. That sounded a little drastic and shady for my tastes. And the first comment author made was important for me to realize where the problem was:
"...
- the game can run in HD opposed to Steam's restricted 640x480
..."

And then I realized that when the game ran for the first time, it let me allow to choose the control scheme, audio and video options. Also the resolution. And since this is more than a decade old game, I thought that I could run it in the biggest resolution possible. Sonic Adventure 2 can be ran on the greatest resolution available. But Sonic Adventure DX probably can't. And that was the problem.

I set it back to the original resolution, and the game suddenly worked.

Unlike Sonic Adventure 2, the window that offers you to change the settings only appears when the game is run for the first time. To make it appear again, you must run it from Steam.
Use the client, choose library, choose Sonic Adventure DX, click the blue button "Play" and choose the second option "Configure Sonic Adventure DX".

Or, you might wanna try to really replace the game with the "patch". From how it sounds, you should be able to play it on higher resolution then. But it seems it has other drawbacks and I personally didn't try to do it. And now I do not plan to do it, since I believe it would remove all my saves.

Hope that helps.

[Evil Librarian]

bohumil.podlesak, thank you so very much! that got it working instatly!

[uɐɯǝɹᴉℲ Derp]

Im using Windows 8 that doesnt have NVida Can somebody help because I have the black screen problem too.