Black Screen In-game
 

hi all, after installing the new patch i went to play the game imediately. I got to the splash screens and a red box on a black background appeared. Strange i thought but i could live with that. Then i went to play a quick mission to test the performance. I loaded the level and was about to click fly when i noticed that the map hadnt appeared. Again strange but considering this was a beta patch i thought that to be fine. BUT... when i clicked fly to finally get in game i went straight to the desktop. The game still ran in the background and i could hear the sounds when i fire and move but i couldnt see anything because the game minimised itself and would not re-open.

Has anyone got any more ideas because this is the last straw and im bitterly disappointed with this.

System specs:

I7 2600K
GTS450 (which for me is good because i only have a low res. monitor)
16GB 1600mhz Corsair Vengence RAM
1TB WDCavier HDD
ASUS z68 mobo

:(

have you tried some of the tips for a clean install and such? Sounds like something might be corrupt with your patch install?

yep i tried the clean install, cleaning the cache, going back to the previous patch, unsyncing with steam cloud, extracting with winrar (not manually) but still i launch the game and when i start to fly the screen goes black and it takes me to the desktop, no crashes occur because the game sounds still respond representive to the actions i give. Strange

Updated to the latest Video Card drivers and such as well?

Just want to say that my laptop has exactly the same problem. (specs below)

I've done a clean install and installed the patch and get the same black screen with the red square in the centre(I initially did a dirty install and had the same issue), but after a few seconds it goes away and the game continue notmally, except for being smoother and the new launcher crash I seamed to have picked up in the patch.

Might need to re-download the patch from a different source and try again. :(

ive downloaded the patch twice. i havent tried a clean install, so ill see how that goes, the issue is NOT anything to do with the spashscreens as the game open but is to do with when actually going in game to a areoplane. When i start to fly the game reduces itself but still plays noises. I have updated my gfx drivers to nvidia 301.XX (beat drivers) but i know this is not the problem because most people here are using those drivers and the game is working.

Please keep the support coming, its such an annoying feeling when this happens

Thanks

AdamB

i remember having this problem when i first got clod;

try re-installing the exe programs in the redist folder


if that fails try option 3 here:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=19819


let us know how you get on

I also have that black screen with a center red square after starting the launcher.
On my side, I can play the game, but have lots of freezes/stuttening, that didn't had before the patch.

Also download the patch twice, from diferent links, tried the clean install, cleaning the cache, going back to the previous patch, unsyncing with steam cloud, extracting with winrar (not manually)

My friend has the same issue. He changed to dx9 in his conf but got only 5fps. Cant even test the beta, poor sod can't play a game he bought a year ago.

im going to do a fresh install, so ill try and get it working tonight :~

Do you have the Russian or International version of COD?

International version, im from the UK

Still not working - no joy
 

ive tried everything, looks like im not going to participate in this beta test

I am with you.

Many years after, i've fire up my IL2 1946 again.

Update it to V4.10.1. from Team Daidolos.

Went here: http://ultrapack.il2war.com/index.ph...ownloads;cat=3

and here: http://ultrapack.il2war.com/index.ph...view;article=3

and downloaded UP3 mod. What a joy, the modders made a stunning work.

Join Hypperlobby. See you on the IL2 skies.:cool:

When you carried out a fresh install did you delete the 1csoftclub directory in documents?

no, i simply assumed that steam would automatically overwrite this anyway,

its not the game loading that im having a problem with, its the fact that when i click to go into a level i get returned to my desktop or get a black screen so i think its got something to do with the root folder, i completely got rid of the cashe folder in my documents but this didnt solve the problem.

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAGE

The documents folder contains the config settings file so it may be the resolution or other settings stopping you from seeing a picture when you click a mission, I found out the last reinstall I did left this file in place. There also seems to be a issue with the menus and the game files being separate entities, so one will work but the other won't.

Try deleting this whole folder and do a steam check so it reinstalls it, you controller files should be saved to the steam cloud unless you have disabled it.

If you run x32 OS it is a low memory issue. If x64 it is probably a video card. It is no tin the list of officially supported by the game 460 is minimum imo&iirc.

Try running in windowed mode first (edit conf.ini to start in a small window). Then change back to fullscreen.

its a gts 450 which is above the min spec of gfx card required and i run at 1240 res so i dont see the problem ill have a checks and see if i can find a solution

EDIT

ive tried everything i can think of but still this game does not want to lad im begining to think that this is just a peice of ****. i hat to say that because ive been a massive fan of the IL-2 serries ever since the release of IL-2 Sturmovik FB and this is just making me annoyed

I am having the same issue. Red box, no map, crash to desktop once I press fly but still can hear engine sound. I have no idea why it does that.

That is a Windows7/Vista error, "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" because windows thought it didn't respond fast enough.

There is a registry fix for that, just google for "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered"

I have this error often with CoD and ArmA II

Just out of curiosity you dont have any overclocking done to your graphics card do you? I noticed similar issues if I overclocked my card too much, where other games would be fine, CoD would crash...

Nope i have not overclocked my gfx card, its and Asus EN GTS450 Direct CU with the factory defualt settings, no overclock. Im just going to wait until there is a new update which hopefully there will be next week (which will be great because all my exams are done by then and i have 3 weeks off wooohoooo) :)

Mate I think possibly although I could be wrong that your GPU is the same card my friend has who I've mentioned has the same problem. I will check and get back.

Here is a bugtracker issue http://www.il2bugtracker.com/issues/278
Please vote.

Here is comparison of gts450 to gts250 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/300154-15-pros-cons

gts450 has some limitations.

What is the exact number of the driver? 301.24 for old cards, the 301.10 for 680 only.

but my card still works on other games, i made sure of it. So it cant possibly be the drivers, ill reinstalle the old ones and give it a try but i dont think itll make a difference

hey guys im just about to finish downloading the nvidia 296.XXX drivers, restoring from the 301.xxx so hopefully this will work, but im doubtful

my mate have a same issue, but he install the 301.10 driver.

hahah this is just problem after problem, my drivers, that have been stored on the C:, are now all corrupt apparently. What should i do, my main thought was to format my hard drive and do a fresh instal of windows and all the programmes because there maybe a virus on my system, dont know why my anti virsu did nto pic that up, but anyhow, does anyone have any ideas o what to do, i dont really wont to do a fresh instal because i loose all my programmes and settings, WHICH IS NOT GOOD!!!!!

btw i get an error code 0x80070571 if thats any help, im pretty sure this is a virsu as there is an empty folder sitting on my C: drive with nothing in it

You can clean drivers installation with DriverSweeper or DriverCleaner and then reinstall.

sorry for causing a panick, it was nto a virus, chkdsk had worked properly and corrupted almost everyhting, i just re-ran it and now everything seems to be working fine

restoring the drivers to 296.XXX still gives me the error Kernel Driver have stopped working so it the game

Nope. I don't use overclocking for my ATI 6950. It also happens on my laptop which is using Nvidia 540M so I guess it is not about graphic card.

I tired that register editing and sill no go. It is not working.

Well, since the last alpha/beta I also got the black screen with small red rectangle at startup that disappears after a while and then I get the Ubisoft logo. Everything works just fine in game etc. I thought it was some new 1C splash screen etc that had been missed in the latest build?

Anyway - no problems in game otherwise and the mini fix did not change it...

Running a 580GTX with the latest GeForce 301.24 Driver BETA


EDIT: Vote for the black screen with red rectangle at startup in the bugtracker:

http://www.il2bugtracker.com/issues/239

ive got mine working lads::cool:

like everyone i was getting black squares where map & planes should of been, then game would crash if i tried to start mission.....

First i added this to registry:

Start - Run
regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\GraphicsDrivers
Edit - New - DWord
Name = TdrDelay
Value Data = 12

then;

I Got rid of the opening ubisoft splash screen

In your Steam folder, go to "SteamApps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\parts\core\GUI". Rename "Logo.wmv" to any random name and it wont appear anymore


Good luck, i hope it works for you all having this problem.

thanks for the solution but it was difficult to follow I just want to be sure im getting it right so i dont mess anything up. thanks

If you run regedit then navigate to that folder. Then click edit > new > Dword (32 bit) Value. That will a new entry rename it to TdrDelay double click on it and change the number to 12. close regedit, job done.

More explanation of what it does has been put on this thread by someone:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=32158


I didnt come up with this it is from the techincal threads post by luther last year so i think it should be fine:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=19819

Nice! It does work for me! I use 64bit OS but I guess I have to use DWord because the game is based on 32bit. Anyway it works now. Thanks!

Confirm for me if you would, this was to get rid of the black screen when you click "fly" to enter a mission?

no effect, game still wont show map before i click fly and/or player plane loadout, also when i click fly the same black screen as before appears

Superdb, its workin! Thanks a lot!

guys, I'm doing this installation for a friend of mine on his iMac with a Windows 7 64bit partition.

The video card is an NVIDIA GeForce 8800GS, and the symptoms are the same of many other here: red square, then game loads, but when starting it it goes back to desktop and you can hear the sim going.. if you press ESC it goes back to the options screen, but that's it.

Video drivers are the latest 296.10 and the game version is the latest with the fix. I've tried the regedit fix but it didn't work.

A thing I've noticed is that it doesn't even show you the planes in 3d on the plane selection menu, there's just a black box in its place.

What I'm trying to do now is reinstalling the game and seeing whether it works fine in its original version, but needless to say any input is appreciated.

It's kinda embarassing cos I talked about this sim to this friend of mine and he was so enthusiastic about it, but now I can't make it work on his machine and it's just so frustrating :(

I know it works on other iMacs (with an ATI card though), so I was wondering whether it's related to drivers?

Hi. The problem is that the video signal is delayed by more than 2 seconds at start (with weaker cards), and the Win turn off the driver (2 sec Win default). This registry setting (thanks to easyhomewin) increases this delay to 12 seconds. I have no idea how the MAC default, and i have no clue how to increase. Maybe you should ask some MAC forums.

Explanation of the PC reg key:

thank for this, I'll give it another shot later. It's defo not a Mac issue per se though, since the hardware is Apple of course (with Intel processor), but is running Windows.

I understand. Then no problem, the procedure is the same, what has been written (#37).

What about for a 64bit system? As there are 2 "Control Sets":
ControlSet001
ControlSet002

I'm presuming I should create one for each?

Also you can create 32 & 64 bit values so which one should I use for which Control Set?

I've had this problem with a GeForce 9600GT. I spent a lot of time editing windows registry trying even 120 seconds delays without solving the problem.

So finally I just deactivated this fantastic TDR thing. If someone still have this problem even with greater delays, just create a new DWord in the same location (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\GraphicsDrivers), named TdrLevel, with a value of 0. And don't forget to reboot your PC before trying if it worked.

PS: It should work with just that, but for some reason I had to put this DWord also in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Gr aphicsDrivers, and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Gr aphicsDrivers, and finally it worked.

Did you use a 64bit Dword or a 32bit for those ControlSets?

32 bits DWord.

I think it has nothing to do with 64 or 32 bits OS, I have W7 32 bits but still can create 64 bits QWord in the registry. Also here doesn't say anything about using QWord in 64 bits OS: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx

Anyway if it doesn't work with DWord you can try using QWord, I don't think it will break anything :mrgreen:

Well it worked for him too so thank-you but sadly his fps is 2 so its impossible to play

it worked! Performance is still appalling, but at least it works lol

I guess I'll install DBW for him then ;-)

What are the specs of the pc?

Mine is very old (Athlon 64 3500+, 2gb RAM, 9600GT), and I get like 20fps in ATAG (with drops when the game loads terrain, and I suppouse that in combat with a few other planes it will be more like 15 fps than 20). It's not a spectacular performance but for me is definitely not impossible to play. I even turned on trees and shadows, and put terrain on medium cause on low was very very ugly. With the last beta patch of course...

But all this without using teamspeak 3. I don't know why it uses a lot of cpu in my pc and ruin the performance of every game I have. In CoD case it goes from 20 fps to 1 with TS3 running.

His specs are below. Even on low settings across the board his performance is unplayable.

It's probably the graphics card fault. I have worst processor, less memory, but slightly better graphic card.

Well finally brought a copy and sorry to all for the "me too" post.
I get the black screen described. Tried a full reinstall via steam and then patched up. Went for lowest graphic settings. Is my machine just too ancient for this? I gutted as big fan of the il2 series and been lurking for rather a long time on these forums and waited patiently for things to improve. New machine needed maybe? My current machine:

HP Pavillion
Physical memory 3GB
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor
Nvidia GeForce GT 440

Voted in bug tracker also.

Did you read about the TDR in the last pages?

I'm not sure if this should be considered a bug btw. It's more like a shitty feature from windows lacking patience.

Hi HR_Naglfar, Thanks for reply :-), yes I applied the Tdr fix to the registry as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\GraphicsDrivers
Edit - New - DWord
Name = TdrDelay
Value Data = 12

Didn't change things for me. Still have black screen.
Got good sound but no visual yet :rolleyes:

Try this: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...943#post426943

:grin: Excellent! - missed this post first time around, Thank you HR_Naglfar!

This fix worked for me, back in the "air" at last, Took Hurri for a quick trip along the channel early this morning, all looking and sounding lush, up to medium graphics settings, full screen without issues so far. Looking forward to some more tweaking and testing tonight. :cool:

@ HR_Naglfar: Re your comment on it not been a bug. Agree that it may technically not be a core source code bug , but not all users should be expected to edit registry to get a "game" working. Something that should be accounted for in the installation process.

That's true and it's why I say that I'm not sure...

But the thing is that the game only freezes for a few seconds at the startup, only with slow GPUs, and without this "fantastic" feature from windows there will be absolutely no problem for everyone.