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Worms: Armageddon => Tech Support => Topic started by: yanme on November 19, 2016, 09:31 PM

Title: Black Screen [SOLVED]
Post by: yanme on November 19, 2016, 09:31 PM

hello,

i just did an update to the newest nvidia graphic driver (version: 375.95), i was a bit lazy and did the express installation..
after the installation was done i tried to run w:a, all i can see is the cursor, i can also hear all sounds and also click on the settings etc. but i can't see anything!

i have no idea what kind of settings got changed with the newest graphic driver...


what i have tried so far:

- restored the graphic driver to version 375.70 (worked fine before) but there is no change at all (yes all settings were reset to default too)
- using wksuperfrontend, no change except smaller cursor
- running w:a in comatibilty modus, no change
- pc restart, no change


system:

- graphic card = nvidia gtx 970
- OS = Windows 10 64 bit

in case of any help, please consider that w:a worked 10 hours before i installed the new graphic driver, i didn't install any weird programs or clicked on any weird links, and i didn't change any settings in w:a.

thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Black Screen
Post by: StepS on November 19, 2016, 09:49 PM

Is Direct3D 9 mode currently on? Try it: Tweaks\Renderer_Direct3D_9_Shader_palette.reg
Have you tried D3D9Wnd? (requires Direct3D 9 to be on)

Title: Re: Black Screen
Post by: yanme on November 19, 2016, 10:04 PM

haha, nice timing.

i just wanted to change this issue to "solved" i realized i could still do intern screenshots and visit them in the capture folder and figured out that the graphic setting was "DirectDraw (32-bit)" the issue is fixed by activating the "tweak direct3d 9 shader"

thanks anyway steps :)

but i am surprised that a driver update change those settings, this never happened before :o

Title: Re: Black Screen [SOLVED]
Post by: StepS on November 19, 2016, 10:30 PM

It's possible that as a result of some error, you got a Graphics initialization error (not necessarily at launch of the game, but also while it's working as well, e.g. restoring from a minimized state), and that error asks you whether you want to switch to "safe" graphics settings, those settings being DDraw 32-bit. Most people would press "Yes" without thinking. Same goes for WormKit modules after getting a fatal crash.