Black Screen on Startup via Steam

[Powell]

when i start the game i get a black Screen.
I reinstalled the game, deletet the Settings Folder but the Screen stays black.

the game starts with "STRG+alt+del" that opens the Task Manager. Close the Manager and the game starts

what´s wrong here?

[zakblood]

not sure, lets takes a look

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[Erwi]

I have same problem.

[Powell]

here it is

[zakblood]

Erwi, no errors are in your log so, is this the whole log or is the bottom bit missing?

[zakblood]

Powell

yours in a laptop with dual chips, you need to go in the Nvidia control panel and select the right chip, as the game may be using the cpu.vga onboard chip instead of the NVIDIA GeForce 840M one

instead of the Intel(R) HD Graphics Family one

then hopefully the game will work

add the exe of the game to your Anti Virus and firewall program, to make sure check the logs of these to see if it was one if any of them which was to blame.

That usually means a 3rd party program, like an Internet security programs, is or could beinterfering with the game or update installation.

run the game from a admin account and use full admin permissions.

please make sure all game pre requisite are installed with the game, even if you think or fully know there are already installed, it will only over write, and it may be that you have a older or newer version of these where as the game in question may need a certain version.

please make sure you are running the latest game version and have up to date drivers installed on your pc,

If you have the original version. So you'll need to update it from the Internet.
Please note that you'll only need the last update, as the updates are comprehensive. (not needed with steam)

[Erwi]

I'm check all, but I could not solve the problem.

[zakblood]

12/4/2015 is your video card driver, please update to a later version, You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.

AMD Radeon HD 5900 Series

are you using 2 vga cards? an two monitors?

Monitor Model: W2486 + Monitor Id: GSM4B77

and again no errors in the post, sorry not a lot i can do without error code, or i'd be guessing.

please contact support[at]slitherine.co.uk who maybe able to give more advice on what if anything they can do or suggest, as it maybe something simple, but with dual cards it's not something that i have come across as yet here, where they may have, good luck

but update the drivers and retry first, and delete the two folders in Documents/My games/(both Morning SUn and Pacific) then retry to run game.

[Powell]

sorry, i have tried it but it doesen´t work

[zakblood]

ok sorry about that, only option left is

delete the two folders in Documents/My games/(both Morning Sun and Pacific) then retry to run game

if that also doesn't work,

please contact support[at]slitherine.co.uk

[Erwi]

I have 1 vga cards, but i have AMD 5970. This vga card simulating Crossfire. And yes, I'm using two monitors. I tried play 1 monitor, but has not changed.

Updated latest version VGA driver. Deleted both folders. The game still does not work properly.

[zakblood]

please contact support[at]slitherine.co.uk

[VPaulus]

Could you please attach the output_log.txt file?
For where to find it check this thread:
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 72&t=64167

[Erwi]

Files is there, i send support message slitherine.

Thanks for all.

[VPaulus]

Please download the attach file (options.zip) and unzip it.
Copy the extracted file and replace the original file in the Settings folder at:
...\Documents\My Games\Order of Battle - Pacific\Settings
Run the game and check if the issue persists.

[Erwi]

Please download the attach file (options.zip) and unzip it.
Copy the extracted file and replace the original file in the Settings folder at:
...\Documents\My Games\Order of Battle - Pacific\Settings
Run the game and check if the issue persists.

I try, but nothing has changed.

(Similarly, the problem persists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4fB2REx8NM)

[VPaulus]

But does it play when you press alt+tab like in the video?

[frandy]

Not sure if it helps, but I have had a similar issue since installing on my new laptop, non-steam. I believe it has to do with the video driver, but I also have a 4k screen. My laptop has two video cards, when I launch the game I get the Mod Launcher screen, when I click Continue on the original game it goes to a black screen with just the mouse cursor. To get the game to load I have to press CTRL-ALT-DEL or close and open the lid. This causes the laptop to re-adjust the resolution and then I get the main screen.

[Erwi]

Please download the attach file (options.zip) and unzip it.
Copy the extracted file and replace the original file in the Settings folder at:
...\Documents\My Games\Order of Battle - Pacific\Settings
Run the game and check if the issue persists.

Today I tried to play again and worked in window mode. Still it does not work in full screen mode. Thanks VPaulus.

[akivett]

I'm having this same issue, but on OS X.