Game is unplayable. Screen goes black.

geeknik · 01-30-2010, 07:40 PM

I can start the game just fine. But as soon as I start flying, the screen goes black except for the HUD and other stuff.

Windows 7 Pro x64, MSI R5870 Video Card + Latest 10.1 Catalyst Drivers, Intel Q9450 2.66 Core2Quad CPU, 8GB DDR2-800, etc.

mesaone · 03-17-2010, 05:26 PM

YEAH i got this problem too. for the first few minutes, everything was fine. The next time I played, only HUD elements would show up.

04-04-2010, 12:01 PM

Try going into the launcher and go into settings now set your pixel shader to 2.0 instead of 3.0 should not have the issue of black screening after

Blackvenom01 · 06-26-2010, 01:16 PM

Got the black Issue aswell, when I turn on HDR and both shader 2.0 and 3.0 gives me issues. I use ATI Cataclysm 10.4 driver(10.6 has to many bugs atm). It happend when I exited a station with 2.0, and it happend in 3.0 when I fired my weapon. I tested all possible settings but alas.

Also my perfomance is wierd.. Benchmark score:
One GPU on:
............................................
Benchmark
............................................
Score: 34768.3
Max FPS: 425.0
Average FPS: 162.4
Min FPS: 100.0
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Both GPU's on
............................................
Benchmark
............................................
Score: 37300.6
Max FPS: 770.0
Average FPS: 175.6
Min FPS: 105.0
............................................

Settings:
1920x1080 32 bit
100 Hz
Texture, Sky box, Partical count all High
Light is on normal ( due to black screen)
AA is 8x
Shader is 3.0 on the test
Fullscreen, Filter Screen, Fine LOD, Post Processing, Extra Dynamic lights, shadows, volumetric fog are on
LOD distance is High aswell as Rendering distance ( although I find it quite funny that things pop up quite close heh

Anyway my FPS ingame is about 60, drops in dense sectores.. makes my wonder how I can have that score in the benchmark!!

Anyone any clue? ( also putting on HDR and Catalyst AI the FPS goes down to 20! )

System:
OS: Win 7 64bit Ultimate
HDD: Western Digital 2x WD1500HLFS (150 GB) Raptor's
PSU: TruePower New Series TP-750 (750 Watt)
MBB: Asus P6T SE (Intel® X58)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 6 GB DDR3-1600 Tri-Kit 8 8 8 24
CPU: Core™ i7 950 (4x 3066 MHz)
GFX: 2x HD5870 (ATI Radeon HD5870) (crossfire)
SFX: Club 3D Theatron Agrippa 7.1
Monitor: Acer 120hz GD245hq

mesaone · 06-27-2010, 09:38 AM

Blackvenom, I thought HDR and AA were incompatible on DX9 games. Catalyst AI controls anti-aliasing right?

It could be that you can get better performance and nicer rendering if you turn HDR off, so that AA can take effect. Use bloom instead

Blackvenom01 · 06-27-2010, 04:21 PM

Cannot turn on Bloom, only when HDR is on it will take effect, I shall try again without AA, AA in cataclyst is always off.

mesaone · 06-28-2010, 11:02 AM

sorry, i forgot that SF:RU doesn't have a bloom setting. Mine seems to work with both 4xAA and HDR, but I have an nvidia card. I guess AA and HDR are only incompatible on certain engines, like Gameryo and source

EDIT: Your system is completely owning the game, by the way. Here's what I'm getting with my system. Long story short, quad core 2.8GHz, GTX-470SC, Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 6/28/2010, 11:22:17
Machine name: MESA
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
System Model: MS-7529
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 2443MB used, 7726MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 470
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06CD&SUBSYS_14723842&REV_A3
Display Memory: 3040 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1248 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: HP 2159 Series Wide LCD Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,n vwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version: 8.17.0011.9775 (English)
DDI Version: 11

Code:

1920x1080
Color: 32bit
Refresh: 60 Hz
Texture quality: High
Sky Box quality: High
Particle Count: High
Light: HDR
Anti-aliasing: 8x
Shader model: 3.0

Full screen
Fine LOD
Blue shift
Post processing
Star effect
Extra dynamic lights
Shadows
Volumetric fog
LOD distance: max
Rendering distance: max

............................................
Benchmark
............................................
Score: 28572.9
Max FPS: 480.0
Average FPS: 136.2
Min FPS: 70.0
............................................

void4ever · 06-29-2010, 12:02 AM

I too was seeing this issue, although not right away. Starting the first mission where you battle the 2 pirates before activating the sats. I could fight for maybe 2-4 minutes before the screen went black except for the HUD.

Switching to pixel shader ver 2 appears to have fixed the issue though. I was able to kill off the pirates and fly around without issue. It's a shame we can't run it at ver 3 though. I assume this is being looked into?

Current system specs below, my machine eats this game alive

mesaone · 06-29-2010, 12:18 AM

wow maybe its time I go for a x58/i7 setup. I still havent decided on intel or AMD.

I noticed this game can't support shader model 4, I hope that will change? JoWood isnt that good about updates though

Blackvenom01 · 06-29-2010, 09:37 AM

Shame that for me shader 2.0 doesn't fix it, it still goes black, can't try out 10.6 driver due to the bugs with some of the games I play.

01-30-2010, 07:40 PM	#1
geeknik Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 25	Game is unplayable. Screen goes black. I can start the game just fine. But as soon as I start flying, the screen goes black except for the HUD and other stuff. Windows 7 Pro x64, MSI R5870 Video Card + Latest 10.1 Catalyst Drivers, Intel Q9450 2.66 Core2Quad CPU, 8GB DDR2-800, etc.

04-04-2010, 12:01 PM	#3
Pathadar Guest Posts: n/a	Fixed or it should be Try going into the launcher and go into settings now set your pixel shader to 2.0 instead of 3.0 should not have the issue of black screening after

06-28-2010, 11:02 AM	#7
mesaone Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 120 Posts: 1,010	sorry, i forgot that SF:RU doesn't have a bloom setting. Mine seems to work with both 4xAA and HDR, but I have an nvidia card. I guess AA and HDR are only incompatible on certain engines, like Gameryo and source EDIT: Your system is completely owning the game, by the way. Here's what I'm getting with my system. Long story short, quad core 2.8GHz, GTX-470SC, Vista Home Premium 64-bit. ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 6/28/2010, 11:22:17 Machine name: MESA Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD System Model: MS-7529 BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz Memory: 4094MB RAM Page File: 2443MB used, 7726MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTX 470 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06CD&SUBSYS_14723842&REV_A3 Display Memory: 3040 MB Dedicated Memory: 1248 MB Shared Memory: 1791 MB Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: HP 2159 Series Wide LCD Monitor Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,n vwgf2um,nvwgf2um Driver Version: 8.17.0011.9775 (English) DDI Version: 11 Code: 1920x1080 Color: 32bit Refresh: 60 Hz Texture quality: High Sky Box quality: High Particle Count: High Light: HDR Anti-aliasing: 8x Shader model: 3.0 Full screen Fine LOD Blue shift Post processing Star effect Extra dynamic lights Shadows Volumetric fog LOD distance: max Rendering distance: max ............................................ Benchmark ............................................ Score: 28572.9 Max FPS: 480.0 Average FPS: 136.2 Min FPS: 70.0 ............................................ Last edited by mesaone: 06-28-2010 at 11:26 AM.

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03-17-2010, 05:26 PM	#2
mesaone Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 120 Posts: 1,010	YEAH i got this problem too. for the first few minutes, everything was fine. The next time I played, only HUD elements would show up.

06-26-2010, 01:16 PM	#4
Blackvenom01 Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 117	Got the black Issue aswell, when I turn on HDR and both shader 2.0 and 3.0 gives me issues. I use ATI Cataclysm 10.4 driver(10.6 has to many bugs atm). It happend when I exited a station with 2.0, and it happend in 3.0 when I fired my weapon. I tested all possible settings but alas. Also my perfomance is wierd.. Benchmark score: One GPU on: ............................................ Benchmark ............................................ Score: 34768.3 Max FPS: 425.0 Average FPS: 162.4 Min FPS: 100.0 ............................................ Both GPU's on ............................................ Benchmark ............................................ Score: 37300.6 Max FPS: 770.0 Average FPS: 175.6 Min FPS: 105.0 ............................................ Settings: 1920x1080 32 bit 100 Hz Texture, Sky box, Partical count all High Light is on normal ( due to black screen) AA is 8x Shader is 3.0 on the test Fullscreen, Filter Screen, Fine LOD, Post Processing, Extra Dynamic lights, shadows, volumetric fog are on LOD distance is High aswell as Rendering distance ( although I find it quite funny that things pop up quite close heh Anyway my FPS ingame is about 60, drops in dense sectores.. makes my wonder how I can have that score in the benchmark!! Anyone any clue? ( also putting on HDR and Catalyst AI the FPS goes down to 20! ) System: OS: Win 7 64bit Ultimate HDD: Western Digital 2x WD1500HLFS (150 GB) Raptor's PSU: TruePower New Series TP-750 (750 Watt) MBB: Asus P6T SE (Intel® X58) RAM: Kingston HyperX 6 GB DDR3-1600 Tri-Kit 8 8 8 24 CPU: Core™ i7 950 (4x 3066 MHz) GFX: 2x HD5870 (ATI Radeon HD5870) (crossfire) SFX: Club 3D Theatron Agrippa 7.1 Monitor: Acer 120hz GD245hq

06-27-2010, 09:38 AM	#5
mesaone Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 120 Posts: 1,010	Blackvenom, I thought HDR and AA were incompatible on DX9 games. Catalyst AI controls anti-aliasing right? It could be that you can get better performance and nicer rendering if you turn HDR off, so that AA can take effect. Use bloom instead

06-27-2010, 04:21 PM	#6
Blackvenom01 Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 117	Cannot turn on Bloom, only when HDR is on it will take effect, I shall try again without AA, AA in cataclyst is always off.

06-29-2010, 12:02 AM	#8
void4ever Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 1 Posts: 10	I too was seeing this issue, although not right away. Starting the first mission where you battle the 2 pirates before activating the sats. I could fight for maybe 2-4 minutes before the screen went black except for the HUD. Switching to pixel shader ver 2 appears to have fixed the issue though. I was able to kill off the pirates and fly around without issue. It's a shame we can't run it at ver 3 though. I assume this is being looked into? Current system specs below, my machine eats this game alive Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R \| Core i7-920 @ 3.4ghz \| 6 gig Triple Channel Gskill 1333mhz 7-7-7-18 \| Sapphire 5870 \| X-plosion 7.1 \| Dell 2405FPW \| Corsair CMPSU-850TX \| Win7 RTM x64 Running Cat 10.6 with June 23rd profile. Void4ever

06-29-2010, 12:18 AM	#9
mesaone Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 120 Posts: 1,010	wow maybe its time I go for a x58/i7 setup. I still havent decided on intel or AMD. I noticed this game can't support shader model 4, I hope that will change? JoWood isnt that good about updates though

06-29-2010, 09:37 AM	#10
Blackvenom01 Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 117	Shame that for me shader 2.0 doesn't fix it, it still goes black, can't try out 10.6 driver due to the bugs with some of the games I play.