TheStig Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Hello, I receive an occasional black screen on loading that occurs 70% in. I've researched the forums and the cause was related to another version of Nvidia drivers. The random black screen leaves me confused as to where to start. Any help would be appreciated. As an FYI - this is a full merged install with an effects update downloaded from the mods section. Thanks! Quote
+EricJ Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Is this an un-updated video driver for your card? If so then try GeForce Experience and run the update. I have the latest NVIDIA drivers and no real issues, so it may be a driver issue rather than a game issue. Quote
TheStig Posted January 17, 2022 Author Posted January 17, 2022 Hey Eric, I just got the GeForce Experience app to work. I'm updating to driver 511.23 as I type this. Is this the driver you are on too? Quote
+EricJ Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) I'm pretty sure it is (I didn't look honestly when it updated) as it was put out last night. EDIT: Yes I am on 511.23 Edited January 17, 2022 by EricJ Quote
bazillius Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) I haven't updated drivers for years. Edited January 17, 2022 by bazillius Quote
TheStig Posted January 17, 2022 Author Posted January 17, 2022 This is the first time I have run SF2 on a laptop. It's a Lenovo Y700. Was a great gaming laptop back in 2016.... Quote
+EricJ Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 I mean SF2 isn't exactly graphics intensive so it would be able to handle it with no problem. It could be resolution too but after that I'm not sure. Or did the update fix the issue? Quote
TheStig Posted January 18, 2022 Author Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) The update didn't work Edited January 18, 2022 by TheStig Quote
TheStig Posted January 18, 2022 Author Posted January 18, 2022 Last mod I dropped in was the Indian ocean campaign and a China J-31. May back those out and see what happens. Quote
+guuruu Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) Check graphics settings. Be sure Nvidia is your main GPU. if not , go to Nvidia preferences and set main GPU and PhysX ... Edited January 19, 2022 by guuruu Quote
bazillius Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 What happens if graphics set to low? Have yiu tried to delete Options.ini? Quote
Zumbido Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) Are graphics in general or effects in particular set to Unlimited? If so, set effects to High, I think you can leave the other settings in Unlimited without further problems. There's an old bug causing problems with effects on Unlimited, related to shaders and how newest Nvidia drivers manage them, if I recall it correctly. Edited January 18, 2022 by Zumbido Quote
TheStig Posted January 18, 2022 Author Posted January 18, 2022 This is a 2 part issue and now it's resolved. The graphics settings indicated it was running off the Intel GPU. I corrected this and now it's running off my Nvidia. You can tell it is way smoother now too! The J-31 I installed was causing the game to go black screen. Moving the folder out of the mod folder and excluding it also resolved the black screen in 21st century single missions. That is weird. 2 Quote
+guuruu Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 18 hours ago, TheStig said: You can tell it is way smoother now too! Should be , integrated Intel has zero power comparing to 960 . Quote
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