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Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478116] Fri, 21 December 2012 14:33 Go to next message
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Hi

Isolated the problem down to 4.0. After I install it I get a black screen when starting Renegade and a non-responsive program that needs to be shut down via task manager.

It's weird because Renegade always worked fine on this installation so I have tried reinstalling from scratch. Even got 3.4.4 working after replacing the bandtest.dll but still dribbling everywhere sadly.

Any help appreciated.

I would be willing to let a trusted member remote support me if needed.

Cheers!

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Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478117 is a reply to message #478116] Fri, 21 December 2012 17:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Did you try updating your graphics driver?

I would remote support you, but I'll be leaving for holidays in two days, and won't have so much time tomorrow.


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Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478132 is a reply to message #478116] Sun, 23 December 2012 03:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I had this problem too. Turned out to be the latest Nvidia drivers; 306.23 works but with 310.61 or later it just hangs when you start the game.

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Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478133 is a reply to message #478132] Sun, 23 December 2012 04:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Whitedragon wrote on Sun, 23 December 2012 02:55

I had this problem too. Turned out to be the latest Nvidia drivers; 306.23 works but with 310.61 or later it just hangs when you start the game.



Odd, I'm using 310.70 and it's working fine.
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478190 is a reply to message #478116] Tue, 25 December 2012 17:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm using 310.70 :/ I will try the 306 tomorrow
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478223 is a reply to message #478116] Thu, 27 December 2012 05:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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i can confirm the same thing happens to me... Will there be a fix for this. I don't really want to roll back to 306.23
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478225 is a reply to message #478223] Thu, 27 December 2012 07:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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sterps wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 05:32

i can confirm the same thing happens to me... Will there be a fix for this. I don't really want to roll back to 306.23

this. I don't want to downgrade.
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478228 is a reply to message #478116] Thu, 27 December 2012 07:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just posting to confirm that it is driver related, as i just recently fresh installed windows.. the newest nvidia drivers are affecting the game from running properly.

Windows 7 (x64) Ultimate
Nvidia GTX 650

Before installing Renegade i had updated my card to 310.70 then
Installed Renegade, updated to 1.037 then to latest 4.0, Downloaded some files provided to me by zunnie, included dxsetup,vcredist, and dotnetfx40.. as i kept getting a black screen, he had no clue, so i did the only thing i could, rollback my drivers to 305.57 and voila it worked again!

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Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478229 is a reply to message #478228] Thu, 27 December 2012 11:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I had the same problem with the new driver but I managed to find the solution. You have to go to NVIDIA Control Panel and turn on "Antialiasing - FXAA"
It worked for me and I believe it should work for all of you as well.
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Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478234 is a reply to message #478229] Thu, 27 December 2012 15:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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YazooGang wrote on Fri, 28 December 2012 05:26

I had the same problem with the new driver but I managed to find the solution. You have to go to NVIDIA Control Panel and turn on "Antialiasing - FXAA"
It worked for me and I believe it should work for all of you as well.




Thank you very much, worked like a charm
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478236 is a reply to message #478116] Thu, 27 December 2012 17:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yeah didn't work for me sadly
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478238 is a reply to message #478116] Thu, 27 December 2012 19:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Windows 7? SP1? What series of card are you using?

Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478240 is a reply to message #478229] Thu, 27 December 2012 20:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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YazooGang wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 11:26

turn on "Antialiasing - FXAA"

I added a new rule for C&C Renegade and turned on FXAA there.
Works. Thank you.
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478242 is a reply to message #478116] Fri, 28 December 2012 03:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Alright nevermind, one of my Renegade profiles had the FXAA turned off, turned it back on and now works...
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478247 is a reply to message #478238] Fri, 28 December 2012 06:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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saberhawk wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 18:55

Windows 7? SP1? What series of card are you using?





Great, you guys worked around it. Could somebody please provide this information so it can be reproduced and actually fixed?
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478250 is a reply to message #478247] Fri, 28 December 2012 11:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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saberhawk wrote on Fri, 28 December 2012 07:08

saberhawk wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 18:55

Windows 7? SP1? What series of card are you using?





Great, you guys worked around it. Could somebody please provide this information so it can be reproduced and actually fixed?

^^ He's asking for this information so they can figure out what is causing that, instead of just asking people to enable FXAA in the future. Razz

I'd help but I have a three year old ATI card Smile


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Instead of showing us that u aren't more inteligent than a Toast, maybe you should start becomming good in renegade Thumbs Up

Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478254 is a reply to message #478116] Fri, 28 December 2012 12:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I've already reported the issue.
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478259 is a reply to message #478254] Fri, 28 December 2012 13:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well I have Windows 7 (no sp1) and my GPU is GeForce GT 420. Is that enough?
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478275 is a reply to message #478116] Sat, 29 December 2012 06:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Fixed, definitely an issue when using 310 series drivers on Windows 7; works fine on Windows 8.
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478281 is a reply to message #478116] Sat, 29 December 2012 18:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Fixed by rolling back the driver. Cheers boys!
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478282 is a reply to message #478281] Sat, 29 December 2012 18:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You don't need to... You just need to turn on FXAA
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478288 is a reply to message #478116] Sun, 30 December 2012 03:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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AngryC4Killer got the exact same problem after updating his graphics drivers too

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Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478585 is a reply to message #478229] Thu, 10 January 2013 22:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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YazooGang wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 11:26

I had the same problem with the new driver but I managed to find the solution. You have to go to NVIDIA Control Panel and turn on "Antialiasing - FXAA"
It worked for me and I believe it should work for all of you as well.



Doesn't work for me.
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478601 is a reply to message #478585] Fri, 11 January 2013 16:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just updated my drivers and got the same bug

and the fix worked :]
Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478727 is a reply to message #478585] Thu, 17 January 2013 18:46 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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inf1 wrote on Thu, 10 January 2013 22:51

YazooGang wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 11:26

I had the same problem with the new driver but I managed to find the solution. You have to go to NVIDIA Control Panel and turn on "Antialiasing - FXAA"
It worked for me and I believe it should work for all of you as well.



Doesn't work for me.

Try going to the "Program Settings" tab and chose renegade from the list menu and turn on FXAA there.
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