BATTLETECH - After start there ist just a black screen

[Simplexity]

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After start there ist just a black screen

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When the game was released I started a campaing and played the game for a few hours and it ran fine. Then there was the updates. Since 1.0.2 the game starts and just shows a black screen with a fps counter top right. I can move the mouse cursor, but that's it. Sometimes I get the logos and the black screen appears directly after the Atlas Head.

I let the game run for around 30 minutes, still the black screen. I pressed mouse and keyboard buttons. I downgraded the AMD driver to the last non optional update 18.2.x. I repaired the game via the gog menu. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game via gog. I read something about problems with some resolution, as I have a primary monitor with 2560x1440 I reorganized my monitors and tried to start the game on a 1920x1080 monitor.

Nothing helped, after the start I only get that black screen and can not play the game :-(. There is errors in the output_log.txt, I hope they help to find the problem.

Edit:
Sorry the report is coming so late, there was problems with the confirmation email from the paradox forum, but the support helped to get rid of that problem. After the recent update to 1.0.3 nothing changed.

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[Kai Daniel Allard]

I still have infinite load loop problem, I have done clean install. Deleted Profile.dat. Looked at Output_log.txt and looked for Not Founds and NULL. The work around does not seem to work for me. I have no Mods, I didn't customize the Heraldry. I cannot even start anew, or just skirmish/mechbay. Does anyone have another fix please?

PC Spec:

WIN 10 (up-to-date) i5 - 8400 @ 2.81 GHz ( 6 CPU) 16 GB mem, GeForce 1060 GTX with 3GB, 2 SSD Hardrives (Both reformated), Direct X 12. I redid the drivers and verified the files of game.

 

[Dorsai]

I have virtually the same problem as the OP. I have played over 200 hours problem free. Upgraded to the latest NVIDIA driver, still ran fine.

Two days ago when starting the game it went through the game studio credit screens, and when it hit the Atlas skull picture it went to a black screen and locked up. I get numbers in the top right corner, likely frame rate as they vary from 48 to 60. Other than that, nothing I do seems to make any change.

 

[Simplexity]

FYI, I have MSI B350 and the MSI Updater offered a driver update for the onboard Realtek soundchip today. I have read here in the forum somewhere, that sound also may be the cause of the problem, but the new version of the driver (6.0.1.8412 is the version number in MSI Live Update) does not change a thing :-(. Still not able to play.

 

[Dorsai]

I got mine fixed. Have a look at https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...black-screen-solved-if-you-have-this.1099056/

Hope it helps you, it cured me.

 

[Simplexity]

Tried that before the update to 1.0.4. Didn't help. Then I installed the update, but that also didn't change anything. Also the game did not recreate the file.

Then I again deleted the game, all folders and reinstalled the game with version 1.0.4..
AND I CAN PLAY AGAIN!
Thank you Dorsai, somehow it did help, it seems!

BUT: while my color scheme is still there and my merc unit name is still there, my callsign was gone. The game asked me for a callsign and reentered mine and the game told me that the callsign is already in use? :-( So now I have to use another callsign.

But I can play again :-D. Hope this time it lasts longer .