Black screen problems

[L0M3N]

Okay so I installed patch 7 light and started a new game.
The tutorial loads and I tell Malcolm to bug off and I exit the cabin.
Then i walk to the side of the ship and go to port.
I get a black screen instead of a loading screen, and then
the sound comes in and I can hear myself walking on the dock
but my screen is still black. So basically I can't play.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

5. I installed the Build Mod as per the instructions, but now my game doesn't work
Please "Enable Error Logging":
- Open "engine.ini" in your main game folder.
- Find the "debuginfo = 0" line and change it to "debuginfo = 1".
- Find the "runtimelog = 0" line and change it to "runtimelog = 1".
- Find the "tracefilesoff = 1" line and change it to "tracefilesoff = 0".
- Start the game and wait until the error occurs.
- Now find compile.log, system.log and the possible error.log in your main game folder.
- Post their contents here
It should look like this:

tracefilesoff = 0
[script]
debuginfo = 1
codefiles = 0
runtimelog = 1

 

[L0M3N]

okay here they are

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Present
The device is lost and cannot be restored at the current time, so rendering is not possible

What's going on there? Did the game work before installing the modpack?

And I don't remember ever seeing anything like this in my log files:

InitItem called : 28 cursedcoin
InitItem called : 29 holycross1
InitItem called : 30 holycross2
InitItem called : 31 holycross3
InitItem called : 32 tatt1
InitItem called : 33 tatt2
InitItem called : 34 tatt3
InitItem called : 35 tatt4
InitItem called : 36 tatt5
InitItem called : 37 lockpick
InitItem called : 38 Santos_Ring
InitItem called : 39 Sparrow_Ring
InitItem called : 40 Sparrow_Ring1
InitItem called : 643 compass1
InitItem called : 644 compass2
InitItem called : 645 compass3
InitItem called : 646 clock1
InitItem called : 647 clock2
InitItem called : 648 sextant
InitItem called : 649 scales
InitItem called : 650 doctortoolkit
InitItem called : 651 microscope
InitItem called : 652 book1
InitItem called : 653 book2
InitItem called : 654 book9
InitItem called : 655 book10
InitItem called : 656 book3
InitItem called : 657 book11
InitItem called : 658 book12
InitItem called : 659 book13
InitItem called : 660 book4
InitItem called : 661 book14
InitItem called : 662 book5
InitItem called : 663 book6
InitItem called : 664 book7
InitItem called : 665 book8
InitItem called : 666 book15
InitItem called : 667 jewelry1
InitItem called : 668 jewelry3
InitItem called : 669 jewelry4
InitItem called : 670 jewelry2
InitItem called : 671 jewelry5
InitItem called : 672 jewelry6
InitItem called : 673 jewelry7
InitItem called : 674 jewelry8
InitItem called : 675 jewelry9
InitItem called : 676 jewelry10
InitItem called : 677 jewelry11
InitItem called : 678 jewelry12
InitItem called : 679 jewelry13
InitItem called : 680 jewelry14
InitItem called : 681 jewelry15
InitItem called : 682 jewelry16
InitItem called : 683 indian1
InitItem called : 684 indian2
InitItem called : 685 indian3
InitItem called : 686 indian4
InitItem called : 687 indian5
InitItem called : 688 indian6
InitItem called : 689 indian7
InitItem called : 690 indian8
InitItem called : 691 indian9
InitItem called : 692 indian10
InitItem called : 693 indian11
InitItem called : 694 indian12
InitItem called : 695 indian13
InitItem called : 696 indian14
InitItem called : 697 indian15
InitItem called : 698 indian16
InitItem called : 699 indian17
InitItem called : 700 mineral1
InitItem called : 701 mineral7
InitItem called : 702 mineral2
InitItem called : 703 mineral15
InitItem called : 704 mineral16
InitItem called : 705 mineral9
InitItem called : 706 mineral8
InitItem called : 707 mineral3
InitItem called : 708 chinatiger
InitItem called : 709 whiteskull
InitItem called : 710 roseskull
InitItem called : 711 blueskull
InitItem called : 712 mineral4
[...]
proc_break_video()
proc_break_video()
proc_break_video()
proc_break_video()
proc_break_video()
proc_break_video()
proc_break_video()
[...]
WARNING!!! Item id = gunpowder not implemented
WARNING!!! Item id = pistolbullets not implemented

Something weird is going on, but I can't directly see what it is. :wacko:

 

[L0M3N]

the game worked with patch 5 a couple weeks ago. I installed patch 6 and 7 light
and I have a new video card.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Did the game work after installing your new video card? If yes, try installing Patch 7 Full on your current installation.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

That sounds like the video card crashed. It might have bad ram that causes occasional crashes. Mine does.


All of that stuff is normal for patch 7. I mentioned it some time ago. There is also usually an error. log having to do with "sea.ai, aiship.c". But it runs ok.

 

[L0M3N]

I installed patch 7 full on top of everything. Still getting black screen.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Can you try a full reinstall of the stock game, then check between each step whether the game still works?

 

[L0M3N]

Stock game works, now to try Beta 1 Full.

edit* Build 14 Beta 1 Full is also working fine.
Now to add patch 7 full.

Well it looks like a reinstall fixed it.
I guess I shouldn't really be surprised.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Problem sorted? Good news!