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Black Screen?

clannmacclannmac Member Posts: 279 Arc User
edited February 2014 in Controls and User Interface
So, I put this in the "Graphics/Sound" bug reports thread as well - seems others have had the same issue, or ones quite similar.

During an Elite STF mission today - and, OF COURSE, seconds before we took down the final Cube - my screen went totally black. I could hear everything: the Borg, the weapons fire, etc.; I could even (by making a guess where it was) could diminish the screen to see my PC desktop - all present and accounted for, and I even opened the STO Forums to see if it was some sort of graphical or connectivity thing on my end: nope.

Well, in trying to sort it out, it obviously kicked me, because there was my desktop screen; no STO. I logged back in, chose the same character, and it put me right back in the Sibiran System where the STF took place ("The Conduit (Elite)," by the way, in case it is a map problem), and there were the messages: "Congratulations, Captain - You Have received Omega Marks..." and the "Optional Objective Successful" tab. But? NO MARKS, NO Neural Processors; NOTHING, even though it said I received them (should have received 90 Omega Marks with my bonuses, the Optional, and the Mission, according to my logs)!

I can't recall if this is the same map, but it happened once before. Of course, during that play, the mission had only just started, and when I couldn't sort out the problem, I rebooted, thinking it was my comp - I was taken back to the map wherein I launched the PvE - didn't expect anything different - and it showed no queue count-down nor any "leaver penalty," which I almost expected.

So, in a way, glad there are at least a couple of others who have had/are having the same issues (feel bad for those guys, too), but what gives?

Devs/IT folks: seen this one before??
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  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I had this couple of times, eventually found out that I was using a *very* old pre-installed nvidia driver. It had bunch of bugs and memleaks which tend to cause STO to randomly crash.
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I got this as well for the first time the other day. Been using the same graphics drivers since I started playing STO a couple years ago, but this is the first time I've ever gotten a black screen. I had my sound off at the time so I just assumed my OS had crashed. Interesting that other people are seeing this as well.
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    variant37 wrote: »
    I got this as well for the first time the other day. Been using the same graphics drivers since I started playing STO a couple years ago, but this is the first time I've ever gotten a black screen. I had my sound off at the time so I just assumed my OS had crashed. Interesting that other people are seeing this as well.
    In this case I would certainly update your drivers if possible. I gave myself a slap at the head for not doing it any time sooner. The improvements were insane.
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • generalhybridgeneralhybrid Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    im having this problem on startup i start up the game everything looks fine but oncce the 'Legacy of romulus' loading screen is done all i get is a black screen but i can still see my cursor and i can still hear the sounds when it moves over buttons
    unfortunately my graphics card caant be changed and i cant update the drives on it
    (Nvidia Gefore G200) ive tried alot of things to try and get it to work but noting has worked so far :/
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Ugh, the 200... Yeah i got the Nvidia Gefore 210 on my server, can't get it started on it at all (what would it be fun! playing at work, hehe... might be better this way though).

    Have you tried a rollback?
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
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