Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

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Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

Postby MReed » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:08 am

Computer specs:
Win 7 SP 1 (64-bit), GeForce GTX 780, graphics driver 331.82, running with dual monitors at 1920x1200 (primary) & 1200x1600 (secondary)

When launching the game, the screen flickers to black (as if a resolution change was occurring), then back to my desktop over and over again. The only sign that the game is actually running is that the mouse cursor changes (to the yellow arrow). If I press <alt>-<enter> to switch to windowed mode, the game seems to run fine, but as soon as I try to switch back to full screen mode the flickering starts again.

I suspect that the problem is related to the dual monitor setup -- even though the mouse cursor moves (as expected) to the center of the primary monitor on game start, it is acting like I'm continuously using alt-tab to switch away from / back to the game. On the other hand, the music continuous without interruption while the flickering occurs and when in windowed mode the music stops when I switch to another window, so maybe it is something else.

Let me know if you need any other details.
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Re: Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

Postby Menorbriam » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:29 am

Hi MReed,

Yes, it must be related to the multi-monitor configuration and it is a good chance to address that problem. Please could you do the following test?
Disconnect (or just turn off) the secondary monitor and try again in the main one.
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Re: Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

Postby MReed » Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:39 pm

Should have tried that before posting: Yes, disabling the secondary display allows me to play full screen.
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Re: Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

Postby Menorbriam » Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:45 pm

OK We have to address that. Thanks for your feedback!
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Re: Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

Postby MReed » Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:55 pm

Just a reminder -- this bug is still present (as of the current version on Stream).

If you can't fix it any other way, forcing the game to windowed mode if two monitors are detected would be a solution.
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Re: Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

Postby Kordanor » Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:14 pm

Please don't. I am also using 2 Monitors and have absolutely no problem with that.
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Re: Screen "flickers" to black, no video, on launch

Postby ValGalorian » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:43 pm

I've had a similar problem to this, still unsolved as of yet, except that I am not using two monitors.
I've posted a thread requesting help here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1543
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