Black screen of death?

[StarFox]

OK, so here is the scoop.

I keep have a problem where I'll be walking around my sub, or the port, and randomly, the screen goes mostly black. The interface is still there, I can still access the map view to plot a course, but when I enter 1st person or exterior mode, I cannot see anything

I am updating my drivers, and I turned shadows back on (I read via the search function that would fix it) however still no luck. I just finished my 1st patrol as Captain, and now I cannot walk over my commanding officer to get my next mission.

Also, does anyone know why planes in 1939 just fly right past me? I mean, I stayed surfaced, got buzzed by about 2 dozen plans, and nothing happened. Either the planes are completely retarded, or something is wrong with the Uboat Killer AI mod I installed (maybe I did something wrong when installing?)