Screen goes black

Sharkbait24 · 05-09-10, 06:41 PM

Occasionally when playing SHV the screen goes black. I can still see yellow highlights around people/hatches when I put my mouse over them, but since the screen is black it's hard to find them. I still have the HUD. External view is the same. Can anyone help me?

05-09-10, 07:40 PM

overheating video card or maybe its just going bad on you would be my first guess

check for dust built up and that all cooling fans are working

jxyn · 05-09-10, 08:28 PM

I had this too, a wee while back. I think I cooked the card, so I replaced it (was a GTS 8800) with a GTX9800. It's running ok now.

I ran SH4 when this problem started showing up on sH5, to see if this problem was common; saw some funny rendering in SH4 and thought that it was the card. Perhaps your card is duff now.

gimpy117 · 05-09-10, 09:48 PM

First off: Welcome to subsim!

Did you exit to desktop?

what are your system specs?

jwilliams · 05-09-10, 11:14 PM

My game does this if i alt tab out of the game and then go back to it. I have not been able to find a fix, other than not alt tab'n out of the game.

Arclight · 05-09-10, 11:38 PM

Which you really shouldn't do with any SH in the first place.

java`s revenge · 05-10-10, 01:37 AM

I had also this problem with my nvidia gtx260 card.

I have put new cooling past on it and installed the last driver.
Also lowers your graphics settings. For example untick shadows.

Sharkbait24 · 05-10-10, 02:31 PM

I have a 7600 GS graphics card. I recently opened the case to put in new memory, so I might have stirred up some dust that landed on the card. Thanks guys, I'll crack open the case again, clean the fan and stuff up, and tell you the results.

609_Avatar · 05-10-10, 02:47 PM

Welcome aboard and good luck sussing it out.

gimpy117 · 05-10-10, 06:48 PM

it happens to everybody I think (same problem)

I guess you don't do it lol that's really the only way to fix it. Silent hunter games dont like going to desktop. Sometimes you can't vent Co2...other times your crew stays on deck...etc....

05-10-10, 08:15 PM

Hi all the felows in the forum thisn hapen to me when i past above 128 in tc if i stay below or at 64 dosent happen so i remove the multiples ui from the dark wraiths and the problem disapears my card is a nvidia 9800 gt and performs perfect

gimpy117 · 05-10-10, 10:30 PM

what other mods do you have? that's a weird issue...

If you have another UI mod installed get rid of it before installing Dark wraith's UI mod

Sharkbait24 · 05-11-10, 07:31 PM

Just an update. I cleaned off the fan. The problem still happens. Is it my comp or is it SH5?

theluckyone17 · 05-11-10, 07:53 PM

When the problem occurs, does it go away after a short time, or after moving around?

It reminds of a problem with NVidia cards in Oblivion...

adam090584 · 05-12-10, 04:17 PM

Hello everyone. I also have this problem of my screen going black. the only way i can get rid of it is by ALT TAB.

05-09-10, 06:41 PM	#1
Sharkbait24 Watch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 200 meters below you Posts: 24 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Screen goes black Occasionally when playing SHV the screen goes black. I can still see yellow highlights around people/hatches when I put my mouse over them, but since the screen is black it's hard to find them. I still have the HUD. External view is the same. Can anyone help me?

05-09-10, 09:48 PM	#4
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	First off: Welcome to subsim! Did you exit to desktop? what are your system specs? __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

05-09-10, 11:14 PM	#5
jwilliams Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,013 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	My game does this if i alt tab out of the game and then go back to it. I have not been able to find a fix, other than not alt tab'n out of the game. __________________ Windows 7, 64bit. Phenom II 965BE (OC 4cores @ 3.8 Ghz). Radeon HD4870 (1gb gddr5). 6gb Ram.

05-09-10, 11:38 PM	#6
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Which you really shouldn't do with any SH in the first place. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-10-10, 01:37 AM	#7
java`s revenge Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: at periscope depth Posts: 1,204 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	I had also this problem with my nvidia gtx260 card. I have put new cooling past on it and installed the last driver. Also lowers your graphics settings. For example untick shadows. __________________

05-09-10, 07:40 PM	#2
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	overheating video card or maybe its just going bad on you would be my first guess check for dust built up and that all cooling fans are working

05-09-10, 08:28 PM	#3
jxyn Bosun Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 65 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I had this too, a wee while back. I think I cooked the card, so I replaced it (was a GTS 8800) with a GTX9800. It's running ok now. I ran SH4 when this problem started showing up on sH5, to see if this problem was common; saw some funny rendering in SH4 and thought that it was the card. Perhaps your card is duff now.

05-10-10, 02:31 PM	#8
Sharkbait24 Watch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 200 meters below you Posts: 24 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I have a 7600 GS graphics card. I recently opened the case to put in new memory, so I might have stirred up some dust that landed on the card. Thanks guys, I'll crack open the case again, clean the fan and stuff up, and tell you the results.

05-10-10, 02:47 PM	#9
609_Avatar Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 3rd Planet From The Sun Posts: 345 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard and good luck sussing it out. __________________ Avatar

05-10-10, 06:48 PM	#10
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	it happens to everybody I think (same problem) I guess you don't do it lol that's really the only way to fix it. Silent hunter games dont like going to desktop. Sometimes you can't vent Co2...other times your crew stays on deck...etc.... __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army Last edited by gimpy117; 05-10-10 at 10:32 PM.

05-10-10, 08:15 PM	#11
ankises Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hi all the felows in the forum thisn hapen to me when i past above 128 in tc if i stay below or at 64 dosent happen so i remove the multiples ui from the dark wraiths and the problem disapears my card is a nvidia 9800 gt and performs perfect

05-10-10, 10:30 PM	#12
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	what other mods do you have? that's a weird issue... If you have another UI mod installed get rid of it before installing Dark wraith's UI mod __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

05-11-10, 07:31 PM	#13
Sharkbait24 Watch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 200 meters below you Posts: 24 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Just an update. I cleaned off the fan. The problem still happens. Is it my comp or is it SH5?

05-11-10, 07:53 PM	#14
theluckyone17 Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: Niskayuna, NY Posts: 482 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	When the problem occurs, does it go away after a short time, or after moving around? It reminds of a problem with NVidia cards in Oblivion...

05-12-10, 04:17 PM	#15
adam090584 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	Screen Goes Black Hello everyone. I also have this problem of my screen going black. the only way i can get rid of it is by ALT TAB.