Hello plunkett81,
The issue should be fixed after doing a reinstall of the game. This seems to be a simple visual glitch.
Thanks,
Deleted EA app, the game and all its residual folders after posting and issue happened straight away.
Try deleting the twinkle folder in Documents\Battlefield 1
Tried this one. Once I go into say weapons and gadgets, it shows all the icons etc, then I scroll down, no icons. I scroll back up and the ones previously showing now disappeared. Enter multiplayer and black screen / black background etc
I had the black menu bug once years ago. Eventually it fixed itself once DICE released a new UI update for the main menu.
Usually when there's a new UI update you'll see a popup window advertising BF6 or some other EA advertisement. Make sure to click the close button to close the popup advertisement window.
That's what fixed the black menu bug for me.
If you have a friend with Battlefield 1 you can ask them to upload their twinkle folder to you. It contains all the main menu UI files. Replacing those files might fix it if you don't want to wait for DICE to release a new main menu UI update.
The strange thing about this bug is it only affects certain players, not everyone. I think the bug happens when the in-game advertisement popup window isn't closed correctly. So the game keeps trying to launch the popup window which causes the black main menu screen. Every time I see a popup window in BF1 I immediately close the window and don't click on the advertisement because I'm afraid it will black screen bug the main menu again.
