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4 years ago
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DS3 Menu opens randomly, eventually causes black screen

Just started playing DS3 on a Win 10 PC with fully updated drivers.  After a few minutes of playing, the game locks up and then opens the in game menu.  After leaving the menu, I was able to play some more before the same thing occurs, but this time causes the screen to go black and I cannot seen anything to choose on the menu.  I am using graphic settings recommended through Nvidia GeForce Experience, so it should not be an issue with GPU power as this is a 7 YEAR OLD GAME!   Is this because I am running it on a resolution setting outside of the game norms? (2560x1440).  It looked like this question was posed several years ago with no resolution from EA

  • So just to clarify, there is a resolution for 2560*1440 for the game.  I seemed to correct the issue by making two changes but don't know what fixed it.  One was selecting a 2560x1440 resolution at 144hz, which is the native resolution for my monitor.  The second was adjusting a default key binding for the menu that may have caused a problem.  Not sure what fixed it, but its resolved.

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  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
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    4 years ago

    @L33Marvin To check if you run the game in one of its intended resolutions, does this continue to happen? 

  • So just to clarify, there is a resolution for 2560*1440 for the game.  I seemed to correct the issue by making two changes but don't know what fixed it.  One was selecting a 2560x1440 resolution at 144hz, which is the native resolution for my monitor.  The second was adjusting a default key binding for the menu that may have caused a problem.  Not sure what fixed it, but its resolved.

  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
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    4 years ago
    @L33Marvin Thank you for sharing this, and apologies for the confusion I had thought you were changing the resolution by messing with files. (I read your post wrong).

    I can share the 2 steps you tried with the team in case we see this again.

    Also, can't wait for the remake!

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