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Anonymous
10 years ago

Black Screen w/ Cursor, Sound, and Flashing on start, no video or input

Hello, I just purchased GW2 today hoping to play with my friends, but for some odd reason the game will not work for me. When I launch the game, the in-game cursor appears and there is game sound, ...
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Anonymous
10 years ago

Try forcing the game to Borderless mode.

C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\PVZ Garden Warfare 2\settings\PROF_SAVE_profile

Borderless:
GstRender.FullscreenMode 2

GstRender.FullscreenScreen 1

I'm pretty sure those are the settings for borderless.

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Make sure the game is using the GT745m and not the HD4400

http://imgur.com/a/6KJBH#87BGUaE   (sub BF:HL for PvZ, same difference)
nVidia Control Panel -> 3D Settings -> Program Settings -> Add Program (PvZ:GW2) -> High Performance Processor

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Hello,

Thank you for the reply! I tried this and it didn't fix the problem. It did make the game immediately go fullscreen, but the screen still remained black with the in-game cursor present. I've included a capture of what the file looked like exactly when I changed it as it was formatted a little bit different then what you posted.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Do you have any overlay programs running?  Like  Fraps, RiviaTuner, Overwolf, MSI gaming app or things like that?

    Overlay programs and Origin in Game cause weird issues when used together.

    *Since you did a clean boot it's unlikely this is the case*

    Try going to nVidia Control Panel's 3D settings and Default them.

    Then re-do the forcing High Performance Processor for PvZ2.exe

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      10 years ago

      This didn't work either unfortunately. I reset nvidia settings to default in the nvidia control panel and forced the game to run with that graphics processor, but all I got was a black screen still.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        10 years ago

        Also, none of those services were running in the background.

    • YRVIL's avatar
      YRVIL
      6 years ago
      @WootCandy Yea I’m having the same problem my game is only showing the black screen with in game sound and the I game cursor bit it’s enlarged by a lot
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        EA_Blueberry
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        6 years ago
        @YRVIL wrote:
        @WootCandy Yea I’m having the same problem my game is only showing the black screen with in game sound and the I game cursor bit it’s enlarged by a lot

        @YRVIL 

        The last response to this post is from 2017, so I will be locking this post down though to avoid further necroposting. If you still need help with this specific topic please create a new post on our boards.

        • Don't "necropost." Reviving, updating or bumping old, outdated and irrelevant threads is not helpful for our community. It's best to check when the thread was created before you hit post, just to make sure it's not 2 years old for example.

        If you're using any overlays like Discord and Origin In-Game, try disabling those before launching the game. If you perform a clean boot, you can quickly identify if it's a third party program running in the background.

        How to Clean Boot your PC

        https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/

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