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Baino2112's avatar
5 years ago

2017 Battlefront II Black screen when launched

Product: Star Wars Battlefront II
Platform:PC windows 10
I want to talk about something you don't mention above:
How accessible is the current experience? Doesn't do anything just a black screen and flashed orange on taskbar can tab out and open overlays activated. (no sound)

I have been trying to fix the black screen 

Things I've tried:

  1. Graphics Card Update
  2. Windows Update (running windows 10)
  3. Changing the launch options in the settings of the game to disable x12 and fullscreen then bordered
  4. Uninstall multiple times and repaired through origin
  5.  Disabling Nvidia and discord overlays

Graphics card nvidia gtx 1660

cpu ryzen 5 1600x

ram 16gb

please help, its doing my nut in.

3 Replies

  • EA_Barry's avatar
    EA_Barry
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    5 years ago

    @Baino2112 

    Your GPU may not be active while playing, the following should help: 

    1. Make 100% sure your display is connected to your GPU and not the motherboard video output
    2. Open the nvidia Control Panel
    3. Click Manage 3D settings
    4. Click the Program Settings tab
    5. Click the Add button
    6. Select the game from the list or click browse and navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\STAR WARS Battlefront\starwarsbattlefront2.exe
    7. Select starwarsbattlefront2.exe and then Open
    8. Customise individual settings if you like
    9. Exit nvidia control panel and try playing.

    Please try this and let us know how you get on, thanks.

  • @EA_Barry
    No still not any progress doubled checked it all.

    also where there is a little loading symbol which moved with mouse when tabbed in. 

  • I downloaded Celebration Edition in December from Steam.  I could not get it to look right on my screen.  There was crazy graphics errors.  I also bought it for my son, who has a much lower-spec PC than mine and it works fine.  The only way I could get it to run at all was in a window.  Now, I have tried again but after my monitors all flicker on and off and my icons get switched around and screen resolutions fly all over the place,, my main monitor says No DisplayPort Signal.  I am then left with a black screen (from no signal) and no sound.  If I blindly click around my "ghost monitor"  I can sometimes hear UI sounds.  I have re-installed.  i have updated Windows 10.  I have done clean installs of NVidia drivers.  I have turned on and off the overlays from Discord and tried without Discord even on.  I've tried from Steam, Origin (re-installed),, and from Desktop icon.  Administrator mode. I have changed BootOptions, but they revert.  What's going on?

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