Black Screen upon opening CoH


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So just returned to CoH. Updated divers and the game, when I go to log in, blackness. Everywhere. I can still interact blindly, but yeah. It's annoying. Any help is appriciated.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at February 28, 2011 19:14 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Studio XPS 8100
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6275MB out of 8151MB available
Page File: 14156MB (2143MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST31000528AS) 782788MB out of 938828MB (83%) free
D Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x68B8)
Video Memory: 733 MB
Driver Version: 8.821.0.0
Driver Date: 1/26/2011 5:59:10 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5953
Driver Date: 10/6/2009 9:51:22 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0T568R
Motherboard Version: A00
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: DELL - 20091209
BIOS Release: 20091209000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1080
3D Resolution: 1920x1080 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 0Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: 8x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 964239 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1950.201102120907.1
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found


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Have you tried the game's safe-mode?


 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tex View Post
Have you tried the game's safe-mode?
In addition to trying safe mode, you might want to try removing and 'cleaning' the driver (nvidia now has a clean install option) and reinstalling it.

Video driver updates dont always work very well. If a file is still in use it cant be replaced and you end up with bits and pieces of both drivers.


 

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Safe mode pulls the game from a 1920x1080 screen to a window size. It also turns everything outside the game window into some 80's inverted color scheme.


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Quote:
Originally Posted by _Zep_ View Post
In addition to trying safe mode, you might want to try removing and 'cleaning' the driver (nvidia now has a clean install option) and reinstalling it.

Video driver updates dont always work very well. If a file is still in use it cant be replaced and you end up with bits and pieces of both drivers.
Considering the OP has an ATI/AMD card not sure what the nVidia clean install helps.


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