Guard55 Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 Hey there! I'm having some difficulty playing ECW. When launched via the W3D launcher, I'm taken to a black screen and all I can hear is music. I somehow connected to the server and could hear the sounds of vehicles and what not. Attached is a video of what I see. (Ignore my friend asking about a Japanese dish.) Unfortunately, the recording only lasts a couple of seconds before automatically stopping. Curiously though, when connected to the server I see nothing but light blue. Any help would be appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 Perhaps an odd suggestion but have you tried rebooting your PC? It's been known in the past for w3d engine games to not work properly until after a reboot - as far as I know we've never figured out in what circumstances it's required though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRAYDO Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Are you running full screen? Try running ECW in Windowed Mode and see if anything comes up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) Sorry for the late night reply, I was out and about. I tried Windowed mode but it keeps launching in fullscreen. Looks like it keeps reverting back to fullscreen in the settings. I decided to download the latest drivers for my video card (GTX 1070), but still it's a black screen. Restarted my computer but it's still launching into a black screen. Another thing to note, is that the intro to ECW (I'm assuming it's an intro, it's still a black screen for me) stutters and my frames drop to 14. I have to hit ESC to be able to listen to the main menu music. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it. Still black screen. Ran repair installation on it and nothing was broken or needed re-downloading. I even disabled Shadowplay and GeForce Overlay, but it's still a black screen. Any suggestions? I don't know what could be causing this. Edited October 17, 2019 by Guard55 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSoldier Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Did you try various resolutions? (Starting with 800x600) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeod Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Install DirectX 9.0c Set the game.exe for ECW to run compatibility mode with Windows XP SP3 (not SP2) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) I tried running ECW in Compatibility mode with Windows XP SP3 but still a black screen. I tried installing DirectX 9.0c but it says it's only available for 98, 2000, ME, and XP. I have Windows 10. I've tried running it in different resolutions but it still gives me a black screen. Edited October 17, 2019 by Guard55 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeod Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Guard55 said: I tried running ECW in Compatibility mode with Windows XP SP3 but still a black screen. I tried installing DirectX 9.0c but it says it's only available for 98, 2000, ME, and XP. I have Windows 10. Try this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 It's a compatibility package for d3d9 apps and games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Unfortunately, this is what I get. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeod Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Longshot, but try fiddling with the Nvidia options to disable any hardware acceleration and maybe put PhysX to the CPU. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2700/~/disabling-nvidia-physx-gpu-acceleration 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Still get a black screen unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeod Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Do you get anything in event viewer when you launch the game? Administrative Events (hoping for an error or warning to tell us the fault)... Also, does the same thing happen in other games from the launcher like APB? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Interim Apex works without any issues. I just installed APB and it works perfectly fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeod Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 @Jerad2142 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeod Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 While we're waiting for him I found this in the bug tracker for ECW: Currently the windowed mode checkbox in the launcher doesn't work, I assume the 5.0 games must use a different reg values. ECW's reg value is stored in: ECW\Render\RenderDeviceWindowed Dunno if you're familiar with the registry or editing it, but if you want to try windowed mode go to the game's install folder and look for wwconfig.exe, use that to configure settings instead of the w3d launcher for this game. If it doesn't work, I'd suggest trying to enforce window mode via registry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) I can't seem to find ECW\Render\RenderDeviceWindowed. I checked in My Documents, W3D Launcher folder, ProgramData, Program Files, etc. I forced it to launch in windowed mode with the config.exe Still a black screen when launched in windowed. Edited October 17, 2019 by Guard55 Mistake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTFF Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 I have the same issue with ECW. Unless I close my NVidia apps running in the background then it works perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, KTFF said: I have the same issue with ECW. Unless I close my NVidia apps running in the background then it works perfectly. Wait, you think Nvidia might be causing me an issue? What apps do you have running in the background when that happens? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTFF Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 I think I have to shutdown that Gforce Experience app you see in the systray. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 NVIDIA Settings? 9 minutes ago, KTFF said: I think I have to shutdown that Gforce Experience app you see in the systray. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTFF Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Shutdown the Gforce Experience application would be the quickest, which is what I do. Simply find the app in your systray and Exit it. Then launch ECW.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard55 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) Yup! That was the issue. Turns out, having Nvidia settings in the systray and the ingame overlay would cause it to be a black screen. Disabling both makes the game visible now. Edited October 18, 2019 by Guard55 Forgot to add the word 'makes' inbetween 'both' and 'the' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTFF Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Glad that fixed it for you. But now I will have to kill you in ECW! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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