Risen, black screen

[Zodiax]

Hello again
Today I installed Risen on my computer. Firstly, when I tried to launch the game, an icon ,,Risen" appeared, than disappeared and nothing happened. When I tried to launch this in compatibility mode the game started but there was only black screen. no menu, intro etc.

I'm using Windows 7 RC 64-bit version, may that be the main problem?
My computer parameters:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 gHz
2GB RAM DDR3
nVidia GeForce 8500GT 512MB

Anybody has solved this problem so far?

added:

I have the latest dX and graphic drivers.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hello again
Today I installed Risen on my computer. Firstly, when I tried to launch the game, an icon ,,Risen" appeared, than disappeared and nothing happened. When I tried to launch this in compatibility mode the game started but there was only black screen. no menu, intro etc.

I'm using Windows 7 RC 64-bit version, may that be the main problem?
My computer parameters:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 gHz
2GB RAM DDR3
nVidia GeForce 8500GT 512MB

Anybody has solved this problem so far?

added:

I have the latest dX and graphic drivers.

Hi and welcome to seven forums

64 bit might be part of the problem because you only have 2 gigs of ram (the absolute minimum for 64bit) but I suspect its more than that.

lets look firrst at device manager. type device manager in search. go to the display tab and expand it. does the video driver have a yellow triangle on it, or is it not there?

Let us know the answer

Ken

 

[Zodiax]

nope there isn't yellow triangle

 

[Zodiax]

nope there isn't yellow triangle

lol sorry for double posting, the last message still didn't apear on my desktop ;o, It appeared after I made second post

 

[zigzag3143]

nope there isn't yellow triangle

lol sorry for double posting, the last message still didn't apear on my desktop ;o, It appeared after I made second post

No problem. I didnt figure it would be that easy.

Can we now go to event viewer (type event in search) go to the windows logs tab and expand it. go to application tab and look for errors (they have red in the left column) that relate to the game. It can say something like application error and in the details say risen has .......

they are t here. can you take a screenshot of one and upload it to us.

Let us know if you need help with it

Ken

 

[Zodiax]

hmm...I have a problem with opening this Event Wiever. When I type event in search only few files shows:
license.txt
changes.txt
readme1.txt
usbvm31b.txt

no sign of Event Wiever

neverminrd
already found it

No errors

 

[Zodiax]

any new ideas?

 

[Zodiax]

triple posting ;p
I know that I'm annoying but I really can't fix this on my own

 

[Leto]

Hi,

Just execute Risen from game directory than it works. Have the same problem.

Leto

 

[Zodiax]

unfortunatelly that didn't work for me

But I installed already Windows 7 RTM x32 and Risen works just perfect on it.
Thank for helping

Looking forwards to hear you guys again
Zodiax

 

[tx3000]

You cannot run Risen with your computers specs

Risen is very Graphic heavy and a very CPU demanding game

 

[Bilgrotch]

Required Hardware Specifications:
- OS: Win XP
– CPU: 2.0 GHz
– GPU: Direct X 9.1; Pixel Shader 3.0; 256 MB (GeForce 7900 – ATI 1800)
– RAM: 1 GB
– Hard disk: ~2.5 GB


He's got it covered. This post is a few months old, but it's still one of the top search results for "Risen black screen" so I thought I'd post a link that seemed helpful for Risen's plethora of bugs:


Risen PC Crash / Crash to Desktop ( CTD ), Freeze, Black Screen, Graphics Problem (too dark / foggy), Sound / Audio Issues, Screen Flickering, Fix and Fixes | Game Brood