Black screen, but music

[Kjeld900]

I recently tried to start DCS again, first updated from DCS 2.9.5.55300 to DCS 2.9.7.59263. My monitor setup includes 3 main monitors and 2 smaller monitors. 

I just t play DCS on 1 of the main monitors(the other 2 being used for documents/internet etc.) And I had my MFCD exported to the two smaller monitors, everything worked. Now if I startup all screens are black, but I can hear the sound playing on the background. But that's as far as I can go. Is there a way to continue without having to reset everything(and if not, how can I backup my keybinds etc.?)

The log is included, if there is need for more documents or testing please let me know.

 

dcs.log

[silverdevil]

1 hour ago, Kjeld900 said:

I recently tried to start DCS again, first updated from DCS 2.9.5.55300 to DCS 2.9.7.59263. My monitor setup includes 3 main monitors and 2 smaller monitors. 

I just t play DCS on 1 of the main monitors(the other 2 being used for documents/internet etc.) And I had my MFCD exported to the two smaller monitors, everything worked. Now if I startup all screens are black, but I can hear the sound playing on the background. But that's as far as I can go. Is there a way to continue without having to reset everything(and if not, how can I backup my keybinds etc.?)

The log is included, if there is need for more documents or testing please let me know.

 

hello. your log you shared looks to have the wrong resolution.

    ['width'] = 3840;

    ['height'] = 3768;

2024-09-28 13:14:19.691 INFO    DX11BACKEND (Main): DX11Renderer initialization (w:3840 h:3768 fullscrn:0 vsync:0 adapter:0 monitor:1 shaderErrors:1)

i suggest going into your saved games\dcs\config, find the options.lua, rename it and restart dcs.

another thing to check is whether or not your main monitor in windows is the monitor you wish to use for dcs.

test without exports and see how it goes. then work from there.

Edited September 28, 2024 by silverdevil

[Kjeld900]

37 minutes ago, silverdevil said:

hello. your log you shared looks to have the wrong resolution.

    ['width'] = 3840;

    ['height'] = 3768;

2024-09-28 13:14:19.691 INFO    DX11BACKEND (Main): DX11Renderer initialization (w:3840 h:3768 fullscrn:0 vsync:0 adapter:0 monitor:1 shaderErrors:1)

i suggest going into your saved games\dcs\config, find the options.lua, rename it and restart dcs.

another thing to check is whether or not your main monitor in windows is the monitor you wish to use for dcs.

test without exports and see how it goes. then work from there.

 

Thank you for the reply

 

I think my resolution is correct.(but please tell me if I'm being an idiot) I have a bit of a weird setup, since I use this pc for more than DCS. But it looks like this, I followed the forum post on here, to export the MFCDs.

I changed the options.lua like you said. It started(good), I could change the resolution to 1920x1080 for a single monitor display, but when I tried the monitor setup I used to have it went into black screen again, I included that lua file as well(it worked before the update, so no changes since 4 or 5 months actually to the lua file). 

If  

1 Screen + 2MFCD .lua

[silverdevil]

32 minutes ago, Kjeld900 said:

Thank you for the reply

 

I think my resolution is correct.(but please tell me if I'm being an idiot) I have a bit of a weird setup, since I use this pc for more than DCS. But it looks like this, I followed the forum post on here, to export the MFCDs.

I changed the options.lua like you said. It started(good), I could change the resolution to 1920x1080 for a single monitor display, but when I tried the monitor setup I used to have it went into black screen again, I included that lua file as well(it worked before the update, so no changes since 4 or 5 months actually to the lua file). 

i am surely not an expert on this. your config looks okay. i just use one monitor for dcs. see if this pdf will help. there are also templates in \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\MonitorSetup

sorry i am unable to assist more than i have.

[Kjeld900]

17 minutes ago, silverdevil said:

i am surely not an expert on this. your config looks okay. i just use one monitor for dcs. see if this pdf will help. there are also templates in \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\MonitorSetup

sorry i am unable to assist more than i have.

No worries, thanks for trying

 

Edit: No idea how, but after deleting the options.lua and setting up everything again the same as before, but with new files it worked(when running the MT version). I don't know how or why, but not complaining right now.

Edited September 28, 2024 by Kjeld900

[Dgpm]

I have the same problem but in VR.

Deleting config.lua and reconfiguring the options in the game didn’t solve it. Most of the times if I, before play, do a slow repair I can play once without black screen but if I play a second time I get the black screen every time I try.