[BUG] Black screen when getting into the level.

[liltmanseb]

Raze version

Version that comes with the release

Which game are you running with Raze?

Duke Nukem 3D

What Operating System are you using?

Windows 11

Please describe your specific OS version

Windows 11 Pro 28120.2302

Relevant hardware info

Intel Core i7-11700K - NVidia Geforce RTX 4090

Have you checked that no other similar issue already exists?

• I have searched and not found similar issues.

A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

The game loads fine into the menu. After getting into the level (eg Hollywood Holocaust) everything is black. The game is running in cause I can hear the gun firing when I left click. Pressing escape to go into the menu shows nothing (still black screen). If I press tab twice to go into the map I can finally get an image (of the map ofc) and pressing escape actually shows the menu. If I press tab once more to close the map, the black screen returns. Settings are the default that come with the release. Rendered is D3D12. With Vulkan, the game opens and crashes after a couple of seconds, never showing anything.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour.

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Your configuration

Settings are the default that come with the release. Rendered is D3D12.

Provide a Log

duke-rt.log

[postmemetic]

Thanks for sharing your log! I'm also encountering this issue. Will look into it

[postmemetic]

The issue should be fixed with the latest release! Please try it out - https://github.com/postmemetic/Duke-RT/releases/tag/0.3.4

[liltmanseb]

I'm sorry to say that the issue still remains for me, even with the latest release.

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[postmemetic]

Ah, that's unfortunate. Thanks for following up! Have re-opened the issue

[liltmanseb]

Thank you for your help!

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[andreluizgit]

duke-rt.log Dude, I'm Zoitter from X. Great Job. I attach my .log file with black screen issue. Thanks

[alexeik]

change driver version it helps.
nvidia 596.49 works fine

[eckomind]

Changed the driver to 596.49 and the issues still persists. I get a black screen as soon as the map loads. Menu doesn't work either. Also using the RTX 4090 on Windows 11 machine.

[alexeik]

hmm
tested on 4080 was 610.7 updated to latest and it works.
maybe try to change directories name to simple words?

[andreluizgit]

hmm tested on 4080 was 610.7 updated to latest and it works. maybe try to change directories name to simple words?

Explain it for me. Change directories name? Look my folder location : "J:\Games\Duke Nukem 3D Twentieth Anniversary World Tour\Duke Nukem 3D 20th Anniversary World Tour"

[andreluizgit]

Admin, other .log file with new version 0.40 and black screen issue

duke-rt.log

[alexeik]

hmm tested on 4080 was 610.7 updated to latest and it works. maybe try to change directories name to simple words?

Explain it for me. Change directories name? Look my folder location : "J:\Games\Duke Nukem 3D Twentieth Anniversary World Tour\Duke Nukem 3D 20th Anniversary World Tour"

name it like J:\Games\Duke3d\ and J:\Games\Duke_RT