After the update I’ve been getting a black screen 2-3 minutes into a game. This has been happening none stop & the only way to get out of it is turning my computer off by the main power.
Has anyone else been experiencing this & would you have any advice on how to fix this so I can actually play War Thunder :D
Can you clarify, do you still get sound playing, and keyboard lights (e.g. capslock , numlock) changing, or do you mean everything has completely locked up?
Check/update video drivers is always the standard answer too – not sure if you’ve tried that?
What system are you on? (e.g. Windows, mac, linux, and geforce/radeon/other gfx card?)
Yes I still hear the sound & keyboard is on however my monitor loses signal after 5-10 seconds.
I updated my drivers I’m on the new version - Nvidia Geforce graphics card
Don’t have any issues regarding other games just WT after the update.
One thing to try (if you haven’t already) is to use the Studio Driver version rather than the Game Ready version (for the geforce drivers). It is meant to be more stable and reliable.
If it’s just War Thunder then you can also create a support ticket at: Community Bug Reporting System
Ok thanks I will try
I have a feeling it won’t work as I was on an older driver version when it started happening, that’s why I tried updating them to see if that would help
Still no fix unfortunelty :/
Do you play in Fullscreen or Fullscreen Window? (Maybe try Fullscreen Window if you’re using just Fullscreen)
And if you’re up to trying more stuff… (this just more my curiosity than anything, so ok if you don’t want to).
It would be interesting to see what happens if you play in Window mode with a lower resolution. In the launcher set the game resolution to something less than your screen, then set Window mode. You should then get Warthunder in a regular window and still see your desktop stuff around it. Then see if the black screen appears just for the Warthunder window, or if it’s your whole screen as well.
(Also, rather than power off at mains you can probably Alt-Tab out of the game and then close it down from Windows – not sure if you’ve tried that).
There looks to be many various complaints on the forum and support site about graphics going strange since the update.
I’m also getting some slight stuttering. I have my setup limited at 60fps and have headroom on the gfx card (according to MSI afterburner) but yet it will still occasionally start dropping down to 55 or so and stutter. When it does stutter, Afterburner isn’t showing it’s hitting limits. I’m not sure exactly when it started, but fairly recent.
I play fullscreen I can try fullscreen windowed when I get home.
I’ve tried everything I can’t Alt + Tab out of the game.
Update:
Have tried Fullscreen borderless & bordeless still no luck.
Have tried other things like setting the priority to high in task manager for WT.
I’m starting to think there is no fix
Hello Measured,
I thought I’d write to you as no one else seems to response including on the Community Bug Reporting System.
I figured out to seems to be my GPU over heating, if I play the game with DLSS turned on I have no black screening, the problem is that for me it’s blurry to the point where it’s unplayable.
I’ve also tried to turn my graphics to the lowest possible setting without DLSS but this doesn’t seem to help.
You would agree that I don’t seem to have another choice other than to play with DLSS or I buy a new GPU/pc?
What’s strange is that I didn’t have this problem prior to the update
I had this happen to me about a year ago, and it happened to me across multiple games that were a little more intensive on my GPU.
I tried everything I could think of and any solution presented to me after searching online. (Driver rip and reinstall, BIOS updates and such, lowering settings, borderless, full screen, new PSU, etc) It started with one game, and near the end, it happened to me in almost every game I was playing, and my only fix was a new GPU unfortunately.
If you want to first investigate what is happening on the gfx card with respect to Gpu temp, voltages, fan speeds, hitting power limits, etc I’d suggest intsalling MSI Afterburner. (Even though it’s from MSI it works with non-MSI branded geforce cards too). Just internet search for “download msi afterburner” (and make sure you only go to the msi.com website from the results).
After installing you can go in to the program properties and select lots of things to monitor for in the “monitor” section.
That would show if your fan isn’t spinning, from the fan speed % / rpm, (not sure if you can see or hear your fan), or maybe it’s not going to full speed. Or at least show the GPU temp and if it’s hitting power / temp / voltage limits.
It’s best to have a second monitor for it though, so you can display the info and charts on it and see them while playing the game. Otherwise you could try the Windowed graphics mode in Warthuder and then select a resolution that is a couple of steps down from your native one.
Yeah, could just be a freaky coincidence, or perhaps it’s got a little higher load on the gfx card now. I’m sure my gfx card is working harder (from what I see in my MSI Afterburner).
Otherwise, like FluffyBunnyFeet1 mentioned, it may be a new gfx card unfortunately.
Black screen issues in War Thunder can be caused by outdated drivers, overlays, or system instability. Try windowed mode, verifying files, and adjusting settings like V-Sync. If it persists, check system logs for crashes.
just remove it from taskbar then re add it back to taskbar and that’s how you got black screen removed.