That's a first! Can you try to launch the game with only one monitor and tell me if that fixes it?

Also, can you send me the log file located in <game_folder>/znt_Data/output_log.txt

Will try with a single monitor later but here is the log for now:


Initialize engine version: 5.6.0p4 (396ab58c4e90)
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
Direct3D:
Version: Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.0]
Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (ID=0x1b80)
Vendor: NVIDIA
VRAM: 3072 MB
Driver: 22.21.13.8205
Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Networking.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Networking.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Analytics.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Analytics.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\GalaxyCSharp.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\GalaxyCSharp.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\DOTween.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\DOTween.dll into Unity Child Domain
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Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\ArabicSupport.dll (this message is harmless)
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Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\TileSystem.Runtime.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\TileSystem.Runtime.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\Vectrosity.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\Vectrosity.dll into Unity Child Domain
- Completed reload, in 0.028 seconds
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\System.Core.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\System.dll (this message is harmless)
<RI> Initializing input.

<RI> Input initialized.

desktop: 1920x1080 60Hz; virtual: 3840x1080 at 0,0
<RI> Initialized touch support.

UnloadTime: 0.977757 ms
Platform assembly: D:\Programs\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zombie Night Terror\znt_Data\Managed\System.Xml.dll (this message is harmless)
Unloading 5 Unused Serialized files (Serialized files now loaded: 0)

Setting up 2 worker threads for Enlighten.
Thread -> id: be4 -> priority: 1
Thread -> id: 1a90 -> priority: 1

I don't see anything in the logs that can explain, aside from the multi-screen issue, it could also a configuration problem.

You might want to try updating your graphic drivers.

I have the latest nvidia drivers that updated this past week. Turning off my second screen doesn't seem to fix it. I have tried some other Unity based games and they don't seem to have the same problem.

Driver version 382.05

Can you send me a screenshot to see what it looks like.

Also, can you try to verify the game files from the properties menu of steam.

Actually I got an error '1 file failed to validate and will be reacquired'. I tried that a few times and even uninstalling the game and reinstalling and still the same problem - the verification error and black bar framing persists. I've never had such a problem before and all my other games seem fine.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o64dnv7fa4006o4/vertical-bars.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fpt3l2qk7nu0n9i/verify-error.jpg?dl=0

Ok, it looks like the resolution is not set correctly.

You can try to change it in the settings menu, if you can see the settings button. Or you can delete the Settings.set in a sub-folder of %userprofile%\appdata\locallow\NoClip\Zombie Night Terror\

Don't worry about the files that needs to be reacquired in loop, it's not a problem.

As I said in my first post the game selected the wrong resolution on startup, and I did change it to 1920x1080 in the settings menu. It didn't fix the problem even after restarting.

The settings file is as follows:

{
"$id": "1",
"$type": "GameSettings, Assembly-CSharp",
"Language": "English",
"RunInBackground": false,
"ActivePause": true,
"DisallowMultipleBlockerMenu": true,
"ShowTooltips": true,
"DemoMode": true,
"UseColorblindMode": false,
"ColorblindRed": {
"$type": "UnityEngine.Color, UnityEngine",
"r": 1.0,
"g": 0.0,
"b": 0.0,
"a": 1.0
},
"ColorblindGreen": {
"$type": "UnityEngine.Color, UnityEngine",
"r": 0.0,
"g": 1.0,
"b": 0.0,
"a": 1.0
},
"ColorblindBlue": {
"$type": "UnityEngine.Color, UnityEngine",
"r": 0.0,
"g": 0.0,
"b": 1.0,
"a": 1.0
},
"GeneralVolume": 1.0,
"SfxVolume": 1.0,
"UiVolume": 0.75,
"MusicVolume": 0.75,
"ScreenWidth": 1920,
"ScreenHeight": 1080,
"CurrentDisplay": 0,
"FullScreen": true,
"VSync": true,
"Brightness": 1.0,
"Gamma": 1.0,
"DynamicShadows": true,
"Bloom": false,
"FilmGrain": false,
"LimitFramerate": true,
"TargetFramerate": 120
}

Have you tried selecting another resolution in the list.

It's a long shot, but I would try running with the least amount of programs in parallel. Close anything that could interfere with the game, an antivirus, anything that add overlay (teamspeak, mumble, etc.). You can also try to disable the Steam Overlay.

By running the game with the bare minimum, we can rule out external interference if that doesn't fix it. But make sure there is nothing dispensable running.

The simplest solution might be to try with an fresh windows account.

I don't have anything else running that would cause this kind of problem.

But OK I can get it to work in 1280x768 which isn't a complete disaster and it's playable, fun and visually ok because of the art style. Not ideal of course!

I've noticed that when I try different resolutions in Windowed mode it really thinks it's chosen a portrait not landscape resolution - as in the actual window frame is sized to a portrait scale not a landscape one.

Something I've thought of is both of my screens can rotate to portrait mode which is why in the resolution options I have some portrait resolutions showing I guess (selecting those doesn't help). That's probably not a common configuration to come across and maybe that's confusing the games aspect ratio and screen mode selection in some way?

Maybe, I don't really know at this point. There is a reason for that, but it's very hard to resolve that kind of issues without physical access to the PC.

So my best is there is a screen configuration somewhere that result in this problem, but I don't what it is.

I'll try to find something on the web, I'll get back to you if I find something.

Just wanted to add.. I'm having the same issue..

I didn't find anything that could help, sorry.