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cashiimo

22 Apr, 2014 @ 8:14am

NS2 loading to black screen,

I bought NS2 some time ago, and was able to play it fine. for 31 minutes.
then i did not play for a while due to personal issues, and decided to reinstall again today.

I went through all the usual, the update, the long loading screen, aaaaand then a black screen.
I read online that they fixed this issue half a year ago, but apparently not.

i have tried so far:
deleting appdata
update directx
validate gamefiles.

I'm currently trying to reinstall the game to see if that works. If and when this fails, i could use some advice. Anybody in the same situation are of course free to chime in, the more we are, the more obvious the problem appear.

EDIT: just reinstalled it, it still does NOT work.

Last edited by IronHorse; 22 Apr, 2014 @ 9:35pm

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IronHorse [developer] 22 Apr, 2014 @ 9:34pm

Check your system_options.xml file located in your hidden %appdata%/Natural Selection2/ folder.
Ensure that this line says directx9 like so:
<device>D3D9</device>

IF that doesn't solve your issue, then you need to go make a tech support thread in our official forums. http://forums.unknownworlds.com/categories/technical-support
after reading this post: http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/131384/how-to-make-a-good-tech-support-post#latest