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Black Screen When Loading Game(1)Category: Technical SupportJanuary-18-2016 10:28 AM PST (7 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Hi, I keep getting a black screen and can only see my arrow. I can hear the game in the background, but nothing loads. I saw something about vsync, but I can't seem to find it. Can someone help me? Instructions say go to game menu, hit options, and check vsync. I went to the game menu, and hit the option button but I do not see the vsync. Someone please help!!!
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Black Screen When Loading Game(9)January-18-2016 11:08 AM PST (7 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Jacob429,

Could you please post some information about your computer? You can find this information in the Direct X Diagnostic Tool:

Click on Start
Click on Run
Type in: dxdiag (In Vista, type dxdiag in the search field)
Hit Enter or OK

Click on the Save All Information button at the bottom, and create a dxdiag text file, and copy and paste it ALL here.

Could you also post your D3Prefs.txt file? It's located in the My Documents\Diablo III folder.

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Black Screen When Loading Game(11)January-18-2016 11:23 AM PST (7 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Jacob429,

I see you mentioned having done it already but could you do it again so both vsync and windowed mode are enabled at the same time?

To do that, edit the D3Prefs.txt file.

Change

DisplayModeWindowMode "0"

to

DisplayModeWindowMode "1"

Save, exit, and retest the game.

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Black Screen When Loading Game(13)January-18-2016 11:32 AM PST (7 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Jacob429,

Can you post your D3Debug.txt file? It's located in the main Diablo III game folder.

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Black Screen When Loading Game(15)January-18-2016 11:51 AM PST (7 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
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Jacob429,

All right, I normally don't recommend this but could you uninstall and reinstall the game next? I ask due to another user with the same issue I was helping the other day. We never figured out the cause but after he reinstalled, it worked ok for him.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/20420603107

*update - before reinstalling, see if there are two files in your game folder with the names:

atiumd64.dll
atiumdag.dll

If they're present, delete them and retest.

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