| Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478116] | 
			Fri, 21 December 2012 14:33   | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						  
						Dave2916
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		Hi 
 
Isolated the problem down to 4.0. After I install it I get a black screen when starting Renegade and a non-responsive program that needs to be shut down via task manager. 
 
It's weird because Renegade always worked fine on this installation so I have tried reinstalling from scratch. Even got 3.4.4 working after replacing the bandtest.dll but still dribbling everywhere sadly. 
 
Any help appreciated. 
 
I would be willing to let a trusted member remote support me if needed. 
 
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478132 is a reply to message #478116] | 
			Sun, 23 December 2012 03:55    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
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		I had this problem too. Turned out to be the latest Nvidia drivers; 306.23 works but with 310.61 or later it just hangs when you start the game.
		
		
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478133 is a reply to message #478132] | 
			Sun, 23 December 2012 04:24    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
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		| Whitedragon wrote on Sun, 23 December 2012 02:55 |   I had this problem too. Turned out to be the latest Nvidia drivers; 306.23 works but with 310.61 or later it just hangs when you start the game.
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Odd, I'm using 310.70 and it's working fine.
		
		
		
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478225 is a reply to message #478223] | 
			Thu, 27 December 2012 07:23    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						  
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		| sterps wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 05:32 |   i can confirm the same thing happens to me... Will there be a fix for this. I don't really want to roll back to 306.23
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this. I don't want to downgrade.
		
		
		
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478228 is a reply to message #478116] | 
			Thu, 27 December 2012 07:49    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
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		Just posting to confirm that it is driver related, as i just recently fresh installed windows.. the newest nvidia drivers are affecting the game from running properly. 
 
Windows 7 (x64) Ultimate 
Nvidia GTX 650 
 
Before installing Renegade i had updated my card to 310.70 then  
Installed Renegade, updated to 1.037 then to latest 4.0, Downloaded some files provided to me by zunnie, included dxsetup,vcredist, and dotnetfx40.. as i kept getting a black screen, he had no clue, so i did the only thing i could, rollback my drivers to 305.57 and voila it worked again!
		
		
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478240 is a reply to message #478229] | 
			Thu, 27 December 2012 20:06    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						  
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		| YazooGang wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 11:26 |   turn on "Antialiasing - FXAA"
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I added a new rule for C&C Renegade and turned on FXAA there. 
Works. Thank you.
		
		
		
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478247 is a reply to message #478238] | 
			Fri, 28 December 2012 06:08    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
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		| saberhawk wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 18:55 |   Windows 7? SP1? What series of card are you using? 
 
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Great, you guys worked around it. Could somebody please provide this information so it can be reproduced and actually fixed?
		
		
		
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478288 is a reply to message #478116] | 
			Sun, 30 December 2012 03:56    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						  
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		AngryC4Killer got the exact same problem after updating his graphics drivers too
		
		
 
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			| Re: Black Screen on 4.0 [message #478585 is a reply to message #478229] | 
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		| YazooGang wrote on Thu, 27 December 2012 11:26 |   I had the same problem with the new driver but I managed to find the solution. You have to go to NVIDIA Control Panel and turn on "Antialiasing - FXAA" 
It worked for me and I believe it should work for all of you as well. 
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Doesn't work for me. 
		
		
		
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