Black Screen during loading files no error found....

[Faquirbleu]

Right after i launch the game i see nothing but a black screen during the loading files (i only see the Hourglass and the gauntlet) when the files is finished to load i still see the black screen ,also the game(CK2EXE) use around like 850k to 1000k memory ,then 2 min later after loading the files suddenly it drop to 22 k(ck2exe) but when i check window task manager it looks like the Memory usage CK2Exe is still up to 850k to 1000k.

my Pc is old but enough to play CK2

[systemsettings.cpp:180]: System memory: 2048MB
[systemsettings.cpp:182]: CPU speed: 2299MHz
[systemsettings.cpp:189]: Number of processors: 2
[systemsettings.cpp:200]: CPU type: x86
[systemsettings.cpp:232]: OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build: 2600
[gfx_settings.cpp:54]: Graphic Adapters:
[gfx_settings.cpp:59]: 0: ATI Radeon 2100
[gfx_settings.cpp:76]: Checking for multi-sampling support:
[gfx_settings.cpp:87]: 2 samples supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:87]: 4 samples supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:87]: 6 samples supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:102]: Using Adapter [0]:
[gfx_settings.cpp:108]: Succeeded to create a device [D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING].
[gfx_settings.cpp:150]: Graphics device: ATI Radeon 2100
[gfx_settings.cpp:151]: Graphics driver: ati2dvag.dll
[gfx_settings.cpp:156]: Driver version: 6925
[gfx_settings.cpp:173]:


Dumping all gfx info:
DeviceIdentifier: {D7B71EE2-3A2E-11CF-9868-5F21A1C2CB35}
VendorId: 4098
DeviceId: 31086
SubSysId: 22351909
Revision: 0
DriverVersion.HighPart: 393230
DriverVersion.LowPart: 662285


[gfx_settings.cpp:223]: Instancing supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:241]: Video memory amount: 1342MB
[gfx_settings.cpp:244]: Support for T&L found.
[gfx_settings.cpp:247]: MaxSimultaneousTextures: 8
[gfx_settings.cpp:248]: MaxVertexBlendMatrices: 4
[gfx_settings.cpp:249]: MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex: 0
[gfx_settings.cpp:251]: MaxSimultaneousTextures: 8
[gfx_settings.cpp:252]: MaxTextureBlendStages: 8
[gfx_settings.cpp:253]: Support for Anisotropic filtering found.
[gfx_settings.cpp:256]: Max Anisotropic filtering: 16
[gfx_settings.cpp:257]: Anisotropic filtering set to: 0
[gfx_settings.cpp:261]: Vertex Shader version: 2.0
[gfx_settings.cpp:266]: Pixel Shader version: 2.0
[main.cpp:411]: CK2 Version Feb 16 2012 : 15:15:43
[internationalizedtext.cpp:1244]: Create table
[internationalizedtext.cpp:1246]: Create text database
[graphicssettings.cpp:624]: Not using multisampling.
[graphics.cpp:151]: Creating device with: HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING
Fullscreen=yes
RefreshRate=60
Resolution=1024x768
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1024 768 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1024 768 70
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1024 768 72
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1024 768 75
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1152 864 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1152 864 70
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1152 864 75
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 768 56
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 768 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 768 75
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 960 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 960 70
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 960 72
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 960 75
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 1024 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 1024 70
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 1024 75
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1440 900 60
[graphics.cpp:190]: Done creating device.
[graphics.cpp:1783]: Used video memory before alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1826]: Used video memory after alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1783]: Used video memory before alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1826]: Used video memory after alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1783]: Used video memory before alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1826]: Used video memory after alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1783]: Used video memory before alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1826]: Used video memory after alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1783]: Used video memory before alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1826]: Used video memory after alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1783]: Used video memory before alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1826]: Used video memory after alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1783]: Used video memory before alt tab:
[graphics.cpp:1826]: Used video memory after alt tab:


[ck_application.cpp:770]: Checksum is CK2 v1.03b (KUMH) 2008970402


[provincetemplate.cpp:251]: Province 0 has invalid origin
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:1802]: Invalid port location for province 1, center at 136,215, port location at 126.000, 277.000

gui=
{
language=l_english 'NOTE' there something not right in the language each time relaunch the game it give me random language
has_set_language=yes
}
graphics=
{
size=
{
x=1024
y=768
}

refreshRate=60
fullScreen=yes
shadows=no
shadowSize=2048
multi_sampling=0
anisotropic_filtering=0
gamma=50.000000
}
sound_fx_volume=100.000000
music_volume=100.000000
scroll_speed=50.000000
camera_rotation_speed=50.000000
zoom_speed=50.000000
mouse_speed=50.000000
master_volume=100.000000
ambient_volume=50.000000
mapRenderingOptions=
{
draw_terrain=yes
draw_water=yes
draw_borders=yes
draw_trees=yes
draw_rivers=yes
draw_postfx=yes
draw_sky=yes
draw_bloom=no
draw_tooltips=yes
draw_hires_terrain=no
draw_citysprawl=yes
}
camera_speed=50.000000
camera_tilt=100.000000
centered_zoom_in=yes
lastplayer=""
lasthost=""
serveradress="diplomacy.valkyrienet.com"
autosave="YEARLY"
difficulty="NORMAL"
outliner=
{
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 }
outliner_open=no
windowmovetime=0.200000
disable_wikipedia_links=no
hints=yes

Plz can you help me

 

[AndrewT]

I see a similar thing trying to run 1.03b in an XP guest under VMware Fusion on my Mac (oddly 1.02b was OK in this respect). In my case I see the introductory graphics OK, but the game map itself is utterly black. I'm pretty sure this is due to your integrated video chipset.

 

[shostakov]

I get the same thing and was told it's because CK2 requires shader model 3.0 but the integrated video card only supports shader model 2.0. Paradox released a legacy mode update for Sengoku that lowers the graphics requirements, and they said they'd do the same for CK2 but it might take a while.

Any word on the legacy mode patch devs?

 

[NuberT]

same for me on my notebook with radeon xpress 1100 - so its the shader model..

 

[AndrewT]

Yes, I've since had it confirmed that CK2 requires both Vertexshader and Pixelshader to be 3.0 .