Black Screen upon launching the client:
Users have reported experiencing a black screen upon launching the client. Details we are looking for specific to this issue are the following:
Do you hear any game audio? ------ No
Are you able to interact with the Main Menu blindly and load a save to get past the black screen? ------- No
Is this current patch the first time you've encountered this issue? ------- Yes
If you've encountered this issue on a previous patch version(s) and this is still occurring, which patch version(s) have you had this issue occur on? -------- Never occurred before
Is your OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) up to date? ---------- Yes --Windows 10
Are your graphics drivers up to date? Yes
Very similar to the user above's experience. Loading the game would cause my PC to lock up and require a Hard Reboot to operate normally again. Eventually when I attempted to launch the game I was just met with the black screen. I tried verifying the game cache files and preformed two reinstalls.
I own the game through Steam.
Edit: The fix that Achilles linked above also worked for me. Thank goodness I am so glad that there are helpful people out there way more knowledgeable than I. Hopefully the Devs can sort all this out because it has been a real turn off.
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