Darkest Of Days Black Screen

[PieYumYum]

Basically when i load up my retail bought darkest of days game, it loads to the main menu fine but when i click new game it loads but when it says press any key to play/continue i click and all i get is a black screen with all the audio. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

EDIT: okay heres the error log: CLEARING MESSAGE TRANSLATION TABLE
LOADING MESSAGE TRANSLATION: "base/level/Antietam/AntietamE/AntietamE_benchmark.csv"
Skeleton: cannot load file
Cannot find include file "base/character/voices/zep_dexter.voice"!
Failed to open image 'base/level/Antietam/AntietamE/AntietamE_benchmark_map.tga'
AiConfig: unkown token: MeleeSwingTime
AiConfig: unkown token: 2.4
Sound: cannot open sound file "base/sound/futurevoices/agent/ogan_weapon_systems.wav"!
Cannot load audio file base/sound/futurevoices/agent/ogan_weapon_systems.wav!
Unkown token "CullFactor" found in rig file base/prop/covered_wagon/wagon.rig
Unkown token "2" found in rig file base/prop/covered_wagon/wagon.rig
Cannot find bone Lumbar1_jt for WinceAnimator!
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/coltnavy/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/m7rifle/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/reload.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/staticputaway.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/futurepistol/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/morganjames/animation/melee2.anim


My Specs: Windows 7 pro 64bit
AMD Athlon X4 740 quad core (3.2Ghz)
8GB DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 7700 with 4498mb memory
Please Help, getting really anoyed now

 

[17seconds]

It's a PhysX game, so be sure that PhysX is disabled with your AMD video card.

It also looks like you need to reinstall the game. Did you get it off Steam?

 

[PieYumYum]

It's a PhysX game, so be sure that PhysX is disabled with your AMD video card.

It also looks like you need to reinstall the game. Did you get it off Steam?

No i got it as a cd, and how do you disable phsx?

PS: ive reinstalled it like 5 times.

 

[PieYumYum]

Okay, i thimk ive figured out the reason for the errors, i looked through the folders for the files that couldnt be opened and what do you know, its because those ones werent there|! , i dont know why but this happens with every reinstall and i have no clue on what to do!

 

[17seconds]

You would disable PhysX in the in-game settings.

Do they have a patch you can download and install? Were you able to get the game working?

 

[PieYumYum]

You would disable PhysX in the in-game settings.

Do they have a patch you can download and install? Were you able to get the game working?

I cant disable physx in the ingame settings, i only get the options of low medium and high

And sadly i cant find a patch that will fix it, there was one that fixed what problem i was having but it didnt work for me

 

[cali_mike101]

I'm having the same issue. brnad new 7970 no optiont o lower physx lower than low. This thing is a beast, lowered resolutions tried everything in the menu. No fix. Tried as administrator, compatability mode no dice. Bought mine of steam. Worked with my 5970. Doesnt work at all now. In either case, wish someone would provide good info. this is ridiculous that it wont work anymore.

 

[Michael Andeson]

I just got this game for Christmas (on CD), and it installed fine. However as soon as I tried to play the game I got a black screen with the sound still coming through. I tried uninstalling the game and Physx as well, but to no avail. I even tried downloading Physx directly from Nvidia as I have in the past (and it worked with other games that needed it). One thing of note, before I installed the latest Physx the game would crash, but after it was installed the problem would be the same as before.

File name:
PhysX-9.12.0613-SystemSoftware.msi
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/9.12.0613/PhysX-9.12.0613-SystemSoftware.msi

Even downloading the latest patch for the game did not work, it also did not do anything useful that I could tell.

System Specs:
Core i5 3570K - not OC
Windows 8.1 64 bit
8 GB RAM
Powercolor 7870 - OC (Core Clock 1150 Memory Clock 1250 Core Voltage 1219)

Does anyone have an answer?

 

[Tradesman1]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS, mobo drivers and Win updates

 

[PieYumYum]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS, mobo drivers and Win updates

All is up to date, thank you for the suggestion though, it might help some of the other people here with the same issue.

Any other suggestions?

 

[PieYumYum]

Ive read somewhere that changing your resolution both through the desktop and in-game aswell. Anyone know if this might work?

 

[Tradesman1]

Might run (from the Command Prompt as Administrator) the command CHKDSK /R which will check your hard d rive for errors and correct any it finds, then try reinstalling, the errors look like possibly a corrupt installation

 

[PieYumYum]

Alright il try that tomorrow, il post the results if if it works or not and what it says. Thanks for all the help!

 

[Tradesman1]

No worries, wil;l be in and out, I'll be out in the field a good part of the day

 

[PieYumYum]

No worries, wil;l be in and out, I'll be out in the field a good part of the day

Okay ive done the CHKDSK/R in Command Prompt run as administrator. And i still get the same issue.

EDIT: The benchmark mission now works fine. But this is the error report i get when loading my map on the map editor.

CLEARING MESSAGE TRANSLATION TABLE
Skeleton: cannot load file
Cannot find include file "base/character/voices/zep_dexter.voice"!
CLEARING MESSAGE TRANSLATION TABLE
LOADING MESSAGE TRANSLATION: "base/Tutorial/Test.csv"
Skeleton: cannot load file
Cannot find include file "base/character/voices/zep_dexter.voice"!
Failed to open image 'base/Tutorial/Test_map.tga'
Failed to open image 'base/Tutorial/map.tga'
LOADING MESSAGE TRANSLATION: ".csv"
CLEARING MESSAGE TRANSLATION TABLE

I looked for the files its saying it cant load and i cant find them where their supposed to be. Anyone know why some of the files are not there?

EDIT: If somebody could send me the missing file "zep_dexter.voice" that would be much appreciated also.

 

[Tradesman1]

May need to reinstall

 

[PieYumYum]

May need to reinstall

Have tried to reinstall many times, and the error still persists.

 

[Tradesman1]

Thinking your install copy may be corrupt or missing an update

 

[PieYumYum]

Okay ive tried everything, and now the physx benchmark works perfectly fine. But if i load up new game the screen just goes black and the error log is exactly the same. Any ideas?

EDIT:Heres the error log:

CLEARING MESSAGE TRANSLATION TABLE
LOADING MESSAGE TRANSLATION: "base/level/Antietam/AntietamE/AntietamE_benchmark.csv"
Skeleton: cannot load file
Cannot find include file "base/character/voices/zep_dexter.voice"!
Failed to open image 'base/level/Antietam/AntietamE/AntietamE_benchmark_map.tga'
AiConfig: unkown token: MeleeSwingTime
AiConfig: unkown token: 2.4
Sound: cannot open sound file "base/sound/futurevoices/agent/ogan_weapon_systems.wav"!
Cannot load audio file base/sound/futurevoices/agent/ogan_weapon_systems.wav!
Unkown token "CullFactor" found in rig file base/prop/covered_wagon/wagon.rig
Unkown token "2" found in rig file base/prop/covered_wagon/wagon.rig
Cannot find bone Lumbar1_jt for WinceAnimator!
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find head bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
failed to find marker bone named 'HeadBase_jt'
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/coltnavy/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/m7rifle/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/reload.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/staticputaway.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/futurepistol/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/morganjames/animation/melee2.anim
CLEARING MESSAGE TRANSLATION TABLE
LOADING MESSAGE TRANSLATION: "base/level/lbh/bighorn.csv"
AiConfig: unkown token: WaitsForFire
Sound: cannot open sound file "base/sound/unsorted/soldiers/soldier3/ow4.wav"!
Cannot load audio file base/sound/unsorted/soldiers/soldier3/ow4.wav!
Cannot load audio file base/sound/unsorted/soldiers/soldier3/ow4.wav!
Skeleton: cannot load file
Cannot find include file "base/character/voices/zep_dexter.voice"!
Failed to open image 'base/level/lbh/bighorn_map.tga'
Failed to open image 'base/level/lbh/map.tga'
Cannot find bone Lumbar1_jt for WinceAnimator!
AiConfig: unkown token: MeleeSwingTime
AiConfig: unkown token: 2.4
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/reload.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/henryrifle/animation/staticputaway.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/coltnavy/animation/melee2.anim
KeyFrameAnimator: cant open file base/weapon/smg/animation/melee2.anim
Failed to open image 'base/level/lbh/bighorn_map.tga'
Failed to open image 'base/level/lbh/map.tga'