v 4.3 Black Screen, Normal Sounds/Controls

[snpower 16]

After updating to v4.3 I happen to be performing an update to my nVidia GTX 1080 driver when I noticed p3d still running in the background. After completion I shut the sim down and relaunched... there is no aircraft rendered in the startup screen and after selections are made and the sim loads all I see is black. Sound is there, and I can hear throttle/flap sounds.

First thing I did was roll back my video driver.

Then I deleted my P3D.cfg, scenery.cfg, and dll.xml files. I also used the shortcut to deleted all generated files. Nothing.

I uninstalled P3D and re-installed V 4.2. Still nothing - no change.

Next I deleted the following and restarted:

C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4
C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4
C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4

Re-installed to V4.3... no change!!

Windows 10 64 bit, nVidia GTX 1080

Edited June 28, 2018 by snpower

[tutmeister 695]

How long did you leave it? It may feel like minutes but how long was it really? Time it and wait a good few minutes. Mine does exactly the same thing and I binned it off each time, it is very frustrating as it didn't used to. This is on a fast M2 ssd too.

Chris

[snpower 16]

Ahhh 5+ minutes. I'll wind my watch, go do something for 20 or so and check back. But... I'm skeptical.

[snpower 16]

I think something is just plain wrong.

[snpower 16]

So all is back to normal now. All I am aware that I did was delete the program shortcut off of the desktop and launch from the program's folder directly. Odd, but satisfying to be back up and running.

[Damian Rakoczy 0]

On 6/29/2018 at 3:11 AM, snpower said:

So all is back to normal now. All I am aware that I did was delete the program shortcut off of the desktop and launch from the program's folder directly. Odd, but satisfying to be back up and running.

I have the same problem but never finded a way to fix it. I was sitting here 12 hours yesterday and no fix ;(. Could you tell me how you did fix it ?

 

[Damian Rakoczy 0]

I realize that man need to run with admin powers the game or its pitch black.

[Bill Alderson 24]

On 6/28/2018 at 8:11 PM, snpower said:

So all is back to normal now. All I am aware that I did was delete the program shortcut off of the desktop and launch from the program's folder directly. Odd, but satisfying to be back up and running.

Same problem.  I tried launching from the program's folder and still no joy.  I don't have the most powerful system in the world but 4.2 worked just fine.  

Ya know, if it wasn't for the Maddog and the Q400, I would gladly chuck this thing in a New York minute and run X-Plane 11 exclusively.  I may end up doing that anyway. This is way more trouble than it's worth. 😠

Edited July 1, 2018 by Bill Alderson

[bnesbitt0 3]

I know this is an old post but I figured I would chime in as I just had the same thing happen. If you have multiple displays,check to see if it loaded the scenario onto a display other than the one you expected. Sometimes I only turn one display on depending on the plane I'm flying. I turned on the other one just for the heck of it an lo 'N Behold. There she was.