Black Screen of Death

Rishi · Post by **Rishi** » Sat May 17, 2003 8:55 am

I've checked Technical FAQ and a problem looked like this but those thigs were in order..... I searched the boards and I couldn't find an answer
Well anyway when I try to log-in my screen turns totally black and I can only move my mouse.... In a different post It says that it might be cause the server was down however.. People were online.And then could it be cause my account hasn't been activated yet?

Gro'bul · Post by **Gro'bul** » Sat May 17, 2003 9:46 am

does your screen turn off? try using the previous version of your gfx driver.

Rishi · Post by **Rishi** » Sat May 17, 2003 10:03 am

No it doesn't turn off,I just turns black (same as when it's off).However I can still use my mouse but there's no point cause I can't do anything...

Hermie · Post by **Hermie** » Sat May 17, 2003 12:41 pm

If you press alt and the mouse-representative-thingy turns into a wand, that is because the server has crashed, generally.

Rishi · Post by **Rishi** » Sat May 17, 2003 2:20 pm

Ok nice one to remember
I'll try it out too

Sir Gannon · Post by **Sir Gannon** » Sat May 17, 2003 6:23 pm

Well I used to have this problem sometimes. For me running norton system check would fix it. It had something to do with my active x controlers. Also SOMETIMES just restarting your machine would fix it to.

Rishi · Post by **Rishi** » Sat May 17, 2003 7:58 pm

Okay,I'll wait till my account if activated... Or atleast if my answers were fine

Adano Eles · Post by **Adano Eles** » Sat May 17, 2003 8:21 pm

If the server is down, you might still see the status line say "online" because there is a certain time gap between the status checks. If the server goes down right after one check, the site won't tell it until the next one.

I understand that you did already check if your client is unpacked correctly and launch it from the executable itself, not a self-made shortcut. Then the only reason for such behaviour I know of is that the server was really down when you tried to log in.

Shi'voc · Post by **Shi'voc** » Sat May 17, 2003 11:10 pm

simple question adano... when was the last server crash?

afaik the last server crash is nearly a month ago...

Gro'bul · Post by **Gro'bul** » Sat May 17, 2003 11:36 pm

you dont know if your account has been accepted yet?!?!?!?!

you cant log in till your accepted, and then you wait till shi'voc does something, then you can play.

Rishi · Post by **Rishi** » Sun May 18, 2003 1:48 pm

I know,
I just wanted to know if Illarion would even work......

And I know why it the screen stays black for such a long time.......
It has to check if my account was activated yet.......

Prophetos · Post by **Prophetos** » Wed May 21, 2003 1:25 am

So your sayin if there is a black screen and all the files are there and your not using a shortcut this means it is because you cant log in until you have been accepted? So when I get accepted the black screen will go away? Cause all I can see is my mouse. Do you have to have a graphics card accelerater or does any basic video card work like on tibia or runescape or astonia or is it like everquest?

Neonfire · Post by **Neonfire** » Wed May 21, 2003 5:44 am

Any basic video card should work. But it must support DirectX.

Rishi · Post by **Rishi** » Wed May 21, 2003 2:36 pm

Well my screen is black and I can only see my mouse and move it around a bit...However I used to be able to log-in but that's not working anymore too.My screen stays black now until I shut Illarion..... I think mycard is compatible with DX seeing I managed to log in a few times however I couldn't move or anything

Delakaniam · Post by **Delakaniam** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 4:15 am

Egh.....*whimpers at thought of asking stupid question*

Okay, I have a similar situation. Black screen once I log into Illarion, and all I can see is the mouse cursor. It moves, yeah, but that doesn't do anything. And when I push ctrl + alt + del, it shows up saying Illarion client is not responding. I have DirectX, and I'm pretty sure my video card is fine for it. Also, I'm running on Windows98.

Rynt · Post by **Rynt** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:23 am

I'm running windows 98 and it's fine with me. Is your graphics card From Nvidia?

Adano Eles · Post by **Adano Eles** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:52 am

Happens to me too, from time to time... No idea why, just try to log in again and it should work. It's maybe some "undocumented feature" which happens on certain hardware/ software combinations.

Artemes3K5 · Post by **Artemes3K5** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 8:09 pm

I have a similar problem as well...when i log on i get a black screen where i should see my player(i am guessing) but i see the games frame and mouse...any sugestions? I have win98 and directX and my vid card is pretty well up to date...not sure of the name though

...uumm...nivida I think...and my DirectX version is 9.0

Rishi · Post by **Rishi** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:26 pm

I need directx 8.0a that's why it's doing this and why I can't play at all.My gfx card is to sucky

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