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Which issue? Are you sure you paid attention to color of the flickering objects? Or you only checked whether you see these large spots sticking over the whole screen? Did you reset your config after every checkout? Did you rebuild engine from source code? Bisecting with tdm_installer is not prone to such things, that's why I usually start by suggest it. Also, our trunk is not 100% reliable, sometimes it gets broken temporarily.

My interpretation of what I saw, combined with the discussion in this thread, is that Bloom is amplifying a particular problem, spreading invalid colours across the screen in large boxes, but Bloom itself is not the cause of the original invalid values. The invalid colours disappeared when I switched color depth from 64 to 16. Assuming that "64 bit" means "double float" and "16 bit" means "integer", this would be consistent with the appearance of NaNs in some part of the rendering backend. Integer arithmetic does not have NaNs, which would explain why the problem went away.

Are you running TDM windowed? Desktop is sometimes locked to screen refresh.

The engine always supplies the "system textures" in absence of diffuse/normal/specular textures, so should get a black texture, which multiplied by model's vertex color should give black, I guess.

I work on a mod to TDM itself. It is meant to affect all missions and needs a script to execute before the difficulty selection screen (preferred) or at actual mission start (good enough). So is there a canonical way to get my script executed for every map or do i have to search for a rarely updated script in TDM's pk4s and infect it with my code?

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seta g_showBrass "1" seta g_showProjectilePct "0" seta g_showHud "1" seta g_showPlayerShadow "0" seta pm_air_regainingSpeed "4" seta pm_air "1800" seta pm_modelView "0" seta pm_thirdPersonDeath "0" seta pm_thirdPerson "0" seta pm_thirdPersonClip "1" seta pm_thirdPersonAngle "0" seta pm_thirdPersonHeight "0" seta pm_thirdPersonRange "80" seta pm_bobroll "0.0015" seta pm_bobpitch "0.001" seta pm_bobup "0.03" seta pm_runroll "0.003" seta pm_runpitch "0.001" seta pm_runbob "0.35" seta pm_walkbob "0.3" seta pm_crouchbob "0.2" seta pm_bboxwidth "32" seta pm_crouchrate "0.87" seta pm_deadviewheight "10" seta pm_deadheight "20" seta pm_normalviewheight "68" seta pm_normalheight "74" seta pm_crouchviewheight "34" seta pm_crouchheight "38" seta pm_maxviewpitch "89" seta pm_minviewpitch "-89" seta pm_noclipspeed "200" seta pm_walkspeed "70" seta pm_stepsize "16" seta pm_jumpheight "48" seta g_enablePortalSky "2" seta g_showcamerainfo "0" seta g_damageScale "1" seta g_decals "1" seta 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I18N: Found no character remapping for english. I18N: 1277 strings read from strings/english.lang I18N: 'strings/fm/english.lang' not found. Couldn't exec editor.cfg - file does not exist. execing default.cfg Gamepad modifier button assigned to 6 execing Darkmod.cfg execing DarkmodKeybinds.cfg execing DarkmodPadbinds.cfg Gamepad modifier button assigned to 6 Couldn't exec autoexec.cfg - file does not exist. I18N: SetLanguage: 'english'. I18N: Found no character remapping for english. I18N: 1277 strings read from strings/english.lang I18N: 'strings/fm/english.lang' not found. ----- Initializing OpenAL ----- Setup OpenAL device and context OpenAL: found device 'ALSA Default' [ACTIVE] OpenAL: found device 'HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 (CARD=NVidia,DEV=3)' OpenAL: found device 'HDA NVidia, HDMI 1 (CARD=NVidia,DEV=7)' OpenAL: found device 'HDA NVidia, HDMI 2 (CARD=NVidia,DEV=8)' OpenAL: found device 'HDA NVidia, HDMI 3 (CARD=NVidia,DEV=9)' OpenAL: found device 'HDA NVidia, HDMI 4 (CARD=NVidia,DEV=10)' OpenAL: found device 'HDA NVidia, HDMI 5 (CARD=NVidia,DEV=11)' OpenAL: found device 'sof-hda-dsp, (CARD=sofhdadsp,DEV=0)' OpenAL: found device 'sof-hda-dsp, (CARD=sofhdadsp,DEV=1)' OpenAL: found device 'sof-hda-dsp, (CARD=sofhdadsp,DEV=3)' OpenAL: found device 'sof-hda-dsp, (CARD=sofhdadsp,DEV=4)' OpenAL: found device 'sof-hda-dsp, (CARD=sofhdadsp,DEV=5)' OpenAL: device 'ALSA Default' opened successfully OpenAL: HRTF is available OpenAL vendor: OpenAL Community OpenAL renderer: OpenAL Soft OpenAL version: 1.1 ALSOFT 1.19.1 OpenAL: found EFX extension OpenAL: HRTF is enabled (reason: 1 = ALC_HRTF_ENABLED_SOFT) OpenAL: found 256 hardware voices ----- Initializing OpenGL ----- Setup X display connection Using screen 0 of 0x60a2c00 display Initializing OpenGL display Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2 Free86-VidModeExtension Activated at 1920x1080 Chosen visual: 0x021 ...creating GL context: core-fc ...initializing QGL ------- Input Initialization ------- XKB extension: compile time 0x1:0x0, runtime 0x1:0x0: OK XKB extension present on server ( 0x1:0x0 ) ------------------------------------ OpenGL vendor: Intel OpenGL renderer: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) OpenGL version: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.0.3 core Checking required OpenGL features... v - using GL_VERSION_3_3 v - using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc v - using GLX_VERSION_1_4 Checking optional OpenGL extensions... v - using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000 v - using GL_ARB_stencil_texturing v - using GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test v - using GL_ARB_buffer_storage v - using GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect v - using GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding X - GL_ARB_bindless_texture not found X - GL_ARB_compatibility not found v - using GL_KHR_debug Max active texture units in fragment shader: 32 Max combined texture units: 192 Max anti-aliasing samples: 16 Max geometry output vertices: 256 Max geometry output components: 1024 Max vertex attribs: 16 ---------- R_ReloadGLSLPrograms_f ----------- Linking GLSL program cubeMap ... 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WARNING:Compiling shader file stages/interaction/manylight.frag.glsl failed: 0:157(55): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 0:159(61): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:166(35): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:169(41): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:174(15): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 2:128(2): error: `return' with wrong type int, in function `UseShadowMap' retur ning float 0:229(56): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:233(54): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:233(66): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 0:250(71): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 0:262(7): warning: some implementations may not support implicit int -> uint co nversions for `&' operators; consider casting explicitly for portability File indexes: 0 - stages/interaction/manylight.frag.glsl 1 - stages/interaction/manylight.params.glsl 2 - stages/interaction/manylight.shadowmap.glsl WARNING:Failed to attach shader stages/interaction/manylight.frag.glsl to progr am manylight. Linking GLSL program manylight ... Linking GLSL program stencil_shadow ... Linking GLSL program shadow_map ... Font fonts/english/stone in size 12 not found, using size 24 instead. --------- Initializing Game ---------- The Dark Mod 2.09/64, linux-x86_64, code revision 9108 Build date: Feb 3 2021 Initializing event system ...842 event definitions Initializing class hierarchy ...172 classes, 1670528 bytes for event callbacks Initializing scripts ---------- Compile stats ---------- Memory usage: Strings: 47, 7920 bytes Statements: 20610, 824400 bytes Functions: 1274, 170724 bytes Variables: 93240 bytes Mem used: 2121016 bytes Static data: 4014424 bytes Allocated: 5142468 bytes Thread size: 7912 bytes Maximum object size: 884 Largest object type name: weapon_arrow ...6 aas types game initialized. -------------------------------------- Parsing material files Found 0 new mission packages. Found 14 mods in the FM folder. Parsed 14 mission declarations. No 'tdm_mapsequence.txt' file found for the current mod: black_mage -------- Initializing Session -------- Font fonts/english/mason_glow in size 12 not found, using size 48 instead. Font fonts/english/mason_glow in size 24 not found, using size 48 instead. Font fonts/english/mason in size 12 not found, using size 48 instead. Font fonts/english/mason in size 24 not found, using size 48 instead. session initialized -------------------------------------- --- Common Initialization Complete --- ------------- Warnings --------------- during The Dark Mod initialization... WARNING:Compiling shader file stages/interaction/manylight.frag.glsl failed: 0:157(55): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 0:159(61): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:166(35): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:169(41): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:174(15): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 2:128(2): error: `return' with wrong type int, in function `UseShadowMap' retur ning float 0:229(56): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:233(54): warning: `specular' used uninitialized 0:233(66): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 0:250(71): warning: `diffuse' used uninitialized 0:262(7): warning: some implementations may not support implicit int -> uint co nversions for `&' operators; consider casting explicitly for portability File indexes: 0 - stages/interaction/manylight.frag.glsl 1 - stages/interaction/manylight.params.glsl 2 - stages/interaction/manylight.shadowmap.glsl WARNING:Failed to attach shader stages/interaction/manylight.frag.glsl to progr am manylight. WARNING:file sound/tdm_sfx_world.sndshd, line 773: sound 'chime_hour' previousl y defined at sound/black_mage.sndshd:120 WARNING:file sound/tdm_sfx_world.sndshd, line 787: sound 'chime_15' previously defined at sound/black_mage.sndshd:134 WARNING:file sound/tdm_sfx_world.sndshd, line 801: sound 'chime_30' previously defined at sound/black_mage.sndshd:148 WARNING:file sound/tdm_sfx_world.sndshd, line 815: sound 'chime_45' previously defined at sound/black_mage.sndshd:162 WARNING:file sound/tdm_sfx_world.sndshd, line 829: sound 'chime_60' previously defined at sound/black_mage.sndshd:176 WARNING:file sound/video.sndshd, line 12: sound 'main' previously defined at so und/black_mage.sndshd:1 8 warnings pid: 36018 Async thread started Couldn't exec autocommands.cfg - file does not exist. reloading guis/mainmenu.gui. reloading guis/restart.gui. reloading guis/msg.gui. --------- Map Initialization --------- Map: tbm Linking GLSL program ambientEnvironment ... Linking GLSL program HeatHazeWithMaskAndDepth ... ------- Game Map Init SaveGame ------- ---------- Compile stats ---------- Memory usage: Strings: 48, 7960 bytes Statements: 22142, 885680 bytes Functions: 1324, 176644 bytes Variables: 98116 bytes Mem used: 2234368 bytes Static data: 4014424 bytes Allocated: 5194860 bytes Thread size: 7912 bytes collision data: 743 models 89233 vertices (2091 KB) 187358 edges (6586 KB) 96503 polygons (6932 KB) 5170 brushes (762 KB) 35083 nodes (1644 KB) 146356 polygon refs (2286 KB) 28595 brush refs (446 KB) 64253 internal edges 1324 sharp edges 0 contained polygons removed 0 polygons merged 20751 KB total memory used 210 msec to load collision data. map bounds are (10400.0, 8848.0, 5136.0) max clip sector is (325.0, 553.0, 642.0) 24 KB passage memory used to build PVS 2 msec to calculate PVS 122 areas 300 portals 15 areas visible on average 1 KB PVS data [Load AAS] loading maps/tbm.aas48 [Load AAS] loading maps/tbm.aas96 [Load AAS] loading maps/tbm.aas32 done. [Load AAS] loading maps/tbm.aas100 [Load AAS] loading maps/tbm.aas_rat [Load AAS] loading maps/tbm.aas_elemental done. Linking GLSL program heatHazeWithMaskAndDepth ... Linking GLSL program heatHazeWithDepth ... 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Because I fixed the same artifact in totallytubular's shader by clamping to positive values. The only reason a bloom blend would darken the screen is if it were sent negative values or sent positive values so large that they become negative. If clamping cured 90% of the issue in the bloom upsample \ downsample shaders then I say it's worth a shot to try here further at the core of the shader pipeline.

AFAIK The only other shader that can be involved is the fullscreen_tri.vert.glsl shader but clamping the first term in the coordinates results in the render occupying a quarter of the screen.

Nope, still doing it, BUT, different behaviour now. When I hit escape to go back to main menu, then go back in game, the screen corruption is gone. But it still comes back if I look at the windows. @stgatilov

Now @AluminumHaste has the same problem: Get weird screen corruption with it on in Flakebridge Monastery.

I am using (The Dark Mod 2.09 FULL) and i get the black menu with music playing pc spec: AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core. 3.80 Ghz RAM: 6 GB Video card: ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics

I just installed tdm, and I clicked on the exe, when it loaded, the screen is all black, and what I assume is the main menu music is playing, with no video or graphics in the slightest. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

A month later. TDM is still crashing for me. I updated again and at least the type of crash changed. Now the screen cycles through four brands of "black screen" (black, black-grey, black, black-grey) and then the game crashes with the same error message as before (in the above screenshot), except the grey part is only a smaller square in the corner. I'm down because I haven't been able to play lately.

Presumably this part is the problem? If the lighting interaction shader cannot be compiled, a black screen is likely to result.

Also, for some reason it often helps to delete darkmod.cfg after an update, so that you get a new one when you next start TDM. Worth keeping a backup of it in case that doesn't fix the black screen.

Yes, try to update your video drivers. And if there is a darkmod.log in your darkmod folder, we would like to see it. Open the file with notepad and copy its content in this topic. in the following topics, you can find some other pointers: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/search/&q=black screen&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=58

--> techsupport. Dont know. Please select a low screen resolution, like 800X600, set full screen and restart the game. Test if it get on full screen. If so, set the screen resolution and aspect ratio to your taste. Which screenresolution and aspect ratio do you want to select?

Hi, I was wondering why the settings menu for screen resolution has for 4:3 aspect ratio resolution 1280x1024 . This should be 1280x960 . 1280x1024 is aspect ratio 5:4 . If you select 5:4 1280x1024 (this also exists) and restart, it's set to 4:3 1280x1024 and it looks slightly stretched. I tried r_customheight 960 in the console and this made it look better.

Hello, I'm new to the dark mod. I just installed it and I can't select any missions. None show up in the available mission screen even after downloading a couple fan missions. It kinda seems like the missions are there, just invisible. But selecting them and clicking the install mission button only restarted the game and didn't do anything. I tried using different versions of The Dark Mod like 2.09, 2.09a, 2.09b, and the latest 2.10 beta and none of them made a difference. If it matters, my pc specs are AMD Ryzen 5 2500u, Radeon Vega 8 Graphics, 8 GB Ram.

I was finally able to fix my Black Screen problem. I had tried all the solutions listed in this thread but I still wasn't able to get TDM to work without the dreaded Black Screen so I decided to improvise and combine a couple of things that other people had found successful. This is exactly what I did: I renamed my Doom 3 directory to Doom3. Installed the torrent version of TDM and installed the 1.3.1.1304 patch. Launched TDM but didn't install the training mission nor any other mission instead I went directly into the "Settings" and changed my video settings. I then quit the game completely and then relaunched TDM and that's when I encountered the Black Screen so I quit the game (Alt+F4). I then went into my darkmod folder and deleted the "gamex86.dll" file and the "doomconfig.cfg" file. Launched TDM again and it worked fine. Note: I'm not sure if renaming my Doom 3 directory to Doom3 really helped but I noticed that someone else had tried this and I noticed that some of the documentation referenced Doom3 not Doom 3. Additionally, I didn't install the training mission or any other mission because on a previous attempt to fix the Black Screen problem I had installed the training mission to initiate the Black Screen and then I ended up having to delete the training mission and any files associated with that mission in order to get TDM to work. I just found it was simpler to initiate the Black Screen by going directly into the "Settings" and making some video changes. I'd hazard a guess that you could fix the Black Screen problem by just going in and deleting the "gamex86.dll" file and the "doomconfig.cfg" file from your darkmod folder but I'm too tired of messing around with this thing to test out that theory. I hope this information is helpful to someone.

Nevermind, it's always the easiest solution that occurs to one last. I set the windows resolution to 1920x1080, which centers the screen on the 32:9 Samsung and TDM then is also centered with black bars.

Black screen or black window? Perhaps a screenshot of the files in your tdm folder (detailed view with file sizes, etc)

If so, then run the tdm-updater (and click "continue"), apostrophe. (because the updater checks the data for maingamedata-corruption. And if there corruption is detected, the updater downloads the original file) I thought that gray screens are opengl loadingscreens, so an opengl video-issue-thingy. -edit- But as a test I renamed tdm_gui01.pk4 to something else (simulating incomplete download). As result i got a black screen and a "invalid gui" error on top. and if i remove some binary codelines of the zip (simulating data corruption), i get a black screen. So i think still, its a video issue.

I want to cover my whole mission in a light fog but as the topic states, I've got problems with particles, especially flames from torches and chimney smoke when these appear in front of skyportals (caulked face with a portal_sky texture in the same leaf). The particle doesn't render in these places. (Left picture below) I'm using a foglight that covers the whole mission and it have the following properties/spawnargs _color 0.06 0.06 0.06 shaderParm3 2000 textures fogs/delta1_fog Everything is nice and it has got the effect that I'm after, but I cannot see the flames/other particles as I want. It's like the fog gets so thick outside the map that it nulls out the skyportal and messes up the particles in front of it... I have tried to start the shaderParm3 on extremely high numbers and then slowly lowered it, but as I go so far that the fog is visible in the mission, the sky parts are greyed out and the flames disappear when the torch moves in front of the sky...The skybox is outside the fog light btw. As a sidenote, if I use the spawnarg "start_off 1" on the light, the skyportal doesn't work (the sky parts are just plain black). I have to remove the light entity altogether to be able to see the skybox, and a clear sky...but I want fog, dammit!

@duzenko Yup, now the mirror is working, but the shading issue has also reappeared on the silverware (I'm not sure if that is something you've been working on or not): Another thing which I could mention (which is completely unrelated) is that my system mouse cursor is visible and overlayed on top of the game and if I move my mouse in any direction, the camera stops when the cursor reaches the borders of the screen.