Game loads to black screen and then stays there. Help!

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:18 pm

When I try to run the game Blood in normal 320X200 resolution, it loads and then goes to a black screen. Nothing happens. It stays in this screen forever. The program doesnt crash or anything, it just doesnt go anywhere. I know the build XP process says run in VESA 640X480 but when I try to do this it just crashes with:

NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction

I need help. Did I lose my way while setting up or whats going on? Really would appreciate any sort of advice.

Please dont make me go back to DOSBox!

Ephemeral Guest · Post by **Ephemeral Guest** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:06 pm

Something's wrong there... You may need to uninstall/reinstall VDMSound. And don't forget to reboot each time. Also note, the official forum for VDMSound is http://vogons.zetafleet.com/

As for the black screen problem, you may try setting files=40 in the file "config.nt". Do a forum search here, if you need further instructions.

Sidious · Post by **Sidious** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:51 am

Follow this recipe:
viewtopic.php?t=548
(Think i better repost the guide with uppercase letters in the subject area!...)

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:36 am

I already tried the "Blood to Perfection" guide and it didnt solve my problem. However, it seems Ive gotten past the NTVDM error. But now when the game attempts to start I just get some jumbled color and crap. Oh, and before you tell me to do anything, I already changed Files to 40.

Sidious · Post by **Sidious** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:28 pm

What kind of hardware do you have?
try downloading an older driver for your graphics card

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:57 pm

Type of hardware?
-NVIDIA Graphics Driver probably version 8.2.0.8 (if thats what youre asking)

Windows XP Media Center Addition is my OS
Anything specific you want?

Where can I get old Drivers anyway?

Sidious · Post by **Sidious** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:58 am

www.nvidia.com
when you get to the downloada page, there should be a hyperlink to old drivers. try this first.

Ephemeral · Post by **Ephemeral** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:38 pm

You could try http://www.nomissoft.com/files/winxpfix.zip which changes your vga.sys driver, as suggested here (Step 3). Sorry, I have never had this error, so I am only guessing. It is a pity that this forum is almost dead...

Sidious · Post by **Sidious** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:38 pm

He's probably already applied the fix...?[/url]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:30 pm

I'm having this exact same problem and nothing on these forums has worked. Has anyone figured it out definatively yet?