Black screen on launch

[divVerent]

Nexuiz 2.0 worked fine on my system, but when I downloaded and tried to run 2.2.2 all I get is a black screen with music.

Maybe the monitor resolution is the problem?

Could very well be... or the refresh rate. Do you have a TFT? Try this: after Nexuiz started, blindly press Shift-Esc and then type:

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vid_refreshrate 60
vid_width 640
vid_height 480
vid_restart

Also try 65, 70, 72 for the refresh rate and try replacing 640 and 480 by the native resolution of your screen.

[Urmel]

Nexuiz isn't that easy to run if you dont have a clue about the hardware you use and if you have too few general computer knowledge..

Don't you mean debug ? I mean ... installation (downloading and unzipping) is the hardest part. For the rest just hit the Nexuiz-SDL or Nexuiz-Glx file and enjoy ...

I mean "run". The easy part ends even in windows XP when your PC is a weak one and you have to tweak the PC, install proper drivers or do some settings in Nexuiz. How easy is that if you don't even know what "VGA" means (no offense to crane, all of us had to start at a time)?

Current commercial games run nice blinky diagnostics software before the first start, showing some traffic lights green yello or red to tell you if your PC is fast enuff.

Debugging btw would require a bug...

[stumblenps]

I tried that -- and I was able to change the settings and restart the video, but I still came up with a blank screen

=(

[divVerent]

When you blindly type quit on the console, does it quit? If it does, try some resolution/frequency combinations.

If nothing else helps, do vid_fullscreen 0 and play in windowed mode. You can use vid_width and vid_height to make the window as large as possible.