Fix at bottom of thread.
Hi all. Tried to load Odyssey for the first time today, but all that happened was I got a black screen. A google search revealed two other players have had the same problem with Odyssey (and one other who had it with the alpha) - see bottom of this thread: Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/mgfg0n/black_screen_game_wont_launch_help/
But no solutions were posted in the thread.
So far, I've tried updating my graphics driver and checking I had up to date DirectX. Also tried restarting laptop, obviously. My system exceeds the recommended spec in all areas (Intel i710750H, GTX 1650) apart from RAM (which is 8GB) and matches the minimum spec so definitely should be allowing me to load. I'm running Odyssey through Steam. Horizons loads absolutely fine.
Obviously, this is completely stopping me from playing. Any advice on next steps would be much appreciated.
Edit with fix:
So in case anyone stumbles on this with the same problem. The fix was to right click on game in Steam, select properties, then local files and then get steam to "verify" the installation files. I'm in!
Hi all. Tried to load Odyssey for the first time today, but all that happened was I got a black screen. A google search revealed two other players have had the same problem with Odyssey (and one other who had it with the alpha) - see bottom of this thread: Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/mgfg0n/black_screen_game_wont_launch_help/
But no solutions were posted in the thread.
So far, I've tried updating my graphics driver and checking I had up to date DirectX. Also tried restarting laptop, obviously. My system exceeds the recommended spec in all areas (Intel i710750H, GTX 1650) apart from RAM (which is 8GB) and matches the minimum spec so definitely should be allowing me to load. I'm running Odyssey through Steam. Horizons loads absolutely fine.
Obviously, this is completely stopping me from playing. Any advice on next steps would be much appreciated.
Edit with fix:
So in case anyone stumbles on this with the same problem. The fix was to right click on game in Steam, select properties, then local files and then get steam to "verify" the installation files. I'm in!
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