Need For Speed Shift Black Screen fix
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Maus0r




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Location: Manchester
PostPosted: Sun, 20th Sep 2009 01:21    Post subject: Need For Speed Shift Black Screen fix
For those getting the 'Black Screen' crash.

After trying everything under the sun to fix this, I finally may have found the solution. If it doesn't work for you then don't shoot the messenger, I can only tell you that I have been in and out of the game three times and done at least 2 races each time without a crash.

X2-4400, 3GB DDR400, 9800GT 512, Win7 x64

Just copy and paste over the GraphicsConfig.xml in your My Documents folder. I haven't changed any of the settings whilst in-game though, so if anyone does and it stays stable, let us know.

Edit to add: I changed the resolution to 1280x1024 instead of 720 without a problem, it still worked.

Found on the NFS SHift EA forums.

Quote:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Reflection>
<class name="BRTTIRefCount" base="root class" />
<class name="BPersistent" base="BRTTIRefCount">
<prop name="Name" type="String" />
</class>
<class name="GraphicConfigData" base="BPersistent">
<prop name="Mode" type="Fct" />
<prop name="Vsync" type="Fct" />
<prop name="Windowed" type="Fct" />
<prop name="TextureFilter" type="Fct" />
<prop name="TextureResolution" type="Fct" />
<prop name="Brightness" type="Fct" />
<prop name="CarDetailLevel" type="Fct" />
<prop name="TrackDetailLevel" type="Fct" />
<prop name="ShadowDetailLevel" type="Fct" />
<prop name="MotionblurLevel" type="Fct" />
<prop name="EffectsDetailLevel" type="Fct" />
</class>
<data class="GraphicConfigData" id="0xBB11E0">
<prop name="Name" data="" />
<prop name="Mode" adapter="0" width="1280" height="720" antialias="0" refresh="60" />
<prop name="Vsync" vsync="1" />
<prop name="Windowed" windowed="0" />
<prop name="TextureFilter" texturefilter="1" />
<prop name="TextureResolution" textureresolution="2" />
<prop name="Brightness" brightness="10" />
<prop name="CarDetailLevel" cardetaillevel="2" />
<prop name="TrackDetailLevel" trackdetaillevel="2" />
<prop name="ShadowDetailLevel" shadowdetaillevel="2" />
<prop name="MotionblurLevel" motionblurLevel="3" />
<prop name="EffectsDetailLevel" effectsdetaillevel="2" />
</data>
</Reflection>


Good Luck!


Last edited by Maus0r on Sun, 20th Sep 2009 03:51; edited 1 time in total
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morgan2468




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PostPosted: Sun, 20th Sep 2009 03:11    Post subject:
Works for me Smile thanks for the post


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Soul_Caster




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PostPosted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 19:45    Post subject:
thx man! I let a couple of friends know. ill tell you if it works or not
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Soul_Caster




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PostPosted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 20:54    Post subject:
this helped a couple of friends. some other didnt even manage to let the game start once, so they dont have the NFSS folder on my docs and the relative file


Yes IW can
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specz




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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Sep 2009 03:34    Post subject:
If you have the issue, try to Run the game under compatibility mode for Windows 98. that should solve the issue Smile
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Soul_Caster




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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Sep 2009 12:21    Post subject:
hi specz, thanks. but will this work only with w98?


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specz




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PostPosted: Sat, 3rd Oct 2009 07:34    Post subject:
Well, Since the people who had the issue had XP, win 98 mode solved it for them. Vista and Win 7 might be a bit different but compatibility mode should solve it.
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