TDU - Infinite black screen? (FIXED; Realtek software issue. Spread the word!)

[YaGottaHelpMeMan]

 

So, I attempted and installed TDU on my PC. I used an appropriate crack to remove the DRM, and am faced with this issue.

The screen immediately turns to black without the intro playing at all, and stays that way indefinitely. I have to somehow dig my way through task manager without looking at it to end this task since I can't alt-tab out of this.

Of all the bugs that TDU has with Windows 10, I don't see anything about this!

Anyone know what's going on?

EDIT: I FIXED IT. IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH REALTEK.

THIS WILL BE HELPFUL TO EVERYONE WHO IS USING A PC WITH REALTEK AUDIO DRIVERS. TELL EVERYONE THIS FIX IF THEY FACE THIS STRANGE ISSUE.

So, if you use a motherboard that uses Realtek as its on-board audio,

first of all, avoid getting one with Realtek ever again as many games including Hotline Miami and Katana Zero hate Realtek,

and second of all, the problem lies in your audio output.

When you change your volume, you will face the option of picking out several audio outputs. CHOOSE THE "Realtek HD Audio 2 Output" OPTION.

That is usually the computer's default audio output. TDU only recognizes this and will refuse to budge if it doesn't detect it.

If that doesn't work, try the other output options. I'm sure you're bound to find the correct option.

Hope this fix helps you out.

p.s. just ignore the music if you'd like

Edited June 10, 2019 by YaGottaHelpMeMan
I found a fix!

[artjom_09]

dont have this

 

[MaksutBaba]

Dude you are amazing.My realtek microphone was killing the game over an year!! Thank you

[SDX]

The description is crazy, but he is 100% right - I was constantly being thrown out of fullscreen on launch which also breaks the rendering and makes the game unusable until I:

1. Opened Windows 11 System ==> Sound settings
2. Selected unused audio playback devices (Realtek Digital output) and chose "Don't Allow" to use this device for audio.
3. Now I can actually run TDU1 in fullscreen and got the game working without Windowed mode which so far did not work so well

 This should be added to FAQ on how to get TDU1 running on modern PCs.

Edited April 17 by SDX

[BOHRDA]

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