alpenjodler Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Sometimes when I just scroll through my platforms or enter/leave a platform, everything will turn black. I can still hear the sound of the video but I can't see anything. If I then enter a platform, everything might either show for that platform again, or not edit: 37k games might be an issue. cpu is i7 16gb ram, 4gb ram cache edit2: sometimes it's just that a video doesn't play. Going up and down does not fix it, leaving the platform and reentering does fix it. Is there some way to turn on logging? Edited January 31, 2017 by alpenjodler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I would try updating all of your drivers first, and see if that could be it. Use IOBits Driver Booster and let it update your drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I am going to disagree with Brad here, only ever get your drivers from the official site. DO NOT USE A THIRD PARTY PROGRAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I've used it for 7 years and it's worked flawlessly each time, and shows how many devices really do need updating. It's perfectly capable and fine. I've been recommending it here for over a year, and no ones had issues with it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 ok fine I wouldn't use a third party myself but each to there own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpenjodler Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) Hi, I tried that program after seeing you recommend it in another thread and it did update a lot of drivers but I still had stuff not showing up after updating. But I think it's really only a caching issue. When I close bigbox and start it again, the game showing the black screen will work. I'll set attract mode to the fastest setting there is and leave it running while I'm at work. That should do a ton of caching ^^ edit: I think this won't be the most productive day at work since I have to peak at my remote desktop all the time. But it seems to work: when I left home I had some black games already but now everything shows. I request an auto-cache mode and it shall be called "Gotta cache them all" edit2: nah, it was all black when I got home. Then I pressed cancel so I was back in platforms, there it showed something. Cancel again for option-menu-stuff => black Is there any way to turn on logging so I might get an idea about might be the issue? I started removing some duplicates but... Edited February 2, 2017 by alpenjodler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpenjodler Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) well, the caching did something... now I can't control bigbox at all anymore. Is it possible to create single system bigbox installations so I can remove the really big systems, amiga and c64 into seperate bigbox installations? I removed those two systems and disabled all fade effects and I have not seen the bug again, yet... Again my original question: Is there a way to enable logging so I might get an idea what pains my poor setup? Edited February 2, 2017 by alpenjodler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyspare Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I am having a black screen issue as well. I changed the transitions options to random, now every other screen is blank. I can hear sounds but cant see anything. once i hit the back button i am back to the main options page, or i have to hit forward and go into a platform/games page to see anything. I am going to attempt tp use my bartop menu to "blindly" scroll through my desktop BB and reset the transitions to fade. I will post an update in a few if it works or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyspare Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 So. I had to put the transitions back to fade. I had switched it so only the screen transition was on Explosion, but that still didnt work. Once I put the transitions back to simple fade everythng is ok again. guess its fade only for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deejus679 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I've been experiencing the exact same thing, which is probably I hadn't used bigbox for a while now. I was glad to see that switching transitions to fade provided a solution. Thanks for the insight Dyspare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vcelestino Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Any update from community? Still experiencing this in 9.0. Thoughts? Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rellikfolla Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I am also experiencing the same issue.. I'm in the process of trying to figure out what is causing it... I'm guessing its either a theme issue or a transition issue.. If anyone knows the solution please let me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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