Visual bug that blacks out screen, disappears after a while

[steep temple]

Is there any way to combat this bug?
Reddit thread here that describes the issue (not my post)
https://www.reddit.com/r/GTFO/comments/vustkl/odd_visual_glitch_that_blacked_out_screen/

It only persists in game, menu etc looks fine

[crude merlin]

well as the own reddit post ways
Hard to say for sure, but this is probably the on-screen liquid system bugging out. If it is, it will usually go away after a while.

[steep temple]

Granted, but so far it has made me waste a couple hours due to failed runs

[crude merlin]

well i searched a bit
this is all, speculatory since obv we cant know all the specifics of the game, but what fps do u usually have?

[steep temple]

There is nothing wrong with my specs

Ive tried on multiple graphics settings as well

[crude merlin]

... uh no its cause i saw that maybe infinite fps option could trigger it
but its just speculative- i have no idea it just comes and goes sometimes

[steep temple]

I have my FPS capped at 60 or 100 or whatever

[vestal pebble]

i've had this 3-4 times in the last 1,5 years or so, there has been numerous bugreports and whatnot about it.. usually it begins shortly after getting splattered by any liquid, blood or spitters or disinfects. vsync or fps-cap might be one reason, ran without either for the longest time and never had this, once i vsynced / capped it started happening again

[steep temple]

im getting this bug at least once per run, tried with and without v-sync and several other settings

[dusty salmon]

Purple

[steep temple]

same thing different color. 100% the liquid

[green nymph]

Just had my screen black out almost completely as well. Took a few minutes to disappear. I also tried to change from windowed -> full screen -> windowed thinking it may help but a lot of elements disappeared like team names, item prompts, pings from players and biotrackers (2nd image) but there are these tiny white dots and the red ping circle that go around a tinier rectangle (3rd image)

[solid vault]

agree with the aboves. Here is my full current totally up-to-date clean game, all the graphical glitches mentioned above I experienced it before R4, and experiencing now too. Rectangles black screens, weird water bubbles, here is my video with 3 different timestamp on the problem (its in the description too) :
https://youtu.be/1SteFMvlBuE?t=1320 it should be fixed by now or idk... maybe need to ask the modders to look at it? coz this thing persist since long time. :/

[zenith nebula]

had this issue as well today. starts off as a little black speck and then it engulfs my screen. wasn't aware waiting a bit makes it go away but i waited for about 5 minutes and nothing changed. this never was a problem when i turned on VSync about 4 months ago. but after today it happened once.

[lavish galleon]

Workaround: spam tab or use disinfection. Or look away in another direction.

[worldly gazelle]

Using disinfection either doesn’t work or makes everything blue.

[grand gull]

Just had this too.
(Also a bot YEETED the quest item during the final running away sequence and I had no idea)

[wicked dew]

Bots can’t pick up items in combat right now, it’s a bug

[grand gull]

Ah good to know. Thank you

[boreal venture]

was hacking lock and suddenly become this

[crude merlin]

spam tab it should go away in a couple mins

[grand gull]

good to know for the future

[small falcon]

spam tabbing it away shouldnt be the resolution, Please fix your game 13chambers my squad just wiped after a 2 and a half hour run because of this glitch thats been reported back 3 fucking years

@wicked dew is there a known fix for this or are we just abandoned when it comes to run destroying bugs??

[wicked dew]

Idk why I’m being pinged, I’m just a discord mod. That bug is a temporary one too, shouldn’t be a problem

[small falcon]

in D levels 5 minutes of a completely blacked out screen with a permanent alarm 2 and a half hours in its 100% a problem

good to know the perspective of a run breaking bug tho "its temporary not our problem"

i understand you have no part in the issue im just upset and i wanted to get mad at someone. i still think its a problem that needs attention

ive encountered this specific bug about 4 times in the last week all lasting 5-10 minutes

[crude merlin]

yeah it's not really our problem we aren't devs
we don't work in the game, nor mods nor admins
i'm sorry u got the rng, i've heard maybe vsync or unlimited frames can also make it appear more often
it is a problem that obv needs to b fixed

but don't take the anger out with other people

that's just- they aren't the ones to blame

[small falcon]

i apologize it was out of line

3 hours wasted kinda threw me off the edge. do you cap at 60fps?

my config was vsync on frams capped at 175fps

[crude merlin]

um yeah but i dont think its cappin at like a certain range its just unlimited frames
but maybs the vsync can have somethin to do, u can try maybs deactivatin a few runs, its rng but idk maybs it works a lil better

[full briar]

honestly seems weird I don’t get this bug at all and bread gets it a lot we play about the same amount. Maybe it is hardware related?

[wicked dew]

Honestly idk what causes it, I said the same thing and then 2 weeks later it happened to me

Don’t think it’s hardware

[full briar]

I mean maybe not but I play a decent amount and haven’t seen it

[wicked dew]

Yeah ig so

[full briar]

Idk

Feels like we could find a constant set up

I need to start a survey first i just need more information

[wicked dew]

it happened to me recently, was on R4B1 in the reactor hold area, and I got a bubble on the right side of my screen that I stopped by tab spamming

[full briar]

Like the liquid orb

Is that related

[wicked dew]

No idea, probably

[grand gull]

I have noticed twice it has happened when I was looking at a terminal

Idk if that helps

[timber hollow]

I only started getting this when I increased every video option from low/lowest to the medium/high mix I have now

Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but if it's indeed related to how the liquid drip effect on mask works, maybe putting effects on the lowest possible does prevent that from happening?

[full briar]

Kinda makes sense I do be on ultra lowest and haven’t seen it

Maybe that is it but we still need a set up that makes it happen

Constantly

[languid pivot]

I can understand how it seems like we don't care about fixing the bug since it's been happening for so long. However, this is actually an extremely difficult bug to fix and even happens in other games. We've actually fixed more than a few instances of this happening throughout the years.

The difficulty in fixing this comes from how hard it is to reproduce which means we can't verify a fix, and can only guess at where we think the bug might be with rendering the visuals, which could introduce other bugs or unintended change if we're only guessing at a fix.

The circumstances for the bug to manifest is a combination of hardware like graphics card, GPU drivers, code, and the specific area you are looking at when it happens (since your GPU is trying to render that frame).

[wicked dew]

i can try to find logs of the one time it happened to me recently

[full briar]

Honestly I think video clips of it happening with hardware specs in the meta data will be better

Maybe I am wrong but if it was just in the logs I feel like someone would have already hunted this one

[grand gull]

At the risk of baiting new mechanics maybe make a button to "wipe" your visor?

[worn isle]

I second this. other games I've played have a one time use command that can reposition your player model in case the player model gets stuck in a wall or outside the map.

perhaps there is a command similar to that which could be used to the goo effect. Besides. it's technically realistic to expect a person to use their hand to wipe away the goo or sweat when it drips down anyway.

[full briar]

Disable liquid option in graphics would also solve it

[grand gull]

I just had it happen again when interacting with a terminal. That's 4 times with that. Might be cause the whole screen is involved so that's when i see it but that's 4 times I've seen it happen with terminal use.

[worldly gazelle]

I think i get this bug at least 2-3 times a week

[full briar]

what graphic setting are you on

[worldly gazelle]

max possible xD

[full briar]

can you try and lower it for me and see if you get it

ik it sucks

but i think low graphic setting ultra low will lower your chance of getting it

[grand gull]

I have managed to record an incident of it occuring. I think of note is that even after it clears there's still an orange box within my FOV

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf3CdS8bYQwYNSpX3JKTqI6MS5-Zq8umj

[grand gull]

Oh and tech is Nividia geoforce now

[worldly gazelle]

This only happens when u kill or go on a massacre of enemies using melee

I tweaked my setting for the past 2 weeks now. Still get that bug 5 times per week

[full briar]

NO

it can happen on any liquid update

apprently

[bold adder]

It is any liquid, yes.

[worldly gazelle]

ah, wild. Must be the blood from me massacring then