[1.1.76] Regular black screens in full screen, multiple monitors

[Indray]

I've been searching for a solution to this but haven't been able to find anyone else with the same issue. Apologies if it's been addressed somewhere else.

The problem seems to only occur in full screen and with two monitors connected. So it's obviously not the end of the world by any means, but it would still be nice to solve. Basically every 3-5 minutes or so the screen goes completely black for around 5 seconds, but it sounds like the game is still running.

All settings max and playing at 4K resolution, but I have tried fiddling with them without luck. Vsync on or off doesn't seem to make a difference.

Specs:
Windows 11 (I notice it says Windows 10 in the log, weird...)
Intel i713700K
GTX 3080 12GB
One 4K monitor via DisplayPort, one 1080p via HDMI

Thanks!

Log:

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   0.000 2023-02-21 17:32:51; Factorio 1.1.76 (build 60350, win64, steam)
   0.000 Operating system: Windows 10 (build 22621) 
   0.000 Program arguments: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe" 
   0.000 Config path: C:/Users/ammma/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/config/config.ini
   0.000 Read data path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
   0.000 Write data path: C:/Users/ammma/AppData/Roaming/Factorio [1229915/1906985MB]
   0.000 Binaries path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
   0.005 System info: [CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700KF, 24 cores, RAM: 6834/32581 MB, page: 10078/34629 MB, virtual: 4358/134217727 MB, extended virtual: 0 MB]
   0.005 Display options: [FullScreen: 0] [VSync: 1] [UIScale: automatic (100.0%)] [Native DPI: 1] [Screen: 255] [Special: lmw] [Lang: en]
   0.010 Available displays: 2
   0.011  [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 {0x05, [0,0], 3840x2160, 32bit, 144Hz}
   0.011  [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 {0x01, [-1200,235], 1200x1920, 32bit, 59Hz}
   0.052 [Direct3D11] Display: 0, Output: 0, DisplayAdapter: 0, RenderingAdapter: 0; d3dcompiler_47.dll
   0.230 Initialised Direct3D[0]: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080; id: 10de-220a; driver: nvldumdx.dll 31.0.15.2756
   0.230   D3D Feature Level: 11.1, DXGI 1.5+, SwapChain: 3,flip-discard,-,-,-,none
   0.230   [Local Video Memory] Budget: 11339MB, CurrentUsage: 24MB, Reservation: 0/5797MB
   0.230   [Non-Local Vid.Mem.] Budget: 15522MB, CurrentUsage: 15MB, Reservation: 0/7889MB
   0.230   Tiled resources: Tier 2
   0.230   Unified Memory Architecture: No
   0.230   BGR 565 Supported: Yes
   0.230   MaximumFrameLatency: 3, GPUThreadPriority: 0
   0.230 Graphics settings preset: very-high
   0.230   Dedicated video memory size 12107 MB
   0.256 Desktop composition is active.
   0.256 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: high] [Video memory usage: all] [DXT: high-quality] [Color: 32bit]
   0.256                   [Max threads (load/render): 32/24] [Max texture size: 0] [Tex.Stream.: 0] [Rotation quality: normal] [Other: STDCWT] [B:0,C:0,S:100]
   0.273 [Audio] Backend:SDL(default); Driver:wasapi, Device:Default device, Depth:16, Channels:2, Frequency:44100
   0.361 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
   0.399 Loading mod base 1.1.76 (data.lua)
   0.503 Loading mod base 1.1.76 (data-updates.lua)
   0.590 Checksum for core: 870127790
   0.590 Checksum of base: 3065294274
   0.718 Prototype list checksum: 3034860339
   0.743 Loading sounds...
   0.797 Info PlayerData.cpp:73: Local player-data.json unavailable
   0.797 Info PlayerData.cpp:76: Cloud player-data.json available, timestamp 1677022267
   0.894 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
   0.919 Created atlas bitmap 16384x16364 [none]
   0.922 Created atlas bitmap 16384x13068 [none]
   0.922 Created atlas bitmap 8192x4188 [decal]
   0.923 Created atlas bitmap 16384x5568 [low-object]
   0.923 Created atlas bitmap 8192x4432 [mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification, linear-mip-level]
   0.923 Created atlas bitmap 16384x6064 [terrain, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-mip-level]
   0.924 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3216 [terrain-effect-map, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-mip-level]
   0.924 Created atlas bitmap 4096x1856 [smoke, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification]
   0.924 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3088 [mipmap]
   0.924 Created atlas bitmap 8192x2240 [icon, not-compressed, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification, linear-mip-level]
   0.924 Created atlas bitmap 8192x1496 [alpha-mask]
   0.926 Created atlas bitmap 16384x14772 [shadow, linear-magnification, alpha-mask]
   0.927 Created atlas bitmap 8192x2352 [shadow, mipmap, linear-magnification, alpha-mask]
   0.927 Created atlas bitmap 2048x240 [icon-background, not-compressed, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification, linear-mip-level, ]
   0.929 Texture processor created (2048). GPU accelerated compression Supported: yes, Enabled: yes/yes. Test passed. YCoCgDXT PSNR: 35.83, BC3 PSNR: 33.82
   1.333 Parallel Sprite Loader initialized (threads: 23)
   4.931 Sprites loaded
   4.944 Generated mipmaps (4) for atlas [3] of size 16384x5568   
   4.960 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [4] of size 8192x4432   
   4.976 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [5] of size 16384x6064   
   4.994 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [6] of size 4096x3216   
   5.010 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [7] of size 4096x1856   
   5.040 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [8] of size 4096x3088   
   5.052 Generated mipmaps (5) for atlas [9] of size 8192x2240   
   5.068 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [12] of size 8192x2352   
   5.078 Custom mipmaps uploaded.
   5.156 Factorio initialised
   5.156 Discord overlay detected (DiscordHook64.dll)
   5.157 Steam Storage Quota: 4538/4768
  51.821 Loading map C:\Users\ammma\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\freeplay6b.zip: 4026814 bytes.
  51.850 Loading level.dat: 8006177 bytes.
  51.851 Info Scenario.cpp:199: Map version 1.1.76-0
  51.920 Loading script.dat: 1182 bytes.
  51.922 Checksum for script C:/Users/ammma/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/temp/currently-playing/control.lua: 2881393120
 770.201 Info AppManager.cpp:306: Saving to _autosave1 (blocking).
 770.347 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
1071.323 Info AppManager.cpp:306: Saving to _autosave2 (blocking).
1071.462 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
1443.016 Info AppManager.cpp:306: Saving to _autosave3 (blocking).
1443.144 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
1842.250 Info AppManager.cpp:306: Saving to _autosave1 (blocking).
1842.388 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
1963.867 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
1969.937 Loading map C:\Users\ammma\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\freeplay4d.zip: 4124459 bytes.
1969.962 Loading level.dat: 9307337 bytes.
1969.964 Info Scenario.cpp:199: Map version 1.1.53-0
1970.073 Loading script.dat: 1182 bytes.
1970.075 Checksum for script C:/Users/ammma/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/temp/currently-playing/control.lua: 3795083680
2024.886 Loading map C:\Users\ammma\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\freeplay5b.zip: 2731137 bytes.
2024.911 Loading level.dat: 6445088 bytes.
2024.912 Info Scenario.cpp:199: Map version 1.1.53-0
2024.995 Loading script.dat: 1182 bytes.
2024.997 Checksum for script C:/Users/ammma/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/temp/currently-playing/control.lua: 3795083680
2041.917 Info AppManager.cpp:306: Saving to _autosave3 (blocking).
2042.029 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
2072.633 Loading map C:\Users\ammma\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\freeplay3l.zip: 8713992 bytes.
2072.658 Loading level.dat: 21721160 bytes.
2072.662 Info Scenario.cpp:199: Map version 1.1.53-0
2072.895 Loading script.dat: 1200 bytes.
2072.897 Checksum for script C:/Users/ammma/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/temp/currently-playing/control.lua: 3795083680
2084.378 Info AppManager.cpp:306: Saving to _autosave2 (blocking).
2084.551 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
2171.551 Loading map C:\Users\ammma\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\freeplay6b.zip: 4099709 bytes.
2171.579 Loading level.dat: 8033333 bytes.
2171.580 Info Scenario.cpp:199: Map version 1.1.76-0
2171.647 Loading script.dat: 1182 bytes.
2171.649 Checksum for script C:/Users/ammma/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/temp/currently-playing/control.lua: 2881393120
2497.638 Info AppManagerStates.cpp:1909: Saving finished
2499.630 Quitting: user-quit.
2499.746 Steam API shutdown.
2499.750 Goodbye

[Loewchen]

Check if the issue persists when using the non steam version.

[djhelms]

I have the exact same problem with the screen blanking for a few seconds with 1.1.76. I am running a dual monitor setup similar to above, with the primary monitor being a RTX 3090. My secondary monitor is a 1080 and idle. My version is the steam version in windowed mode running Win 11 64.

[Indray]

I have the exact same problem with the screen blanking for a few seconds with 1.1.76. I am running a dual monitor setup similar to above, with the primary monitor being a RTX 3090. My secondary monitor is a 1080 and idle. My version is the steam version in windowed mode running Win 11 64.

Interesting. I wonder if this is a Nvidia issue with multiple monitors.

Sorry to not reply for so long, but I was having trouble reproducing the issue and it seemed almost random. The only sure solution I found was to unplug my second monitor completely.

Now I'm having an identical problem with Rimworld, although less severe. Interesting it's another 2D sprite based game.

My conclusion is that this isn't a Factorio bug, but something peculiar to this, and apparently other similar hardware setups.

[Indray]

Sorry to bump again since it's not really specifically a Factorio issue, but I found a solution that may help someone finding this thread later.

I changed "Power management mode" to "Prefer maximum performance" in the Nvidia control panel and so far that appears to have completely fixed the problem. Hopefully it's that easy!