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Splinter Cell Conviction — Black Screen Fix

Right-click on ConvictionUserPC.ini and open it with Notepad. Find the following lines (use Ctrl + F ): Change this value to 0 (Windowed mode). WindowMaximize: Change this to 0 .

Go to the game's installation folder (usually under SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction\src ). Right-click conviction_game.exe and select . Go to the Compatibility tab. Check the box for "Disable fullscreen optimizations." splinter cell conviction black screen fix

Right-click the game > Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game files. Right-click on ConvictionUserPC

Once you get past the black screen, we highly recommend locking your frame rate to via your GPU control panel. The physics and AI in Conviction can act strangely when running at extremely high frame rates on modern hardware. Go to the game's installation folder (usually under

Ensure you have the latest "Game Ready" drivers from GeForce Experience or AMD Radeon Software.

Run the installer to fill in any missing .dll files that the game needs to render the display. 6. The "Alt + Enter" Trick

It sounds simple, but it works surprisingly often. When the screen goes black, press on your keyboard. This forces the game to switch between Windowed and Fullscreen modes, which can sometimes "wake up" the rendering engine and display the image. Final Thoughts