[REL]Possible Fix for blackscreen issues

What?

Since the most recent Update lots of users have had weird blackscreens. This mod may fix that.
Install "No Blackscreens" via pammv3
Caveats:
none anymore

How?
This is all a lie by now, it is now using the method wondible found:
https://forums.uberent.com/threads/rel-possible-fix-for-blackscreen-issues.56735/page-4#post-914511
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A lot of blind testing let me to believe that any mod that loads css files creates black screens.
Since even an empty css file caused issues I suspected that the way PA dynamically loads CSS is somehow not very nice to coherent. (or whatever, I have no real explanation, really no idea).

So I changed the way CSS are loaded from this:

Code:

var link = document.createElement('link');
link.href = src;
link.type = "text/css";
link.rel = "stylesheet";
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(link);

to this:

Code:

    var o = new XMLHttpRequest();
    try
    {
        o.open('GET', src, false);
        o.send('');
    }
    catch( err )
    {
        console.log("error loading " + src)
        return;
    }

    var link = document.createElement('style');
    link.innerText = o.responseText;
    link.type = "text/css";
    link.media = "screen";
    document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(link);

This works kind of like the way PA loads js files dynamically.

Again I have no idea what I am doing, this is based on blind trial and error.



Good luck

sweet cherry cola

thanks m8

so try it and report back

started 10 games not a single black screen
before it was like 8 out of 10 times black screen

hotbuild2 still works with this, can't vouch for other mods atm

Mods installed:

Auto Factory 1.5
Better System View 1.1
Blueprint Info Framework 1.2.0
Chrono Click 1.0.0
Commander Health Display 2.7.4
Enhanced System Preview 1.1.0
Floating Framework 1.2.3
Hotbuild2 1.9.9.9.3
In Game Timer 1.3.1
Mod Batchsize 1.1
PA Stats Online
Settings Manager 1.5.2
System Sharing 1.1.1

Without this fix I get a black screen, with this fix I don't get a blackscreen and the mods work like a boss.

I noted one defect: hotbuild2 would display "NULL" as a value next to two of the icons on the sidebar, ping and attack. Both are mapped keys and this behaviour was not displayed without the fix installed.

You are a ******* beast.

Same story as Quitch, without the mod I get black screen every time, with the mod 100% fix.

One thing I will add is that this also 100% fixes the issue of not being able to review each game due to the black screen showing up. f5 wasn't helpful for this problem as it refreshed to the end game menu not the review chrono cam

Mods installed:

Better system view 1.1
Blueprint info framework 1.2.0
Chrono click 1.0.0
Enhanced system preview 1.1.0
Floating framework 1.2.3
Hotbuild2 1.9.9.9.3
In game timer 1.3.1
No blackscreen 1.0
Pa stats online
Planet preview details 1.1
Settings manager 1.5.2
System sharing 1.1.1
Unit database 1.1.0

I was really hanging out for this fix, many thanks!

Works like a charm so far. You the proverbial *man*.

Incompatible with Draggable Pip, which is very strange. I'll look into that when I get a chance.

Haha i totally lol'd.

So all this does is instead of linking to mod css files, it imbeds it in the body of the code via javascript.

so from this:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" />



To this:
<style type="text/css"></style>


Which is interesting, and imply's that somehow pa/coherent is having issues accessing the mods directory sometimes.


It could be some type of issue with the file handers? or some type of permission issue?


Also you should be able to remove this line of the code:
link.media = "screen";

This mod seems to have trouble when the css includes an image. It's breaking my draggable pip because the images don't show.

Are your image URLs relative paths?

Yep that's the issue. I'll fix that when I get a chance.

The possible fix for the blackscreen possibly worked

From a former CSS programmer:
Yep. That will do it.

I just cannot tell you why either. Sorry

It worked for me. Awesome.

Sounds like you knew what you were doing after all.

I won't download it as I rarely blackscreen and I f5, but I would suspect from positive feedback that if I was having more trouble this would fix it.

Needs update this breaks the start screen in gamma.
But is still needed cause still black screens ...

And I have it updated for gamma ! So if you use mods and you have black screens Install this.

Just tested without and with again.

Usefull as fu ck for gamma.
Uber might as well implement this to stock! 100% results!

I am having massive issues in the lobby with this:


can anyone confirm?