Alright folks, today I gotta tell ya about this super annoying Diablo 4 problem that drove me nuts – the game just goin’ totally black after teleporting. Thought my computer crapped out for a second there. Here’s exactly how I whacked it over the head until it behaved.
Smackin’ My Head Against the Black Screen
Happened right after I used a damn waypoint in Kehjistan. Poof! Screen turns dead black. Music’s still playin’, I can hear my character grunting and moving around – game ain’t frozen. Just blind as a bat. Tried everything stupid first:
- Restarted the game three times like an idiot. Nope.
- Rebooted my whole PC, feelin’ hopeful. Still black.
- Got desperate, verified game files through * – all “perfect,” it said. Useless.
Stumbling Onto Something That Might Work
Scrolled through Discord like a zombie and saw some dude mumbling about graphics settings. Didn’t make much sense, but hey – anything’s worth shot when you’re staring at void. Fired the game back up, choked down my rage when the screen vanished again. Muscle-memory mashed “ESC”.
Miracles! Somehow the pause menu popped up over that big black nothingburger. Couldn’t see where my cursor was, just kinda flailed it around blindly. Heard that “hover click” sound near options. Took a wild guess and hit Enter.
Blindfolded Settings Wranglin’
Got into graphics settings purely by sound and prayer. Fumbled down arrow keys like twelve times. Slapped Enter again – figured that landed me in “Display.” Pounded the right arrow key a bunch. Fingers crossed, hit Enter one last time. Heard the glorious sound of… windowed mode.
Suddenly… light! Game screen actually showed up, squeezed into a window like it got scared straight. Didn’t even care if my resolution was potato quality at that point.
The Actual Fix (Simple Like Whack-a-Mole)
With visuals back, switched modes easily:
Disabled Windowed Mode → changed to Fullscreen → instantly mashed Apply. Screen flickered like it threw a fit, but bam – full screen Diablo, no more black hole teleports.
For extra beating, I closed * completely after exiting the game. Like squashing a bug, ya know? Relaunched everything fresh. Teleported back and forth like a crazy person – solid, fast loads. Felt like magic.
Total time wasted? Less than ten minutes once I stopped panicking. Hardware didn’t matter either; same fix worked on my potato laptop and the beefy rig. Blizzard’s spaghetti code strikes again, but hey – got it done!