I'm not definitely sure if it was a connectivity issue or not, but after downloading today's patch I could not enter the clockworks. I would successfully load into Moorcroft Manor but when I try to go further down, I get a black screen before the loading screen for the next depth appears. Then nothing happens until I exit the game.
Problem going into the clockworks
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 17:39
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 18:52
#2
Lost 30 energy and 200 crown
Yes, and the lockdown is also doing this!
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 18:52
#3
Same Issue
I've tried all the gates, and at Tier 1, we can finish the Depth 1 level, but the Depth 2 level will not load. Heading into Tier 2 from Moorcroft won't load any level. This is since the patch went through- we successfully completed several levels in each tier shortly before the update.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:09
#4
same, at D22 in the current
same, at D22 in the current JK gate doing a basil run -.-
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:14
#5
Same Problem.
The next Depth won't load when I choose to descend. Tried twice on one gate, and on a different gate. Same result. Oh, and my mist energy was still consumed. I started from Emberlight all 3 times, if that means anything.
On a Mac using Steam.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:23
#6
Black Screens
Since patch update:
Can log into Haven okay.
Tried joining parties at various depths, black screen but can hear another player if they have microphone enabled.
Was able to start my own party however.
Playing through now to see if there is any additional bugginess.
Also coincidentally, there was a Steam client update today too.
Coincidence???
Jacobey
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:33
#7
I just activated 5 Krogmo
I just activated 5 Krogmo Coin Boosters today to find out this is happening now.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:34
#8
Ditto as above posts, however
Ditto as above posts, however I've only tried this twice solo from Moorcraft. Screen stays black after pressing "Descend" though the overlay stays on.
Steam on Win7 x64
Game files stored on an SSD linked by junction to steamapps folder.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:49
#9
Better for me
I'm guessing it might have been a server issue right after the patching. That problem and the trouble I was having with the forums have since stopped. And it was a deconstruction zone that had the issue. Although I just completed a successful run that included one.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:53
#10
Yep, I'm getting this problem
Yep, I'm getting this problem right now... went down from d10 to a d11 Clockwork Tunnel, but it stops after I got on the elevator; black screen and no loading page for d11
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 20:03
#11
Black screens here
I've got the same issue in Lockdown. Sometimes I can get 2 or 3 games going consecutively before I hit a black screen, and other times I get taken straight from Haven to a black screen. Definitely related to the patch, because the game was working fine earlier today.
I highly doubt it's related to the Steam update. I declined to update, so my build is from 12/06/11.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 20:08
#12
Same
I've lost 50 enegt bc of the feezing.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 20:15
#13
Black screen...
I'm having the same trouble with loading. When I try to take the elevator from Moorcroft into tier two the screen just goes black. I'm on a Mac, but I don't use Steam.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 20:18
#14
@ Jacobey
I don't think it has anything to do with the Steam update. I tried SK before updating Steam, and again, after I updated. Same results.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 20:44
#15
Same problem
We had the same issue, beat depth one and tried to continue down but had our energy consumed and got stuck in a black screen. Next tier never loaded and we had to open the menu and return to haven, minus the energy we already spent on the elevator.
I'm betting something is screwed up in the new patch, since we were able to run down the same clockworks elevator yesterday without any issues.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 20:47
#16
^
What all of them said. Not
^
What all of them said. Not using Steam though. Has happened to me in the clockworks, lockdown and battle network.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 21:13
#17
+1
same problem, black screen when loading new area. Steam user.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/rica01/Untitled-4.png
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 21:28
#18
Lulz
Lulz, this just happened to my party and I as well. Got sent to a Wolver Den at Depth 11 of Amber Serpant T2.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/betrayer-of-kamigawa/screenshot/63186172421...
Screen was like this for 5 minutes before we decided to hit ESC and return to Haven.
Hopefully Troll Rings will refund the CE people lost on this. It's pretty lulzy though, if you ask me. We were all like "Lol what" when it happened.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 21:34
#19
lost about 60 energy
same thing happened to me, lost like 60-70 ce trying to do a jk run but it always got stuck on the 11th floor deconstruction zone
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 21:51
#20
Steam user here, just
Steam user here, just happened on me going from depth 1 to depth 2, graveyard where monsters fear to tread. nice waste of 20 energy. At least it was mist!
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 22:26
#21
Not a Steam user, but also
Not a Steam user, but also getting the black screen of death on Lockdown. Have not tried the Clockworks yet.
~Gwen
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 22:30
#22
Steam user. I just had this
Steam user. I just had this happen in T3. Loaded into emberlight fine, did the first depth fine, but loading into a treasure vault my screen just sat there black and pretty much frozen (like Doctah's).
Shut down SK and try relogging, game is just sitting there trying to load. Nice waste of energy. :(
Edit: Finally loaded to my character page, not gunna play if I'm just going to get my crowns and energy sucked out because it won't load.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 23:26
#23
Problem: re
I think it is affecting Mac users more. lol based on ppl ive asked but i cood b wrong....
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 23:22
#24
^ HUH....
I don't think it's affecting MAC users more AT ALL. It's clear this is affecting all people on all operating platforms sir lmao.
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 23:24
#25
solution(?)
try rebooting the computer first. it may have been some coding snafu that may not have been cleared up from the cache in the java client
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 00:22
#26
I'm pretty sure the problem
I'm pretty sure the problem is server-side. When I failed to join a lockdown game, I noticed in the chat history that all the other players had left the game as well.
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 03:10
#27
but all of the graphics comes
but all of the graphics comes from the client (which the java client has to load from the hard drive) so it's more likely java related.
I'd give the reboot a try first (or turn off the computer for the night to cool some biological heads first) before anything else.
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 05:32
#28
same
mine is not working too and i really want to play T.T
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 05:35
#29
Traveling in the clockworks
Was doing a royal Jelly run, and from depth ten to eleven the game went frozen black.... i lost my 10 CE i paid to go down and had to restart the client... How do we get our CE back?
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 17:33
#30
Seems to be fine now.
Been a day since I last tried. I've successfully descended on an elevator. No problems transitioning to the next depth, either.
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 19:45
#31
It happened to me a few
It happened to me a few times, too, but I THINK I found a way around it. Instead of clicking on the descend arrow, wait for the timer to run out. I did that on accident and it took me to the next floor with no problem.
Contributing to this, joining a friend in the Clockworks was just fine (patch installed) but when going to the next level, a Radioactive Recycling Deconstruction Zone, I got a loading failure. Heat bars, descend button, and level title were all on my screen, but the loading counter and the background were absent. When asking around a bit, the Deconstruction Zone seems to be in common with this problem. How about you Hygron, what level were you heading into?