On loading a game, I sometimes find that the main viewing area (containing the character and dungeon icons) is black. Saving and reloading produces the same result (I must save to reload, since I play perma-death). It is getting VERY old, getting a character to level 7 or so (I play on the most difficult setting, and must move very cautiously), and then losing the character to this bug. In fact, it has become a "deal breaker"; I will no longer play the game. I am playing the latest version from Steam. I'd state the version number if the start-up screen displayed it (it does not). This occurred again very recently. Although the main area was black, I could move my mouse around over it, and have text such as "Player" pop up. Using this pop-up text, and the "mini-map" in the upper right hand corner, I was able to painstakingly play through until my character entered anther "area", and "vision" was restored. This involved opening doors (sometimes picking them), etc. [However, the same bug again occurred shortly thereafter. I have not yet been able to recover from that one.] The fact that, in a "black-out", the program is able to provide pop-up text (of mobs, doors, locks, etc), and that I was able to play using only this feedback means that sufficient data is still there: it should be possible to either restore, or generate data needed to provide visual feedback. Considering the amount of time players put into leveling characters, it seems very reasonable to me to ask that a "recovery" utility be made available.
Have you tried the latest hotfix posted on the blog? I don't know if it's supposed to fix that one bug but it's worth a try. http://glg.me/fx4cag
The exact same thing has happened to me twice now. I rolled a new character even though I was pretty far down but now the black screen thing hit me while I've been in the mysterious dimension and it's nearly impossible to find the one-tile exit portal without any visual cues (apart from the fact that, according to the bug list, that portal will just take me to another mysterious dimension and not the original spawn but oh well). Please look into this, I don't want another character stuck permanently in dark hell. Running Vista SP2 32bit and the latest Dredmore version (applied the hotfix as well, didn't change the problem.)
I ran into this one too -- running Steam's version of Dredmor on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit. Subbing in the hotfix didn't correct the initial problem, but it's possible it fixes the underlying issue and just hasn't updated the view from before. I'll mention if I run into it again with the hotfixed version. It happened when I first loaded from save in the Mysterious Portal region. I'm running RotDG and no mods. If you want to see it in action (or check that it's the same from one computer to the next), I uploaded the save file at http://www.halfassured.com/blackout-bug.rar .
I have same problem..... It is following me from first game versions and makes me bored and Evil I think only peoples with Windows 7 x64 + Steam version have this hell. There are a lot of bugs in game. They makes game unplayable! 1)U may see black screen after you get enter the rift portal (very often) 2)U may see black screen after you loaded save game(very often/broke save game) 3)U may see desktop after game got loaded(sometimes/broke save game) 4)U can DIE after you game complete saving(sometimes/broke save game). btw: Steam says - updates up to date
