Nioh Complete Edition Guide: how to fix errors, bugs, crashes, black screen, incorrect aspect ration and more
Nioh, released earlier this year on the PS4 game from the studio Team Ninja, to the surprise of many, everyone could get to the PC platform, which can not but rejoice. If you have long been familiar with the process of porting such projects to personal computers, you should know that their final quality at the output is at best satisfactory (although there are some exceptions). Nioh Complete Edition is a fairly good port from consoles, however, some players experience problems such as crashes, bugs, errors, black screen, incorrect aspect ratio and much more. In this article, we will look at these problems and try to correct them.
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Nioh Complete Edition Guide: fixing PC problems
Nioh Complete Edition crashes
Departures of games on the PC – this is quite common, and, unfortunately, Nioh Complete Edition also suffers from this problem. This novelty can take off both at the initial launch, and during the game process. So how to cure this ailment?
To correct the flights in Nioh Complete Edition, in most cases, you can install the latest drivers from the chip manufacturer of the video card into the system or put the game in the windowed mode. Go to the official site of Nvidia or AMD, download and install the latest drivers for your video card. Window mode is simply enough to set in the game’s graphics settings.
Also, some users claim that Nioh Complete Edition may be crashed due to the MSI AfterBurner program running in the background. If you use this software, be sure to disable it before running Nioh Complete Edition.
Nioh Complete Edition – black screen
Black screen is a classic problem for all PC games, and Nioh Complete Edition also suffers from it. Some players claim that they managed to get rid of the black screen in Nioh Complete Edition by translating the game into a windowed mode. You can do this by pressing Alt + Enter.
In addition, the black screen in this game can be caused by an incorrectly set resolution for your system. For example, you set yourself a higher resolution than your monitor supports. If everything is fine on the desktop, then in full-screen applications there may be problems. Try to set the resolution that corresponds to your monitor, and then run Nioh Complete Edition again.
Nioh Complete Edition – incorrect aspect ratio/stretched image at 16:10
Another problem with the Nioh Complete Edition on the PC is the incorrect display of the picture at the 16:10 aspect ratio. Fortunately, at the moment there is already a way to get rid of the stretching of the picture, however, after using it, you will see black bars on the sides on the screen. If you agree to such a sacrifice in favor of the ratio of the picture – follow the steps below.
If you are using a graphics accelerator from Nvidia, open the Nvidia Control Panel and go to the “Adjusting the size and position of the desktop” section. Then tick the “Image format” option and select “Run scaling – GP” from the drop-down menu. Also check the option “Replacing the zoom mode specified for games and programs”.
Start the game through the launcher in the Steam library and select the resolution that will be closest to the 16:10 aspect ratio. Remember that the “High” display mode is 4K, and the “Medium” mode is 1080p. This should reduce the stretching of the picture in Nioh Complete Edition.
Nioh Complete Edition – low performance/low FPS
Some players complained about the rather small frame rate in Nioh Complete Edition. We remind you that Nioh on a PC is a rather demanding project that minimally requires the user to use the PC for the game GTX 780, which is by no means the weakest video card. To play in high resolution with high graphics settings you will need to have at least a GTX 1060.
Make sure that you have the most up-to-date drivers for your video card in the system. Believe me, sometimes installing a fresh version of the drivers can bring the performance to a completely different level. Plus, also do not forget that playing games such as Nioh Complete Edition is solely on discrete graphics accelerators, and not on integrated ones.
In addition, also make sure that during the launch of Nioh Complete Edition, your system is not busy with other resource-intensive processes in the background. For example, downloading anything using Utorrent can significantly reduce system performance. Make sure that all of your resources are directed to work with Nioh Complete Edition.
Nioh Complete Edition – no sound/sound problems
Some players on the PC have complained about the lack of sound in the Nioh Complete Edition, or about any problems with it, for example, squeaking, screeching, distorted or low-quality audio games and other equally unpleasant things.
First of all, disconnect all peripherals from the computer, which can act as an audio device, except for the main sound device, for example, speakers or headphones. Also make sure that you have the correct sound format in the device settings. Go to the properties of your sound device, then switch to the “Advanced” tab. Set the format to “24 bit, 480000 Hz (Studio recording)” or “24 bit, 960000 Hz (Studio recording)”.
If you still have problems with the sound in Nioh Complete Edition, then you should try to update the drivers for your sound card. You can do it simply in Device Manager: open the dispatcher, find your sound device, click on it twice, go to the “Driver” tab and click the “Update …” button, and then the system will take care of everything.
Nioh Complete Edition – long loadings
If you experience long downloads in the game, we recommend that you first check the workload of your disk, especially if it is an HDD. Make sure that there is no excess software running in the background, which you do not need at the moment. If the downloads are quite bad, and the situation does not change, we recommend that you pay attention to the state of your hardware.
