Larry Wing Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) When I select an area in the Atlas and then click on the 3D icon all I get is a black screen where the map should be. I've played with the video setting but nothing fixes it. This is on a Windows 10 computer with an NVidia Geoforce GX1050 graphics card. It displays just fine on my Dell XPS 13 notebook. I've talked to tech support and they are aware of it. Unfortunately it is random and only a few Windows customers have reported it. Accordance Windows programmer hasn't been able to isolate the source of the problem. Out of curiosity I thought I'd ask here to see if others have the problem and even better if you've found a fix. In either case may I suggest you contact tech support to let them know. If you found a fix can you post here? If my failing memory serves me the 3D worked fine some time ago but I've replace the graphics card and now I have a problem so I suspect the graphics card is the issue. Edit for new information. Not the GX1050 graphics card. I found my old one (GT720) and it had the same problems. Edited February 8, 2018 by Larry Wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orly Margolis Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Larry, After a long investigation, I found that Dell's latest graphic card driver is missing key components that are used to generate the 3D atlas. Dell is particular in this case - they have their own device drivers and downloading from Intel does not work. I did voice my complaints to Dell, but have heard nothing back. What solved my problem is installing an older driver. You'll have to check http://www.dell.com/en-us/click support and select Drivers & Downloads. Identify your computer and when you click on it, you will get to a page with the drivers to download. Find your graphic card - for me it starts with "Intel HD Graphics...". Click on the blue expansion arrow and you will see an option to get the older version. If you are not comfortable doing this by yourself, I can look at this with you using Skype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Wing Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Orly, Thanks for the info. My desktop is a Dell and it came with a pre-installed GT720 graphics card but I replaced it with a GTX 1050 and installed NVidia drivers. I think the Intel HD Graphics drivers are for the on-board gpu so Dell wouldn't have any drivers for the GTX 1050. I did try to go back the GT720 but without success. I guess I could try to find an old Dell driver for it but not sure I have the time right now. I will keep your suggestion though in case I get a chance to try older Dell drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orly Margolis Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Larry, There is a code workaround for the new device driver. The fix to the black window will be in the next build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Wing Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 Thank you, Orly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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