Hi all, decided to make some content on the new BTCC stuff so tried to fire up rFactor 2. I get the rFactor 2 logo and then a black screen. I have tried; removing all usb devices apart from absolutely essential (mouse, keyboard etc) reinstalling runtimes in support folder deleted config_dx11.ini deleted player folder checked firewall allowed checked anti virus flag disconnected all other monitors (i have 4, just left main one plugged in) changed every video setting in the config completely deleted and reinstalled and repeated steps above changed refresh rate of my monitor down from 165 to 60 incase that was an issue my hardware; i7 8700 RTX 3080 32GB Ram game installed on NVMe drive any and all advice welcomed.
I have found the cause, though I don't know why it is. I used the trace function and got the following error; 2.82s SoundEngineA 153: AL error detected: AL_INVALID_OPERATION, in Context Create so I disabled; Nvidia broadcast 1.3.0.45 Voicemod V2.27 Voicemeeter Potato V3.0.2.1 (64 bit) Game launched as intended. I brought each one back on, in turn. The game fails to launch when Voicemeter potato is active/launched. To solve this, I launched the game with voicemeeter disabled. Selected a voicemeeter sound output for the game. Closed. launched voicemeeter then the game. all working as intended. I realise this is a super, super rare thing, but, if the game doesn't launch on a sound issue people may not think of this.
Seen someone with the same error on a system without any audio device installed. A more visible error message would be good to point toward the likely cause.
