Huge black squares appear on my screen

[bPablo]

Basically while playing at some random point, specially in Duviri's circuit mode, a huge black square appears in front of my screen, not allowing me to see my warframe, enemies, whatever it should be on screen. I believe the UI with health bars, buffs and all that goes over it, but those black squares usually appear on the center so i'm not really sure. It's just big black flat rectangles/squares blocking everything behind, kinda feels like a texture not loading.

Problem is those things are pretty big and they last between 2 and 10 seconds, i can perfectly move and do all my actions but i'm basically blind with them. And yeah, they follow the camera, you can't just look the other way.

This happened to me a few times some months ago on random missions but it was a very rare thing, it's now with Duviri when they pop up basically on every circuit run

I guess it could be caused by some graphic option but i have no clue on where to start

[Nekomian]

Could you post what specs you have (namely CPU & GPU are fine), and verify game files from the launcher? The EE log (in '%LOCALAPPDATA%/Warframe') should also have any listed error for missing textures or files in it (it generates new every play session if you've opened the game again after this has happened). Outside of that, I'd recommend updating any GPU drivers, they can sometimes cause issues if they're older.

[bPablo]

AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Not too great, but never had performance issues with warframe like drop frames and all that.

Win10, 16GB RAM, etc. Game files verified, says everything is fine.

Can't play a lot this week but i'll try the EE log when i can and update drivers and let you know, thanks!

[[DE]Linkski]

23 hours ago, bPablo said:

AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Not too great, but never had performance issues with warframe like drop frames and all that.

Win10, 16GB RAM, etc. Game files verified, says everything is fine.

Can't play a lot this week but i'll try the EE log when i can and update drivers and let you know, thanks!

If you still run into this issue, can you take a screenshot with the F6 key and attach it to this thread? We might be able to find the culprit on our end. (Please use the F6 key to take the screenshot since there is valuable info in those files)

Thanks!

[bPablo]

Sorry for the wait, but i managed to screenshot and check the EE log. Here is a couple of shots for reference:

Now regarding the EE log, i have no idea how to read this thing and it's as long as the bible, so i checked shortly after the bug occured and i think this might be the interesting part:

Spoiler

1388.815 Game [Info]: OrokinBladeSawmanAvatar4862 tried to execute /Layer255/Layer5/JumpAction98 but already running /Layer255/Layer5/JumpAction98
1392.701 Anim [Warning]: ActionEndPosRot was set for /Lotus/Types/Enemies/Duviri/Dax/Avatars/DuviriAshigaruAnimController but never used:
/Lotus/Types/Enemies/Duviri/Dax/Avatars/DuviriAshigaruAnimController, AnimTreeController::OnReplicatedActionEndPosRotChanged:5540 set
pos: (350.056, -611.993, -121.737, 1.22071) rot: Euler(-124.586, -0, 0)
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Bad data from worldState.php (error 4): 
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[0].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[0].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[1].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[1].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[2].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[2].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[3].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[3].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[4].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[4].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[5].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[5].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[6].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[6].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[7].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[7].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[8].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[8].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[9].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[9].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[11].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[11].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[12].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[12].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[13].DefaultPremium
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[13].DefaulRegular
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[13].LocalizedItemName
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[15].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[15].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[16].DefaultPremium
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[16].DefaulRegular
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[16].LocalizedItemName
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[17].DefaultPremium
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[17].DefaulRegular
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[17].LocalizedItemName
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[18].DefaultPremium
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[18].DefaulRegular
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[18].LocalizedItemName
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[19].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[19].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[20].Featured
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: FlashSales[20].VoidEclipse
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: PrimeVaultTraders[0].Completed
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: SyndicateMissions[23].Jobs[2].bonusXpMultiplier
1393.085 Sys [Error]: Unknown property: VoidTraders[0].Id
1393.085 Sys [Info]: ResourceLoader 0x0000023463755500 (/Temp/WorldState) Found 433 items to load (0ms) [Heap: 1,504,801,712/1,754,005,504 Footprint: 6,911,971,328 Handles: 1,221]
1393.085 Sys [Info]: 1 unique static loader(s) running
1393.085 Sys [Info]: Budget overrun updating WebGet (3.47 ms)
1393.086 Sys [Info]: Resloader 0x0000023463755500 (/Temp/WorldState) starting
1393.130 Sys [Info]: Finished load of Misc batch (1) [0.03s and 2 frames at 15 ms/frame avg, 0 ms/update peak], 1/1/2, 150 item(s), 640k total so far, 11.2% utilization
1393.130 Sys [Info]: Finished load of Flyweight batch (1) [0.00s and 0 frames at 0 ms/frame avg, 0 ms/update peak], 0/0/0, 102 item(s), 640k total so far, 0.00% utilization
1393.130 Sys [Info]: Resource load completed 0x0000023463755500 (/Temp/WorldState) in one pass and 0.0s (I/O ~= 1.8%, inherited 181 of 433)
1393.144 Sys [Info]: ResourceLoader 0x00000234AB728580 (20 root types) Found 29 items to load (0ms) [Heap: 1,504,824,672/1,754,005,504 Footprint: 6,911,971,328 Handles: 1,221]
1393.144 Sys [Info]: 2 unique static loader(s) running
1393.148 Sys [Info]: Resloader 0x00000234AB728580 (20 root types) starting
1393.148 Sys [Info]: Finished load of Flyweight batch (1) [0.00s and 0 frames at 0 ms/frame avg, 0 ms/update peak], 0/0/0, 17 item(s), 0k total so far, 0.00% utilization
1393.148 Sys [Info]: Resource load completed 0x00000234AB728580 (20 root types) in one pass and 0.0s (I/O ~= 0.0%, inherited 12 of 29)
1396.751 Anim [Warning]: ActionEndPosRot was set for /Lotus/Types/Enemies/Grineer/GrineerAvatars/GrineerMarineNewCoverAnimTreeController but never used:
/Lotus/Types/Enemies/Grineer/GrineerAvatars/GrineerMarineNewCoverAnimTreeController, AnimTreeController::OnReplicatedActionEndPosRotChanged:5540 set
pos: (439.359, -612.079, -133.667, 1.22071) rot: Euler(158.467, 0, 0)
1401.513 Sys [Info]: Executing command: /EE/Editor/ToolMenus/Commands/CmdScreenCapture
1401.514 Sys [Info]: Grabbing screenshot comment for /Layer255/TerrainZone2
1401.514 Sys [Info]: Found region: /Lotus/Levels/Duviri/WarframeArenas/DaxCampCombat.level
1401.514 Sys [Info]: Found tile: /Lotus/Levels/Duviri/WarframeArenas/DaxCampCombat/
1401.658 Gfx [Info]: Wrote Warframe0001.jpg (100ms)
UploadChallengeProgress: uploading...
1401.784 Anim [Warning]: ActionEndPosRot was set for /Lotus/Types/Enemies/Duviri/Dax/Avatars/DuviriAshigaruAnimController but never used:
/Lotus/Types/Enemies/Duviri/Dax/Avatars/DuviriAshigaruAnimController, AnimTreeController::OnReplicatedActionEndPosRotChanged:5540 set
pos: (366.784, -611.106, -112.171, 1.22071) rot: Euler(142.884, 0, 0)
OnUploadChallengeProgressResults: mRecentSeasonChallengeCompletions=0, mSavingRecentSeasonChallengeCompletions=0
1403.797 Sys [Info]: Executing command: /EE/Editor/ToolMenus/Commands/CmdScreenCapture
1403.797 Sys [Info]: Grabbing screenshot comment for /Layer255/TerrainZone2
1403.797 Sys [Info]: Found region: /Lotus/Levels/Duviri/WarframeArenas/DaxCampCombat.level
1403.797 Sys [Info]: Found tile: /Lotus/Levels/Duviri/WarframeArenas/DaxCampCombat/
1403.932 Gfx [Info]: Wrote Warframe0002.jpg (94ms)
1403.935 Sys [Info]: UploadChallengeProgress nothing changed, skipping upload
OnUploadChallengeProgressResults: mRecentSeasonChallengeCompletions=0, mSavingRecentSeasonChallengeCompletions=0
1406.530 Sys [Info]: Executing command: /EE/Editor/ToolMenus/Commands/CmdScreenCapture
1406.530 Sys [Info]: Grabbing screenshot comment for /Layer255/TerrainZone2
1406.530 Sys [Info]: Found region: /Lotus/Levels/Duviri/WarframeArenas/DaxCampCombat.level
1406.530 Sys [Info]: Found tile: /Lotus/Levels/Duviri/WarframeArenas/DaxCampCombat/
1406.666 Gfx [Info]: Wrote Warframe0003.jpg (95ms)
1406.669 Sys [Info]: UploadChallengeProgress nothing changed, skipping upload
OnUploadChallengeProgressResults: mRecentSeasonChallengeCompletions=0, mSavingRecentSeasonChallengeCompletions=0
1406.865 Script [Info]: AshigaruSeekingVortexAbility.lua: Seeking vortex, charge duration: 0.8580478429794312, cast:1.0989230871200562, start: 0.2408752739429474
1409.902 Script [Info]: TeleportAndFade.lua: Script Teleport and Fade: CorruptionVoidEnergySmallEnemy to: /Layer255/Layer1/Waypoint25
1409.902 Script [Info]: TeleportAndFade.lua: Script Teleport and Fade: CorruptionVoidEnergySmallEnemy to: /Layer255/Layer1/Waypoint19
1410.132 Script [Info]: TeleportAndFade.lua: TeleportAndFade: 17 CorruptionVoidEnergySmallEnemy -> Vector(321.89, -608.355, -110.928)

I think this is the point where i took the last screenshot, so the thing should be around here

 

Again, i was on circuit mode, playing Wisp, public game, void flood phase, not sure if that helps. Also GPU drivers are up to date

[Nekomian]

48 minutes ago, bPablo said:

Now regarding the EE log, i have no idea how to read this thing and it's as long as the bible, so i checked shortly after the bug occured and i think this might be the interesting part

The first part is just the world state info (worldstate.php) pulling in, it does that periodically; the errors are just unset or unknown properties, they shouldn't really affect anything since they should be unused. Ideally they should clean this endpoint up (or handle unused properties better), but it isn't any cause for issue here. The DuviriAshigaruAnimController going unused is a bit odd, but I'd figure the model should just A pose if its animations are broken or something.

The info they likely need is level / position to replicate the issue (and of course the screenshot to compare against what you see):

• /Lotus/Levels/Duviri/WarframeArenas/DaxCampCombat.level
• Position: 9.8, -0.5, 39  H:-90  
• /Lotus/Levels/Proc/Duviri/DuviriLandscapeArenasOnly/DCA.lp

It might be related to one of the Duviri enemies using an attack, it's possible the specific effect is not rendering properly on your GPU. In the meantime, you could try switching DirectX drivers (12 to 11 or 11 to 12) from the launcher to see if that helps, DX12 implementation is still technically "beta" and I've had similar issues with black squares in Deimos when it released on DX12 too, so it's kind of a "change it and see which works better" thing until it's more smoothed out haha.

[MaledictusNix]

I've encountered this as well to varying levels of extremity, but not inside Duviri. It also tends to last for at least 30-40 seconds. I've only had it happen when playing in public and using a warframe with an AOE ability like Gauss' thermal sunder or Frost's Avalanche. I've not been able to replicate it consistently, but it comes up with some frequency.

For PC specs I've got an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 32GB of RAM

I saved the EE log to google drive since it has a lot of text in it

 

[DtZNimpo]

disable bloom
it's a very odd issue with bloom that have plagued warframe for a very long time.
cause to reproduce not sure, you can be fine for months with it on and suddenly it appears and stays there until disabled

[HollowRaven]

Wild that this has been an issue for so many years (I found posts since 2018) and yet still hasn't been stamped out yet. Thanks for the heads up about Disabling Bloom. I'll give that a shot since I've been having the same issue lately.

My only solution to dealing with the issue was to back up into the nearest available object I could back into in order to "reset" the black cubes.

I figured it was a lighting issue. Since it seemed volumetric in a way.

Edited February 22 by HollowRaven