Edit: Solved! It was a codec issue. If you're on windows and having this problem, install VP9 video extensions from the MS store.

Hey anyone else have a black screen and rain ambience once you start #Returnal and get past the initial setup? Anyone have any fixes or workarounds? :boosts_ok_gay:

-Annie

@squirrellilly i've seen this with other games in the past, and it turned out to be that the game was trying to use gpu features that our gpu was too old to have
-F

@Felthry Unfortunately or fortunately, our GPU is a RTX 3070 ti so that seems very unlikely.

@Felthry I appreciate the input! I think I may have found a fix, gonna test it in a second.

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