Hi Geez,

No I'm not running any mods. It is happening on Official servers (not modded servers).

I have died and respawned as a new character, but the same happens. Even jumping servers doesn't fix it. Any type of gas mask, when it is put on my head just makes the screen completely black.

Arron

Also, forgot to say, yes I have verified the fame data through steam.

Another update on this - it happens with Night Vision Goggles too.

After 330 hours of game play I found my first pair of NVGs at a heli crash site.

It was daytime, I looked through them, complete black screen (but can still hear sounds, exactly the same as with gas masks).

They were Pristine, and I tried putting a pristine battery in - still just a black screen when looking through them.

I tried setting my video settings to default - still just a black screen when looking through them.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Arron

Another update....It is working now.

It was something to do with the settings when I went to the Video settings in game. I read about a similar problem with hardware antialiasing. I changed the settings to low and it works now. The game is A LOT darker at night now, but NVGs and Gas Masks work as they should.

Arron

In case anyone encounters this in the future - the fix is to lower video settings in game. I can't remember the exact changes I made, but I clicked 'default' to restore default settings, then lowered antialiasing and another setting (I think the one above or below antialiasing in the menu). This got it to work.

The game doesn't quite look how I want now, but I'm going to fiddle with the settings some more until I find a balance that looks good and lets gas masks and NVGs work.