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If you're loading factorio in the background, after 80-90% the monitor switches off for a second, after finish loading the menu is transparent

This version of the game was downloaded directly from the Factorio website, I have since updated my steam version and it doesn't appear to be happening there. Loading times for the steam version is also much quicker, more than 50% Just timed it, not the case, it might be about 3 seconds quicker but can be explained by the screen freeze/monitor turns off for those 3 seconds

*Updated to 0.15.6, still happening.
**Updated to 0.15.9, still happening.

Please post a log file.

0.005 2017-05-04 18:06:11; Factorio 0.15.5 (build 29304, win64, alpha)
0.005 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1607)
0.005 Program arguments: "C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\bin\x64\factorio.exe"
0.005 Read data path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data
0.005 Write data path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0
0.005 Binaries path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/bin
0.017 System info: [CPU: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor , 6 cores, RAM: 24540MB]
0.018 Display options: [FullScreen: 1] [VSync: 0] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Screen: 255]
0.023 Available display adapters: 2
0.023 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - AMD Radeon R9 200 Series {0x80001, [-1366,190], 1366x768, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.024 [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - AMD Radeon R9 200 Series {0x80005, [0,0], 1920x1080, 32bit, 144Hz}
0.025 Create display on adapter 1. Size 1280x720 at position [310, 162].
0.151 Initialised Direct3D:[0] AMD Radeon R9 200 Series; driver: aticfx64.dll 21.19.137.514
0.160 Video memory size (dedicated video/dedicated system/shared system/available): 2032/0/12270/4088 MB
0.269 DSound: Starting _dsound_update thread
0.270 DSound: Enter _dsound_update; tid=448
0.270 Device reset internal.
0.278 Desktop composition is active.
0.278 Graphics settings preset: very-high
0.278 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: high] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 25%] [DXT: false]
0.377 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.396 Loading mod base 0.15.5 (data.lua)
0.643 Loading mod base 0.15.5 (data-updates.lua)
0.771 Checksum for core: 2926038370
0.771 Checksum of base: 2698305660
1.089 Info PlayerData.cpp:55: Local player-data.json available, timestamp 1493846798
1.089 Info PlayerData.cpp:62: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
1.316 Loaded shader file C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data/core/graphics/shaders/game.cso
1.316 Loaded shader file C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data/core/graphics/shaders/zoom-to-world.cso
1.340 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
1.383 Created atlas bitmap 16384x16376
1.385 Created atlas bitmap 16384x1727
1.385 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3980
1.386 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3648
86.649 Sprites loaded
86.649 Convert atlas 4096x3980 to: trilinear-filtering
86.817 Convert atlas 4096x3648 to: mipmap
91.751 Loading sounds...
93.565 Device reset external.
110.451 Custom inputs active: 0
110.456 Info Updater.cpp:753: Downloading https://updater.factorio.com/get-availa ... iVersion=2
111.246 1 packages available to download (experimental updates enabled).
111.446 Factorio initialised
115.676 DSound: Stopping voice
115.676 DSound: Joining thread
115.681 DSound: Exit _dsound_update; tid=448
115.681 DSound: Waiting for voice to stop ... signaled
115.681 DSound: Joined thread
115.681 DSound: Destroying thread
115.681 DSound: Thread destroyed
115.681 DSound: Releasing buffer
115.681 DSound: Voice stopped
115.681 DSound: Deallocating voice
115.681 DSound: Deallocated voice
115.779 Goodbye

You have two adapters; do both of them turn off, or only the one with Factorio? Also, can you confirm that this is not fullscreen mode?

Just upgraded to 0.15.6. Still occurring. Both monitors turn off and on for about 1 second, it seems I need to be actively using the 2nd tab e.g. highlighting some text to trigger it. Alt-tab right after opening factorio. I have factorio on Fullscreen

Video:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6whT ... XZmZzhzaDQ

Log: This time the monitors didn't turn off but the transparent menu still happens


0.013 2017-05-05 23:12:36; Factorio 0.15.6 (build 29362, win64, alpha)
0.013 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1607)
0.013 Program arguments: "C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\bin\x64\factorio.exe"
0.013 Read data path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data
0.014 Write data path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0
0.014 Binaries path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/bin
0.034 System info: [CPU: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor , 6 cores, RAM: 24540MB]
0.060 Display options: [FullScreen: 1] [VSync: 0] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Screen: 255]
0.065 Available display adapters: 2
0.066 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - AMD Radeon R9 200 Series {0x8080001, [-1366,190], 1366x768, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.066 [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - AMD Radeon R9 200 Series {0x80005, [0,0], 1920x1080, 32bit, 144Hz}
0.068 Create display on adapter 1. Size 1280x720 at position [310, 162].
0.203 Initialised Direct3D:[0] AMD Radeon R9 200 Series; driver: aticfx64.dll 21.19.137.514
0.211 Video memory size (dedicated video/dedicated system/shared system/available): 2032/0/12270/4088 MB
0.338 DSound: Starting _dsound_update thread
0.338 DSound: Enter _dsound_update; tid=1296
0.339 Device reset internal.
0.345 Desktop composition is active.
0.345 Graphics settings preset: very-high
0.345 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: high] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 25%] [DXT: false]
0.477 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.498 Loading mod base 0.15.6 (data.lua)
0.755 Loading mod base 0.15.6 (data-updates.lua)
0.883 Checksum for core: 3409166051
0.883 Checksum of base: 2213884006
1.242 Info PlayerData.cpp:55: Local player-data.json available, timestamp 1493945753
1.242 Info PlayerData.cpp:62: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
1.513 Loaded shader file C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data/core/graphics/shaders/game.cso
1.513 Loaded shader file C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data/core/graphics/shaders/zoom-to-world.cso
1.540 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
1.576 Created atlas bitmap 16384x16370
1.580 Created atlas bitmap 16384x1736
1.581 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3980
1.582 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3648
68.873 Sprites loaded
68.873 Convert atlas 4096x3980 to: trilinear-filtering
69.055 Convert atlas 4096x3648 to: mipmap
72.348 Loading sounds...
75.008 Device reset external.
93.720 Custom inputs active: 0
93.783 Info Updater.cpp:753: Downloading https://updater.factorio.com/get-availa ... iVersion=2
95.640 3 packages available to download (experimental updates enabled).
95.859 Factorio initialised
129.214 Info Updater.cpp:753: Downloading https://updater.factorio.com/get-downlo ... iVersion=2
129.811 Info Updater.cpp:232: Downloading http://us1.factorio.com/updates/core-wi ... 1494022515 to C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\temp\core-win64-0.15.6-0.15.7-update.zip
282.253 Info Updater.cpp:243: => 200
288.146 Info Updater.cpp:753: Downloading https://updater.factorio.com/get-downlo ... iVersion=2
288.884 Info Updater.cpp:232: Downloading http://eu2.factorio.com/updates/core-wi ... 1494022674 to C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\temp\core-win64-0.15.7-0.15.8-update.zip
301.769 Info Updater.cpp:243: => 200
301.953 Info Updater.cpp:753: Downloading https://updater.factorio.com/get-downlo ... iVersion=2
302.150 Info Updater.cpp:232: Downloading http://eu1.factorio.com/updates/core-wi ... 1494022687 to C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\temp\core-win64-0.15.8-0.15.9-update.zip
327.209 Info Updater.cpp:243: => 200
331.648 DSound: Stopping voice
331.648 DSound: Joining thread
331.652 DSound: Exit _dsound_update; tid=1296
331.652 DSound: Waiting for voice to stop ... signaled
331.652 DSound: Joined thread
331.652 DSound: Destroying thread
331.652 DSound: Thread destroyed
331.652 DSound: Releasing buffer
331.652 DSound: Voice stopped
331.652 DSound: Deallocating voice
331.652 DSound: Deallocated voice
332.071 Goodbye
0.001 2017-05-05 23:18:08; Factorio 0.15.6 (build 29362, win64, alpha)
0.002 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1607)
0.002 Not rotating logs.
0.002 Info Updater-win32.cpp:125: Starting updater
0.002 Info Updater.cpp:384: Applying update C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\temp\core-win64-0.15.6-0.15.7-update.zip
6.898 Info Updater.cpp:384: Applying update C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\temp\core-win64-0.15.7-0.15.8-update.zip
12.248 Info Updater.cpp:384: Applying update C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\temp\core-win64-0.15.8-0.15.9-update.zip
16.768 Info Updater-win32.cpp:135: Starting updated game
19.943 Goodbye
0.001 2017-05-05 23:18:28; Factorio 0.15.9 (build 29504, win64, alpha)
0.001 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1607)
0.001 Not rotating logs.
0.001 Program arguments: "C:\AAAAA\Games\Factorio_0.15.0\bin\x64\factorio.exe" "--autoupdate-finished" "--wait-to-close" "12604"
0.001 Read data path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data
0.001 Write data path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0
0.001 Binaries path: C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/bin
0.014 System info: [CPU: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor , 6 cores, RAM: 24540MB]
0.014 Display options: [FullScreen: 1] [VSync: 0] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Screen: 255]
0.020 Available display adapters: 2
0.020 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - AMD Radeon R9 200 Series {0x8080001, [-1366,190], 1366x768, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.020 [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - AMD Radeon R9 200 Series {0x80005, [0,0], 1920x1080, 32bit, 144Hz}
0.022 Create display on adapter 1. Size 1280x720 at position [310, 162].
0.184 Initialised Direct3D:[0] AMD Radeon R9 200 Series; driver: aticfx64.dll 21.19.137.514
0.194 Video memory size (dedicated video/dedicated system/shared system/available): 2032/0/12270/4088 MB
0.307 DSound: Starting _dsound_update thread
0.307 DSound: Enter _dsound_update; tid=4184
0.307 Device reset internal.
0.315 Desktop composition is active.
0.315 Graphics settings preset: very-high
0.315 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: high] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 25%] [DXT: false]
0.422 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.438 Loading mod base 0.15.9 (data.lua)
0.666 Loading mod base 0.15.9 (data-updates.lua)
0.779 Checksum for core: 3409166051
0.779 Checksum of base: 3769930138
1.014 Info PlayerData.cpp:55: Local player-data.json available, timestamp 1494022687
1.014 Info PlayerData.cpp:62: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
1.171 Loaded shader file C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data/core/graphics/shaders/game.cso
1.171 Loaded shader file C:/AAAAA/Games/Factorio_0.15.0/data/core/graphics/shaders/zoom-to-world.cso
1.172 Crop bitmaps.
22.087 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
22.112 Created atlas bitmap 16384x16380
22.112 Created atlas bitmap 16384x1711
22.113 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3980
22.113 Created atlas bitmap 4096x3648

I can't reproduce what you describe.

Does it happen if you turn graphics quality to "normal"?

Hello,

I have the exact same problem after I switched today to a new screen.
I have an AMD GPU with freesync option.

Once I turned off FreeSync the problem dissappeared.

Hope this helps.