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Technical Report: Splinter Cell: Conviction – Black Screen Issue Resolution

Windows "optimizes" older games in ways that often break them. Disabling these can stabilize the launch.

If the game launches to a black screen with sound, it likely tried to set a resolution your monitor doesn't support. splinter cell conviction black screen fix

1. Launch the game.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to open Task Manager.
3. Go to Details tab.
4. Right-click Conviction_game.exe > Set Affinity.
5. Uncheck all CPUs except CPU 0.
6. Return to the game. (Note: Performance will drop, but the black screen will vanish. You can re-enable CPUs once you reach the main menu).

Steps:

"The resolution is mismatched, Sam," Anna Grímsdóttir replied, her fingers flying across a keyboard miles away. "The hardware is too fast for the old code. You're trying to push 4K into a pipeline built for 720p. You need to rewrite the ConvictionUserPC.ini file before the system terminates the process." Technical Report: Splinter Cell: Conviction – Black Screen