Giants Editor Gray screen

[bikerider84550]

I've read that having Nvidia video cards causes gray screen problems with Giants Editor and I seem to be having that problem , however my question is , do you have to use GE in the creation of mods . I'm only just trying to learn how to mod and what I'm learning to use atm is SketchUp .

[musicman]

What Nvidia card and driver are you using? You need to use GE to assemble some of the mod,add lights, exhaust and actually quit a few other things depending on the mod.

[bikerider84550]

I have a GTX 770 and when I checked about a week ago it said the ones I have are the latest ones but I also know older versions sometimes work better than the newest ones so I've also switched to a few older ones and tried that then switched back but it still didn't solve the problem . I don't think it would be any of my hardware but you never know but here is what I'm running :

Intel I7 4770K
Asus Maximus Extreme6 Motherboard
Nvidia GTX 770 Video Card
4 + 2 TB HDD + 120 GB SSD
32GB corsair ram 2666 DDR3
DeepCool Assassin CPU Cooler
4 200mm NZXT case fans + 3 140mm DeepCool fans
Corsair 1050 watt PSU
NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case

[musicman]

I dont see where you would have a hardware issue.


Its possible your registry is damaged when changing and rolling back drivers. Depends on what process you use to update drivers. Anyhow, i have used this method since the 8800 ultra came out back in 2002 and has not failed me yet. I unistall the driver manually through control panel - unistall programs. Then I disable my ethernet and reboot. Then i use driver sweeper to get rid of anything related to nvidia graphics and reboot again. I then install my new downloaded driver using the clean install prompt and then reboot once again and reinstall EVGA precision or MSI afterburner. ( I forgot to mention to unistall Precision or Afterburner before uninstalling driver.) You might benefit by reinstalling your driver. If you have to clean registry on your own here is what to look for..

Remove Drivers:

1. Access Add/Remove Programs via the Windows Control Panel

2. Remove Any Nvidia Associated Software

3. Reboot after the uninstall process has completed

Remove left over files/folders:

1. Access Folder Options from Windows Control Panel

2. Click the view tab and select “Show hidden files/ folders and drives (Apply Settings)

3. Access Drive “C” (Or wherever your OS is installed)

4. Delete the folder named “NVIDIA”

5. Go to “Program Files” and delete all NVIDIA associated folders

6. Go to “Program Files (x86)” and delete all NVIDIA associated folders

7. Go to “ProgramData” and delete all NVIDIA associated folders

8. Go to “Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local” and delete all NVIDIA associated folders

9. Go to “Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming” and delete all NVIDIA associated folders

Remove left over registry entries:

1. Access ‘Regedit’ (This can be found in Administrative Tools or by Windows Search)
Please Note: We will be using the left side panel within ‘regedit’ during this tutorial

2. Click “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” and extend the folder

3. Click “Software” and extend the folder

4. Delete NVIDIA associated folders

5. Click “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” and extend the folder

6. Click “SOFTWARE” and extend the folder

7. Delete NVIDIA associated folders

8. Click “Wow6432Node” and extend the folder

9. Delete NVIDIA associated folders

10. Click “HKEY_USERS” and extend the folder

11. Click “.DEFAULT” and extend the folder

12. Click “Software” and extend the folder

13. Delete NVIDIA associated folders

14. Click “S-1-5-18” and extend the folder

15. Click “Software” and extend the folder

16. Delete NVIDIA associated folders

17. Feel free to check the remaining “S-1-5” / “Software” folders for NVIDIA folders (and remove them)

18. Close ‘regedit’ and empty your recycle bin, followed by a reboot

Due to some changes in the Nvidia drivers, if you still have issues installing a new driver package, try doing so in safe mode. After the installation, reboot into regular windows