[Bug]: White Screen bug seems to have returned

[PeacefulJoe]

Version Number

v0.0.9

Describe the Issue

The screen turns white and you can only see the UI. Going in and out of photo mode fixes it. This was also a random bug during the first game that happened occasionally. Patch notes for your rebirth fix 0.04 mentioned fixing "white screen bug that could happen at certain resolutions." If this is the same bug, then it seems to have returned somehow.

Steps to Reproduce

Not sure what triggers it. Happens randomly. As such, hard to reproduce.

1. Launch game
2. Resolution 3440 x 1440

Log File

FF7RebirthFix.log

Save Game (If Relevant)

No response

[Lyall]

I've made a slight tweak to the way this fix works. Can you try out the nightly build?

[PeacefulJoe]

Sure. I've installed it and will try it out shortly. From what I remember about this bug during my recent playthrough of ff7 Remake, the white screen seems to happen inconsistently. Sometimes it would pop up frequently. Other times it would take hours and even days to happen again. That kind of makes it hard for me to test for it since I don't know what triggers it. The first game had it happen mostly in the slums for me.

As for Rebirth, this white screen bug popped in for the first time for me during the fight with the "Terror of the Deep" boss in Ch 4.

[PeacefulJoe]

So the white screen bug just happened for me again during the frog obstacle minigame, even after installing the nightly build.

[Lyall]

So the white screen bug just happened for me again during the frog obstacle minigame, even after installing the nightly build.

That makes me wonder if it's a different bug you're actually hitting. The one that FF7RebirthFix addresses mainly occurs at specific resolutions, and you can tell it's happening immediately at the main menu and it does not go away until you change resolution.

The white screen bug looks like this:

What you're describing sounds like something different perhaps.

[PeacefulJoe]

Yeah, maybe it is a different bug altogether. Not everybody seems to experience it, but you can read reports of it happening to some people even on consoles. I had to just put up with it during my playthrough of Remake on pc, but Rebirth didn't seem to have the issue happen to me till after the recent steam update (or maybe I just got lucky for awhile).

Whenever it happens, I sometimes notice it doesn't turn completely white right away. Like there is a flash of light somewhere in the scene that you can see rapidly growing till it fills your screen completely. Very weird.

[Lyall]

Yeah, maybe it is a different bug altogether. Not everybody seems to experience it, but you can read reports of it happening to some people even on consoles. I had to just put up with it during my playthrough of Remake on pc, but Rebirth didn't seem to have the issue happen to me till after the recent steam update (or maybe I just got lucky for awhile).

Whenever it happens, I sometimes notice it doesn't turn completely white right away. Like there is a flash of light somewhere in the scene that you can see rapidly growing till it fills your screen completely. Very weird.

Hmm, without being able to replicate the issue it's unlikely that I can really do anything. If you manage to find any specific circumstances that trigger it reliably, let me know and I can try and take a look.

[PeacefulJoe]

Yeah, I'll keep an eye out on what might trigger it. Maybe it is a good idea to keep this topic open just in case I notice something? The white screen bug that's affecting me looks similar to the above picture you posted, but it is triggered differently and is fixed by going in and out of photo mode (until the next time it happens). Very weird. Only happens to me in Remake and Rebirth. Other people have also complained about it as well, but I don't think it is super widespread.