Valorant black loading screen
Hello, my name is Mooki. I was part of the 1% of players in the behavioral AFK problem. I have been playing this game for ~4 years. My aim and instincts are extremely strong but I’ve never been able to go past gold due to the AFK penalty system. I play consistently, only going AFK 1 to 2 rounds at most to use the bathroom or speak with a family member. When going AFK, I would be berated by the other 1% of cohorts on my team. They would go AFK, as well as throw future rounds, as a response to my short departure. I’m writing here because I want to see the changes that have been made in the recent patch (as well as check if the devs have left me something for my troubles haha) but my screen is either completely black or stuck on the loading screen. If anyone has a solution that would help me get into the game, please let me know. Your help is appreciated and I’m excited to finally be apart of this community
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Can anyone help me? I submitted a support ticket but haven’t gotten a response yet
What does afk yap have to do with the loading screen issue :val_SusgeNoted:
Open task manager > performance tab
Show ss in gpu tab
Thank you!
Time will tell
I will do this when I get home ❤️
So sorry, I was with my bf and didn’t get a change to send this over

@Rachel
Download DDU: https://www.wagnardsoft.com/DDU/download/DDU%20v18.1.3.1_setup.exe
open DDU
And select
GPU
NVIDIA
And click on clean and restart
Then download and install this driver: https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/581.29/581.29-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql.exe
@Rachel That helped, the game booted up much faster than before but I'm still unable to get past the loading screen
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-iris-xe-graphics-windows.html
download and install this driver
Intel
Intel® Arc™ & Iris® Xe Graphics - Windows*
This download installs Intel® Graphics Driver 32.0.101.7029 for Intel® Arc™ B-Series Graphics, Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics, Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, and Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors with Intel® Arc™ Graphics.
You fixed it! Thank you Rachel!