I haven’t been paying much attention to the forums so if this is already stated or common knowledge. (My bad)
For the people who have no clue this is a glitch in the game under spectator mode that turns you screen black except for the map, timer, and the units that are selected. *I think I figured out what is happening so I hope this helps in patching this glitch. When spectating usually you see peoples cursers including your own. Im thinking either the black screen is looking off the map or its not viewing the map. Either way hope it helps and please fix!
one third of the games I spectate end up with a black screen so I hope this helps. Really takes the fun out of watching games: However, I don’t think this is always the issue if at all. Ever watch the mini map during a black screen? I notice once the mini map is significantly delay from the current statues of the actually game. When one of the guys from a team was eliminated, it still showed him moving around the map even though he was eliminated. In theory, the black screen is actually the frozen screen from the first 1 sec of the game before all the mesh load up because if cant keep up with the UI conflicting with the game, though I don’t know why or if this is actually the case.
Hmm,
I get black screens every now and then right after the game finishes loading.
I can hear the game sounds and see cursor change based on what i hover(e.g menu/building) but the screen remains black.
Force quitting the game has been the only way to “fix” the glitch so far.
I think it is caused by minimizing the game for extended periods.