Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Black screen at Blighted Village

Walking toward the broken statue behind the windmill at the Blighted Village causes the screen to fade black as if it's about to play a cutscene. However it simply stays that way and never starts. You can hear the music still playing but you can't do anything but press Esc and reload your game.

The black screen appears to be the same as the one that happens when you open the Old Schoolbook found at the house where Lump is standing.

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Since you mentioned it happens specifically at the shrine or when picking up the book at the Blighted Village, I assume the same will happen if you approach Selune's statue in the Owlbear Cave, because these are all triggers for Shadowheart's conversation.

So it seems her conversation is bugged in your game, which verifying might fix. Try to switch the APIs too. If you are on Vulkan, try DX11 and vice versa.

I have a similar problem, but during the "Rescue the Gnome" quest. After I pulled the brake lever to stop the windmill, the screen fades to black, but the cutscene does not play. I can not skip the (presumably) missing scene by hitting the spacebar. I can hear Barcus calling for help, and a sound is playing when I try to open the inventory, but since the screen remains black, I can't do anything else but reload.