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on launch, preventing the DirectX "handshake" freeze that happened in Fullscreen. The "Overlay" Fix: resident evil 4 empress crackfix black screen fixed
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October 2023 / Post-Crackfix Patch
The crackfix requires direct hardware access. Overlays cause black screens. resident evil 4 empress crackfix black screen fixed
The most common cause of the black screen post-crackfix is a conflict between the old shader cache (built for the vanilla Empress crack) and the new crackfix.