peiikai/LASRecomp test-intel-black-1

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This is a test build for #8 and #357: a black picture on older Intel graphics (for example UHD 630 or the i3-1005G1's graphics) while the sound and the game itself run. It is Beta 5 Hotfix 1 with the same settings, plus six launchers that each turn off one thing that changed since test-perf-7, the last build that showed a picture on these chips. Once Beta 5 Hotfix 2 is out, please switch to it.

What the launchers are
The zip has six launchers next to lasrecomp.exe: small .bat files (Windows batch files) named 1 old vertex setup to 6 all of them together. A .bat file is a short text file of commands. Each of these only turns one setting on for that run, then starts lasrecomp.exe from the same folder. They don't install or change anything on your PC. You can right-click one and choose "Edit" (or open it in Notepad) to see the few lines it contains. If Windows shows a "Windows protected your PC" message, choose "More info", then "Run anyway". A black command window may open for a moment alongside the game; that's normal.

How to test

1. Download LAS.Recomp-test-intel-black-1-windows.zip, unzip it into a new folder and set up your game files on its start screen as before.
2. Close it, then double-click 1 old vertex setup in the folder. Press Play and wait for the game to start. The first start of each launcher can take a few minutes longer than usual.
3. Note whether you see a picture, then close the game and attach lasrecomp.log from the folder (it is replaced at every start, so attach it before the next one).
4. Do the same with launchers 2 to 6, and tell us which ones showed a picture.

If you only have time for a few, 1, 2 and 6 tell us the most.

What each launcher tries

• 1 old vertex setup: tells the graphics driver how to read the game's 3D models the way test-perf-7 did, without a newer driver feature.
• 2 no recorder thread: sends all drawing to the graphics driver from one thread, like test-perf-7.
• 3 simple descriptor sets: hands textures and shader data to the graphics chip the way test-perf-7 did, without the newer reuse.
• 4 full constant blocks: gives shaders their whole data blocks again instead of only the parts they use.
• 5 integrated GPU savings off: turns off three speed-ups for integrated graphics. test-perf-7 had them too, so this one is a cross-check.
• 6 all of them together: everything above at once, plus a few smaller changes. If this one is still black, the cause is somewhere else, and that helps too.

Double-clicking lasrecomp.exe itself runs the build exactly like Beta 5 Hotfix 1.

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