try this one. Right click on the darkness II, properties, local files, browse local files.

Right click on darknessII.exe, properties, compatibility and check the next boxes:

run in compatibility mode for windows 7
run in screen resolution 640 x 480
run as administrator.

Then, try to run the game.

If the game finally runs, change the screen resolution in game options as your monitor needs.
Once the game runs, exit and now just do as above to uncheck the run in screen resolution 640x480 box, because if you don't do that, the game will always run in low res.

I did that, but it crahses steam when i start it up

try to delete local files and then try to install it. also i use windows 10 and it runs fine.(aside from the blurriness)

fixed it

how?

I had to upgrade all my ndivia drivers and reinstall windows acitive x. Once I did all of that, and all the above, and restarted my system, launched another steam game, then it worked.

I didn't have a problem. Try updatiing your drivers if possible

mine worked fine, no problems

1) run DXSetup.exe in \Darkness II\Drivers\DirectX9

Right click your game
Go to properties->installed files and browse
open the drivers folder, install both the VC 2008 driver (it's the exe) and the direct x 9 driver.
Then
Go back to game properties
Under the general tab, click launch options and paste -dxlevel 90 in the text box.

That should let it run from steam

Originally posted by Harmonic H.S.G:

Right click your game
Go to properties->installed files and browse
open the drivers folder, install both the VC 2008 driver (it's the exe) and the direct x 9 driver.
Then
Go back to game properties
Under the general tab, click launch options and paste -dxlevel 90 in the text box.

That should let it run from steam

Fixed it for me, cheers

Originally posted by Harmonic H.S.G:

Right click your game
Under the general tab, click launch options and paste -dxlevel 90 in the text box.

Nice one, mate! It also solved for me.

When I try to set the res to 4k, half the screen turns black, and when I try to set it to 2.5k, about 1/5 of the right side of the screen turns black.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I was trying out the demo to see If I'd buy the game since it's on sale, but it's proving to be way too much trouble.

Originally posted by Irreverent Gecko:

Originally posted by Harmonic H.S.G:

Right click your game
Under the general tab, click launch options and paste -dxlevel 90 in the text box.

Nice one, mate! It also solved for me.

also solved it for me on windows 11!