Possible Team Fortress 2 Black Screen on Startup Fix
So maybe about a week I was frustrated with Team Fortress 2 as it crashed every time I started the game. I only wanted to play the Man Vs Machine mode which was introduced a few days ago. So I did what most people on the forums would tell you to do and re-install the game or verify your cache files. But those werent working. People also suggested to re-install graphics drivers but that also worked to no avail. The solution to my problem was so weird that i didnt even think of it as a possible solution. So what worked?
Turn off Fraps.
I thought it was weird too that TF2 would react harshly with Fraps running but this was the fix, that let me play the game for the first time in a long time. So if you are having problems getting TF2 to run than maybe this is what is happening to you as well. Version 3.5.6 was the version of Fraps I was running when i encountered this problem.
