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Steam News27 June 20179y ago

Troubleshooting 'black screen' issues

Hello everyone, we've recently received multiple reports that the game only comes with a black screen when it's run in full-screen.

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Hello everyone, we've recently received multiple reports that the game only comes with a black screen when it's run in full-screen. We assume that this bug is related to recent Windows 10 updates, and we also found that several other GameMaker: Studio based games are experiencing similar problems. To solve this issue, you should run the game in compatibility mode. Please follow the steps below.

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changedHello everyone, we've recently received multiple reports that the game only comes with a black screen when it's run in full-screen. We assume that this bug is related to recent Windows 10 updates, and we also found that several other GameMaker: Studio based games are experiencing similar problems. To solve this issue, you should run the game in compatibility mode. Please follow the steps below.
changed1. Navigate to the game folder. 1-1. Right-click the game(SPLIT BULLET) in your Steam library, and select "Properties". 1-2. Click "Local Files" tab and press "Browse Local Files..." button to open folder.
changed3. Move to "Compatibility" tab, and enable "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" checkbox under the "Compatibility Mode" section. (Windows 8 will be set by default, so you won't have to touch the drop-down list.)
  • 1. Navigate to the game folder.

    • 1-1. Right-click the game(SPLIT BULLET) in your Steam library, and select "Properties".

    • 1-2. Click "Local Files" tab and press "Browse Local Files..." button to open folder.

  • 2. Right-click "SPLIT_BULLET.exe" and select "Properties(R)".

  • 3. Move to "Compatibility" tab, and enable "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" checkbox under the "Compatibility Mode" section. (Windows 8 will be set by default, so you won't have to touch the drop-down list.)

Since this problem is OS/engine-related, it seems that there's no fundamental solution right now. Following all of the steps above will fix the problem, for now. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you.

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