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Windows Black screen when hitting Run to test game

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jcchap

Guest
I've used Gamemaker Studio 2 before with no issues. Recently, I've opened an old project, and when I hit Run, there is nothing but a black screen. The project was successfully converted to 2.3 when opened so I don't think it's a compatibility issue. The game would run successfully before (last opened 5-6 months ago).

I opened the sample YoYo Dungeon project to see if it was an issue with my project, but YoYo Dungeon also just shows a black screen (see below). The only other issue I can think of is that my antivirus blocked igor.exe when I first tried to Run my project. I allowed the exe in my antivirus and reinstalled Gamemaker, but the problem remains. None of the existing topics on black screen issues like this have helped.


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pixeltroid

Member
Hey I used to experience the same issue.

But whenever I disabled my graphics card and then pressed "Run", it would start playing normally. šŸ˜

Try that and see if it works.
 
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jcchap

Guest
Hey I used to experience the same issue.

But whenever I disabled my graphics card and then pressed "Run", it would start playing normally. šŸ˜

Try that and see if it works.
Hmm. Didn't work for me. Thanks for the suggestion!
 
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