Others Fullscreen RPG maker games show Black Screen

Hyperkid00

Newbie
May 20, 2018
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Any fullscreen RPG maker games show a black screen when I open them. I use Win 10 and have a GeForce RTX 2080 Super with up-to-date drivers and deactivated DSR. When the RPG maker games are in the windowed mode they function normally.
 

Goeffel

Active Member
Sep 10, 2022
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a shot into the blue:

if this is about oldschool rpgmaker games, try to install "legacy directX" runtimes ?
That is old directX stuff that does NOT come with any up-to-date directX install, and is only needed by some old programs.



hth
 

game2486

New Member
Sep 24, 2017
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Issue seems to be related to GPU scaling which is not possible through Hyper V GPU P, but I found an obscure solution that will work for anybody. I'll leave this message for anybody who's going down the same rabbit hole as I did.


If you encounter unscalable VX Ace full screen black bar and you're using Hyper V VM with GPU pass through, you have to go to this old ass japanese website . Download Sandblast. Go here and find and install that.

Sandblast will scale anything however you want. It's more like a good magnifying glass that works fast. Apparantly the japanese already had this figured out.

also works but is the older solution and slower.


These are the best solutions I found after desperate digging. I'm hoping Cunningham's Law apply here and somebody will step out and give me an even better solution.
 

UnknownFetish

New Member
Mar 27, 2025
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Maybe you can switch to the integrated graphic card if you use a laptop for the specific old RPG maker game, then use F5 or alt+enter to fullscreen. Also edit/update your monitor resolution and hertz rate. The old game might not support the newest resolution and hertz rate.