Known Issues \ Vulkan Error

[Mistalleks]

DISCLAIMER: Buckshot Roulette is built with GODOT engine, which uses Vulkan API instead of DirectX.

Buckshot Roulette also does not officially support Mac OS. Unfortunately, Mac OS is notorious for problems with Vulkan API, and your best bet is to try and launch the game with OpenGL (as described below).

Another solution might be using an app like Parallels[www.parallels.com] or PlayOnMac[www.playonmac.com] to try an launch the game in an emulated Windows environment.

Please, consider this before buying the game!
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Vulkan Error

If you’re getting the “Unable to initialize Vulkan video driver” error, make sure that your Vulkan video driver is up to date. You can download the latest version from these pages:
Vulkan for NVidia GeForce graphics cards[developer.nvidia.com]
Vulkan for AMD Radeon graphics cards[gpuopen.com]

If your graphics card doesn’t support Vulkan, you can try launching Buckshot Roulette in OpenGL mode.

Easy way

1. Right-click Buckshot Roulette in your Steam Library
   
2. Select 'Properties...'
   
3. Paste under 'Launch Options' the following

   --rendering-driver opengl3

4. Close the window and try launching the game.

Hard way

To do this on Windows:

1. Press Win+R, type in cmd and press Enter. A command terminal window will open.
   
2. Enter

   cd [Path to Buckshot Roulette folder on your computer]

   and press Enter
   
3. Paste

   "Buckshot Roulette.exe" --rendering-driver opengl3

   and press Enter again

To do this on Mac OS:

1. Open Terminal.app (press Cmd + Space and enter Terminal). A command terminal window will open.
   
2. Enter

   cd [Path to Buckshot Roulette folder on your computer]

   and press Enter
   
3. Paste

   "Buckshot Roulette.exe" --rendering-driver opengl3

   and press Enter again

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Connection issues when hosing or trying to connect to the public lobbies

Most likely your router blocks the outgoing traffic.

You can try solving this with port forwarding UDP ports 4379 and 4380 to allow outgoing traffic.

Keep in mind, that not every router allows for port forwarding. More info at: https://portforward.com/

[Mistalleks]

İlk olarak kamiilar tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Mistalleks tarafından gönderildi:

That's an interesting find. Thanks a lot for sharing! However, I can't reproduce it on my side -- no matter how much I stretch the window, the game still renders 16:9 image inside of it.

But looking at the second video got me thinking -- which resolution do you use?

My native screen resolution is 1366x768(laptop)

Thanks. It's late night for me, so the earliest I'll be able to run tests is Monday. Your help is much appreciated here — this might be a solid lead.

İlk olarak kamiilar tarafından gönderildi:

And for some reason the game only runs at 540p resolution.

I believe it's an artistic choice to achieve that pixelated look. But I'll have to confirm this with Mike on Monday.

[Mistalleks]

İlk olarak chtmpan tarafından gönderildi:

i have the same issue

Can you share the resolution of your display and the graphics card you use, please? 🙏

[Lomici]

is there a way to fix the game not launching at all other than the command to put in launch options? cuz it ruins the rendering of the dude and makes the game 10x less immersive and unfun

[Lomici]

and btw the game launched the first time i purchesed it but when i tried running it again later it won't work

[Hinclimincli]

Yes, this is the issue. But, one question Kamiilar, how u change the screen? I mean, using alt+enter nothing happen.

[Mistalleks]

İlk olarak Lomici tarafından gönderildi:

is there a way to fix the game not launching at all other than the command to put in launch options? cuz it ruins the rendering of the dude and makes the game 10x less immersive and unfun

Did you try updating the drivers for Vulkan?
What are your system specifications?

[Hinclimincli]

İlk olarak kamiilar tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Mistalleks tarafından gönderildi:

I fully understand what is the problem, thank you.
I'm trying to tell you, that I can't promise a quick and easy fix — because we don't see the cause of your problem. For which I apologize

I have the same problem, but I found the cause of the black screen. The game can work normally only in a window with a certain resolution of width and height of the window, and scaling the window leads to a black screen. Or to put it simply, the game only runs at a certain resolution and can't scale.
So this is the reason for the black screen in full screen mode.
The game is running on the OpenGL3 API.
1.Fullscreen Mode: https://youtu.be/KDdZ7E1GE4I
2.Windowed Mode: https://youtu.be/bymzzWsIK4Q

Thats its my problem. He gave you the key. My native screen resolution is 1366x768 too, but im using another screen to play, and use 1920x1080.

[Mistalleks]

İlk olarak Hinclimincli tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak kamiilar tarafından gönderildi:

I have the same problem, but I found the cause of the black screen. The game can work normally only in a window with a certain resolution of width and height of the window, and scaling the window leads to a black screen. Or to put it simply, the game only runs at a certain resolution and can't scale.
So this is the reason for the black screen in full screen mode.
The game is running on the OpenGL3 API.
1.Fullscreen Mode: https://youtu.be/KDdZ7E1GE4I
2.Windowed Mode: https://youtu.be/bymzzWsIK4Q

Thats its my problem. He gave you the key. My native screen resolution is 1366x768 too, but im using another screen to play, and use 1920x1080.

Update on this lead. Unfortunately, we can not reproduce it. Tested on 7 different machines with iGPU in 1366x768 — the window doesn't go black now matter how we stretch and abuse it.

As such, it's going to take considerably more time to find out what's exactly causing this in order to fix it. Apologies 🙏

[dth072]

İlk olarak Hinclimincli tarafından gönderildi:

Yes, this is the issue. But, one question Kamiilar, how u change the screen? I mean, using alt+enter nothing happen.

I blindly turned the game to windowed mode in the main menu. :P

[dth072]

İlk olarak Mistalleks tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Hinclimincli tarafından gönderildi:

Thats its my problem. He gave you the key. My native screen resolution is 1366x768 too, but im using another screen to play, and use 1920x1080.

Update on this lead. Unfortunately, we can not reproduce it. Tested on 7 different machines with iGPU in 1366x768 — the window doesn't go black now matter how we stretch and abuse it.

As such, it's going to take considerably more time to find out what's exactly causing this in order to fix it. Apologies 🙏

By the way, initially the game launched normally, but after some time (2 weeks later) I decided to launch it again and this error popped up.
I have an Intel+Nvidia combination (i5-3320M, GeForce 710M), when I disable Nvidia everything works fine. Although in the Nvidia control panel the Intel integrated video card is selected by default.

[Stelvey]

I tried a macOS export and it ran relatively well (yeah, some visual glitches - but still better than CrossOver or Parallels + OpenGL). The problem is that since it is not run through Steam, I can't get any achievements or a leaderboard. Mistalleks, is it possible to release a macOS build at least as a Steam Beta option in game properties? I've got three devices: a macOS laptop, my phone and a Switch. This game precisely doesn't support any of these platforms :(

[Mistalleks]

İlk olarak Stelvey tarafından gönderildi:

I tried a macOS export and it ran relatively well (yeah, some visual glitches - but still better than CrossOver or Parallels + OpenGL). The problem is that since it is not run through Steam, I can't get any achievements or a leaderboard. Mistalleks, is it possible to release a macOS build at least as a Steam Beta option in game properties? I've got three devices: a macOS laptop, my phone and a Switch. This game precisely doesn't support any of these platforms :(

Unfortunately, no.
This is a GODOT game, which uses Vulkan rendering API by default. And a lot of older Apple products do not support it at all. OpenGL isn't a win-win solution however, as modern GPUs actually perform worse on it for some reason. And it's a different rendering API from Vulkan anyway, so we'll have to remake a lot of visuals.

Right now, the band-aid fix to let players with lower-end PCs at least play the game, was to just rip out some of the effects that previously were broken in OpenGL. This is why the lighting looks so odd, there is no blood and no fog in OpenGL version.

Currently, Mike is focused on the multiplayer, and since he works solo, there isn't much being done about OpenGL. And that's just OpenGL — making a MacOS version is another story.

I'm not saying we're not doing this and abandoning you -- we actually would like to make everything work everywhere. But it is going to take quite some time to get there. Hope this answers your question in full

[Stelvey]

Thank you for the answer! Still, my export from Godot turned out to work on Mac fine enough. Yeah, I guess it is worthwhile to adapt the game to a different rendering API since I did notice some visual glitches playing the game like that. So, if they were to be fixed, I think the MacOS version could see the light. I hope it will eventually come. It is currently the only game I am forced to play through a cloud service to "experience it fully"

[Mr. Noble]

Installed the driver, tried the other option nothing works. If I select "start" in the main menu it goes to blackscreen.

[Edvin Firestorm]

Please fix the random crashes, I hate getting to round 3 of 500k just for either him grabbing onto the shotgun or me ringing the phone destroying my progress. (I tried both with suggested fixes and without)