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/

[Kurplunk.]

Am i not understanding how double or nothing pills work? I take my chance, and when I get the "good odds", my screen focuses on the charge board and nothing changes but when i take them and get the "bad odds", I always lose one heart.

[Hinclimincli]

Hi. when i launch the game the main menu is totally black. I hear the music, i see the mouse but i cant see anything. This is my log: https://pastebin.com/gdJneSmH

[Alex]

hi. i've been trying to launch the game for awhile which now works becasue of the --rendering-driver opengl3 thing, one problem is that when i open the game it displays the critical reflex logo then goes black. i can still react to the start, options and all that stuff. so technically i can still play the game i just can't see what im doing lol.

[Hinclimincli]

Same here. I hope a answer of devs. If not, i will refound it unfortunately.

[Mistalleks]

Originally posted by Amadeus101:

Game still crashes when using opengl method. Gfx card doesnt support vulkan (ATi radeon HD 4890) but supports open gl 3.3. Game just opens up in a black and nameless window thats unresponsive then just closes after a few seconds. Are you working on a fix for this or is it over for me?

Sorry to say this, but I can't give you any promises of a fix. There are limits to which we can improve the game, and, unfortunately, a graphics card from 2009 is outside of them.

At least for now — if Mike develops OpenGL version more, the situation might improve. But right now he is busy working on the multiplayer and developing the game in both rendering APIs is a lot of work.

[Mistalleks]

Originally posted by Hinclimincli:

Same here. I hope a answer of devs. If not, i will refound it unfortunately.

Hey! Sorry to hear about your problem. It's unclear what's exactly happening, but the logs do contain some useful info — so thanks for sharing them from the get-go! I'll forward this to Mike, but I don't know how long the fix is going to take.

[Hinclimincli]

Its the same problema as Buck "hi. i've been trying to launch the game for awhile which now works becasue of the --rendering-driver opengl3 thing, one problem is that when i open the game it displays the critical reflex logo then goes black. i can still react to the start, options and all that stuff. so technically i can still play the game i just can't see what im doing lol."

[Mistalleks]

Originally posted by Hinclimincli:

Its the same problema like Buck "hi. i've been trying to launch the game for awhile which now works becasue of the --rendering-driver opengl3 thing, one problem is that when i open the game it displays the critical reflex logo then goes black. i can still react to the start, options and all that stuff. so technically i can still play the game i just can't see what im doing lol."

What I've meant is that it's not instantly clear why this is happening. I do understand that you're running into the black screen bug.

[Hinclimincli]

Resume: Start game, you can see 2 second (in little window)critical reflex logo, after that, the little window become to fullscreen. Then u begin to hear the music, u can see the mouse, the window is totally black, can move the mouse and (instinctively) touch the stuff of menu. The windows never change. I hope be clear. If not, i can make a video to show u.

[Mistalleks]

Originally posted by Hinclimincli:

Resume: Start game, you can see 2 second (in little window)critical reflex logo, after that, the little window become to fullscreen. Then u begin to hear the music, u can see the mouse, the window is totally black, can move the mouse and (instinctively) touch the stuff of menu. The windows never change. I hope be clear. If not, i can make a video to show u.

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

[dth072]

Originally posted by Mistalleks:

Originally posted by Hinclimincli:

Resume: Start game, you can see 2 second (in little window)critical reflex logo, after that, the little window become to fullscreen. Then u begin to hear the music, u can see the mouse, the window is totally black, can move the mouse and (instinctively) touch the stuff of menu. The windows never change. I hope be clear. If not, i can make a video to show u.

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

[Mistalleks]

Originally posted by kamiilar:

Originally posted by Mistalleks:

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 only work properly in a window with a certain height value, and scaling the window leads to a black screen. So that's the reason for the black screen in full screen mode.
1.Fullscreen Mode: https://youtu.be/KDdZ7E1GE4I
2.Windowed Mode: https://youtu.be/bymzzWsIK4Q

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?

[dth072]

Originally posted by Mistalleks:

Originally posted by kamiilar:

I have the same problem, but I found the cause of the black screen. The game can only work properly in a window with a certain height value, and scaling the window leads to a black screen. So that's the reason for the black screen in full screen mode.
1.Fullscreen Mode: https://youtu.be/KDdZ7E1GE4I
2.Windowed Mode: https://youtu.be/bymzzWsIK4Q

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)

[dth072]

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

[chtmpan]

i have the same issue