Re: Summer Daze - Black Screen
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:26 am
I believe the vendors have to basically tell Microsoft of their updates. So if the vendor doesn't let Microsoft know, the generic "check for updates" is like, "No, you're good."Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:46 am Ah! It's been far too long since I updated my drivers myself, but now that I tried doing it again, I found there was nothing to it.
Yes, I found that my graphics driver was last installed in 2016 (and was about 2 years out of date - the most recent driver for my card is from 2018). Downloading now, will install.
Incidentally, if my driver is so out-of-date, why was Windows Device Manager telling me that my card was all right? False positives like that are worrying ...
In general, for any kind of drivers - video, sound, whatever - simply check the vendor's website rather than trust Microsoft to update it.
A lot of vendors now create packages that will check for updates for you, rather than relying on Microsoft's thing.
I've not tried the demo, so I am not familiar myself.Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:46 am ********UPDATE*********
Welp, there goes a frustrating hour. I updated my drivers, restarted my computer, re-downloaded the demo, unzipped it, ran it, and .......... nothing, nada, zip, zip-ola, scratch. Just a black screen, and no way back to Win-doze except doing a(nother) hard reboot.
Oh, well ...
I was surprised, though, that after opening the zip file, it allowed me to place the game files anywhere I wanted. (I created a "Demo" folder under the default "Downloads" folder, just to make it easy to find the files again). I thought that, perhaps, there would be an installer of some kind? *shrug*
