Add "Record Overlays in Game Windows/Turn Them Off" to Black Screen Guide on Windows Support

[Metal48 | Floridians]

Title. Recently went through hell and back trying to get my PC to record and video buffer footage via OBS as a new user to this software. Whenever I would post in this forums for help, I would have my PC (Core 2 Quad Q8400, GT 1030, 4GB RAM) dismissed as simply not being powerful enough to record by several users such as @SumDim (no offense). I didn't give up and turned to the Internet instead. I found a Blizzard forums post saying that turning off the Windows 10 Game Bar allowed his PC to finally be rid of the blackscreen problem, so I tried it, too, with no success. I was very discouraged and booted up Overwatch and saw a little notification to press Windows+' to display the Discord overlay on the game. I closed the game, disabled the Discord overlay, rebooted the game, and began to record and lo and behold, I could capture video flawlessly. So yeah, include a little part about enabling recording overlays or remind users to turn them off. Thanks.

 

[SumDim]

Directing blame and singling out individuals is a very poor approach to getting future assistance. More so when you chose to send me a personal message entitled "It worked" with a link to this post. Totally unnecessary and very strange in how you want my attention.

Those who frequent this forum do so out of good will to help others. This is not our job. This is volunteer work. We don't get paid and you don't pay us. You get exactly what is offered here based on people's experience, knowledge and what little time they have to pour through all these posts everyday to give an answer. Every problem here is unique with millions of combinations in play due to the complexity of the software and hardware it supports. You cannot expect an exact answer that solves your problem. Most of the time it is up to you to figure out through trial and error.

If you don't like what people offer here and just want to complain, then you are free to find the answer elsewhere. But if you are here with mindful purpose to help others just as others do for you, then you would realize, that everything leading up to the last sentence you posted is unnecessary crap.

 

[Metal48 | Floridians]

Directing blame and singling out individuals is a very poor approach to getting future assistance. More so when you chose to send me a personal message entitled "It worked" with a link to this post. Totally unnecessary and very strange in how you want my attention.

Those who frequent this forum do so out of good will to help others. This is not our job. This is volunteer work. We don't get paid and you don't pay us. You get exactly what is offered here based on people's experience, knowledge and what little time they have to pour through all these posts everyday to give an answer. Every problem here is unique with millions of combinations in play due to the complexity of the software and hardware it supports. You cannot expect an exact answer that solves your problem. Most of the time it is up to you to figure out through trial and error.

If you don't like what people offer here and just want to complain, then you are free to find the answer elsewhere. But if you are here with mindful purpose to help others just as others do for you, then you would realize, that everything leading up to the last sentence you posted is unnecessary crap.

No no no, I did not mean it like that at all. I was just detailing how I got my PC to record, so you can consider that information in the future when helping others and so that others can see this information and use it when troubleshooting in the future. I really did alpreciate the help you gave me because you took your own time to do so. I'm sorry if it came off that way, I really didn't mean it like that.