Bug Report Have a pixel death screen where the entire video is pretty much unwatchable (Video link added)

[Draxxul]

First of all. Thank you to anyone that can help, or attempt to help me with this problem!

https://youtu.be/oscXNC_Orug (Skip to 10/11 minutes)

So i was about to record Starbound in windowed mode, when the entire preview eneded up looking like the video at the 11 minutes mark. I couldnt get it to work at all. I then decided to record in full screen, and I checked the preview and it SEEMED fine enough. Went on with the recording.

I check the video and for some reason the pixel death screen popped up for a couple of minutes. Anyone have a fix or an explanation? Not sure if its the game, OBS, or my PC (or setting from something I missed)

Thank you again for the help, also not sure what a log file is :P

Damian.

 

[H4ndy]

This is a known issue with OpenGL and AMD Radeon R9 graphics cards.
If the game has an option for the renderer, chose DirectX instead of OpenGL.

Also make sure to use the latest AMD driver, they apparently deployed a little fix for it (although not complete).
If it still does not work, you can only use display or window capture and run the game in borderless fullscreen or window mode.

 

[Draxxul]

Thanks for such a speedy response! Hopefully I can try a fix out when I get home!

I was really hoping for a super simple fix like increase the bitrate, but that doesn't seem to be the case haha, thanks again!

 

[H4ndy]

Yeah unfortunately not possible since it is a driver/hardware glitch of AMD cards.

 

[Draxxul]

So I have a weird situation now.

The games I use do not have the option to change renderer, nor did the drivers actually help the two game I was planning on recording. In fact, one of the games (an early release alpha) is now effected by OBS. No joke, if OBS is open, not recording, and then I open up the game, the character falls straight through the floor and makes the game unplayable. But if I open up the game, get my feet on the floor, then open OBS, it works fine!

I clicked the multi-adapter compaitablity button with testing to see why my game was being affected by OBS, and it actually fixed the recording! For both games!

Personally, I have no idea what that button even does or means, but my only question is now is, does the Multi-Adapter check box affect anything really for recording? Or should I still look for an alternative fix?

Thanks again!

 

[H4ndy]

Multi-adapter compatibility uses a different hook method and is usually used for notebooks with... well... multiple adapters (e.g. Intel GPU on battery and a powerful dedicated GPU for gaming).

 

[Draxxul]

Huh, extremely weird that the recordings work fine for these games with that on. Well as long as there is no harm and the recording all come out smoothly, no biggie I suppose!

Thank you so much for all your help, at least my drivers for a update :) take care and have a great day!