Modern Windows (10 and 11) tries to “help” older game engines with DPI scaling and full screen optimizations. This often breaks PGMMV.
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. If you are experiencing these problems, here is a comprehensive write-up of known fixes and best practices. 🛠️ Common Fixes for Display & Full-Screen Issues Adjust Windows Display Scaling Modern Windows (10 and 11) tries to “help”
When he finally launched a demo, strangers downloaded the .zip and loaded it into their machines. Some wrote back about their annoyances: “Keeps running in a window on my laptop.” Others left messages Jiro treasured: “I cried in the little boxed room.” One player sent a screen-recording: the hero, small and defiant, standing at the Gate. The recording had been made on a phone; the person had held the camera close to their face and watched the tiny screen as if peering through a keyhole into a home. If you are experiencing these problems, here is
Your game deserves to run as smoothly as you imagined. With patience and these fixes, you’ll get PGMMV back to full working order.
| Symptom | Most Likely Fix | | :--- | :--- | | Black screen, audio plays | Disable DPI scaling (Step 3) or switch to Canvas renderer (Step 5) | | Full screen option greyed out | Check “Start in Full Screen” before export (Step 1) | | Flickering on 144Hz monitor | Turn off VSync in config file (Step 4) | | Crash when using Alt+Enter | Disable full screen optimizations (Step 3) | | Tiny game window on 4K screen | Override DPI scaling – set to “Application” (Step 3) |