Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn News

and you have updated your Windows 10 to the creators update, then there's a very high chance that ZKW-Reborn (among some other games) can go into a plain black screen on startup, even though the game is still running (no pun intended) in the background, and you can hear the music.


The issue can be fixed in most cases, thankfully.
You need to go to :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn

and then find the options.ini file. Open this with a regular text editor app, and change the [WINDOWS] portion of the ini file as following:


[Windows]
CreateTexturesOnDemand=1
AlternateSyncMethod=1
VertexBufferMethod=1
SleepMargin=10


I know this is a stupid workaround, but as it stands, there's really nothing I can do to fix this issue. It's very frustrating for me as a developer, and I truly hope you will understand that this is not directly the game's fault.


As for right now, I, unfortunately, don't know. I have only now realized the link between the Creators update, and this black screen issue. I'm trying to look into it, and in case I find a solution (or if any of you know how to get around this) I will update this blog post to give the solution to you


If that's something you want to do, I'm not going to stop you from doing so.
But if not, no. You can still play the game on windowed mode just regularly. Alt+Tab trick doesn't seem to be working for most, but it's something you should try anyways.
For now, all we can do, is to sit tight, and hope that Microsoft will get this issue fixed. So keep your Windows up to date, in case the miracle happens!

ps: Here's some more info about the issue:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/W10-Creators-Update-broke-fullscreen-mode/td-p/5983995

and you have updated your Windows 10 to the creators update, then there's a very high chance that ZKW-Reborn (among some other games) can go into a plain black screen on startup, even though the game is still running (no pun intended) in the background, and you can hear the music.


The issue can be fixed in most cases, thankfully.
You need to go to :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn

and then find the options.ini file. Open this with a regular text editor app, and change the [WINDOWS] portion of the ini file as following:


[Windows]
CreateTexturesOnDemand=1
AlternateSyncMethod=1
VertexBufferMethod=1
SleepMargin=10


I know this is a stupid workaround, but as it stands, there's really nothing I can do to fix this issue. It's very frustrating for me as a developer, and I truly hope you will understand that this is not directly the game's fault.


As for right now, I, unfortunately, don't know. I have only now realized the link between the Creators update, and this black screen issue. I'm trying to look into it, and in case I find a solution (or if any of you know how to get around this) I will update this blog post to give the solution to you


If that's something you want to do, I'm not going to stop you from doing so.
But if not, no. You can still play the game on windowed mode just regularly. Alt+Tab trick doesn't seem to be working for most, but it's something you should try anyways.
For now, all we can do, is to sit tight, and hope that Microsoft will get this issue fixed. So keep your Windows up to date, in case the miracle happens!

ps: Here's some more info about the issue:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/W10-Creators-Update-broke-fullscreen-mode/td-p/5983995

So, as some of you already noticed, no-one was able to play the multiplayer for the last couple of days.
This was actually caused by me. I just updated the servers to a new version, and I kind of sort of maybe forgot to validate the new version number.


Servers are now validated, and in working condition, plus! if everything else goes according to plans, we should now have gotten rid of so called "ghost" players on the server. This basically means, that I won't have to restart the servers twice every week, but hopefully just once a month (for an example) should do the trick.
We'll see how this goes on the long run, but it's looking good so far (if you forgive me for breaking the entire multiplayer mode for the past few days)

So, as some of you already noticed, no-one was able to play the multiplayer for the last couple of days.
This was actually caused by me. I just updated the servers to a new version, and I kind of sort of maybe forgot to validate the new version number.


Servers are now validated, and in working condition, plus! if everything else goes according to plans, we should now have gotten rid of so called "ghost" players on the server. This basically means, that I won't have to restart the servers twice every week, but hopefully just once a month (for an example) should do the trick.
We'll see how this goes on the long run, but it's looking good so far (if you forgive me for breaking the entire multiplayer mode for the past few days)

-I've overhauled the way the players are leveling up. It's now made slightly harder for everyone to level up (instead of shooting once, and gaining the first level the first time you play..) and for players who have OverKilled their profile, the process is even tougher after each OverKill Perk.

-No more handless folks on your avatar, nor on multiplayer!

-Upgraded BGv23 can now be reloaded again (yay!)

And that's about it. Have fun ya all!