[HELP] Strange SA:MP bug

[MrChristmas]

Hey,
Before starting this topic, I tried to do the research myself and found quite a lot of people having very similar problem in other games but sadly there was no solution found :sadpepe: 

The black screen of death is what I am getting every time when I am trying to play SA:MP for the past few days. It can accrue when I press the "connect" button or when I try to close the game (using /q or going to menu).

After I press connect or close GTA:SA, I get a black screen on both of my monitors. The effect is very similar to turn off monitor as I can still hear the sound (music/streams) playing in the background altogether I have no access and I'm limited to restarting my computer by using the physical button. I tried to make scripts which would close the gta_sa.exe process or even explorer.exe but it still did not work. I also tried using ALT+F4 and CTRL+ALT+DELETE but they did not help. Same with ALT + TAB, somehow it stops working completely and I lose the control over my computer.

It is also worth noting that I tried both un-modded as well as modded versions of the game, and the same bug accrues. Getting new installer as well as reinstalling (deleting every possible left file of GTA:SA by hand) also did not work. This bug only accrues on GTA:SA, I have no problem getting other games to work.


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GTX 770 w/ ACX Cooler - not clocked
I7-4770k - not clocked
8GB RAM - 1866mhz
Game is installed on WD green (eco hardrive)
^ tried installing it on WD black - didn not work
Windows 10 Pro 64bit
^ DVR disabled
Rapid storage turned on
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Do you guys have any idea why is this happening and is there any potential fix to it?

 

[0x_]

A upgrade to Windows 7 would resolve all your issues.
Are other DirectX based games working properly (9)?

 

[MrChristmas]

Yeah I was thinking about downgrading to Windows 7 because of non-support for particular mods.
I actually managed to fix it, I made a new user on my PC, installed the game there and then moved it to the C: drive, logged back to my main user and moved the game from C: drive to my desktop and I do not have crashes any more.

Thanks for trying to help me though
@0x688

 

[0x32789]

Its not black screen of death its blue skreen of death
Happens to me when installing windows 7 over my modern uefi bios

 

[supahdupahnubah]

Its not black screen of death its blue skreen of death
Happens to me when installing windows 7 over my modern uefi bios

He meant black screen, exactly black, because you'll lost any visual access to your pc, as there will be nothing on your screen

 

[springfield]

Had the same problem after upgrading to windows 10, when i tried to minimize the game(alt + tab), it will get black and steal focus from all other windows, my only option being to restart the PC.
I fixed by using this tut. https://youtu.be/QGURHS1iAoU

 

[Paul159]

I remember this problem when I had windows 10. Now I have windows 7.
But actually you can fix it with task manager (CTRL + ALT + DELETE), a window will pop-up, then you'll need to choose the task you want to close(arrow keys), when you did so press enter then move to "end task" and press space, it will close process instantly.