# Black screen problem might be related to creating new Files or the Defold.exe application **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs\ **Created:** [July 26, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/black-screen-problem-might-be-related-to-creating-new-files-or-the-defold-exe-application/68944 "2021-07-26T06:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![theagemaway](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/theagemaway/32/38123_2.png) [@theagemaway](https://forum.defold.com/u/theagemaway)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/black-screen-problem-might-be-related-to-creating-new-files-or-the-defold-exe-application/68944/9 "2024-11-27T07:54:03Z")
I was able to solve this issue for myself, and I made a pretty long post about it on your other forum post. Just including this link here to help out anyone who might be having this issue. > [@Black screen is shown when building](https://forum.defold.com/t/black-screen-is-shown-when-building/68933/8): > > hopefully this helps someone out there on the grand internet: Short story: go to game.project → graphics → OpenGL Version Hint → set “Highest Version Available”. this fixed the issue for me! Long long story: I recently downloaded Defold because I was fed up with Unity, tired of Godot, and not interested in Unreal. Defold seemed to be the only engine that can export to all of the major platforms, so I wanted to give it a try. So I watched hours of tutorial videos, then decided to finally start… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.defold.com/t/black-screen-problem-might-be-related-to-creating-new-files-or-the-defold-exe-application/68944)._