Dougy Mak's Blog

When you start your Counter-Strike and if it’s always a black screen, then you’re most likely stuck in Direct 3D mode. To fix this, you would have to set it back to OpenGL for renderer. However, you’re most likely unable to due to the black screen.

To fix this:

1. Go to your Steam (not the game, just Steam) and go to the My Games tab.
2. Right click on Counter-Strike and go click Properties.
3. A new box should pop up. Now click Set launch options…
4. In the following box that pops up, type -dxlevel 9.0 and click Ok when you’re done.
5. Launch Counter-Strike normally, and enjoy!