Dev build doesn't run on development machine, but will on another?

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I’m using the Shooter Game project as a starting point for a game I’m currently working on. Everything works fine when I run it from the editor, but when I create a development build to test things out, it gives me a black screen and the music from the intro video. The really weird part is that I can put the build onto another system and it works just fine. I’ve been able to get an early build to work, but I’ve started over a couple times. My graphics drivers have been up to date, and nothing has changed on the development machine between the time a working version worked and now. Anybody know how I might be able to fix it?

Development machine specs:

AMD Athlon II x4 620 CPU @ 2.6 GHz
8GB DDR2 Memory
EVGA Nvidia 750SC (2GB)

Specs for laptop that can actually run the game:

Mid 2010 MacBook Pro
Intel i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.2 GHz
4GB Ram (DDR type currently unknown)
AMD Radeon 6750M (1GB)

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Okay, so… I just realized the problem is the loading video itself. I removed it from the Movies folder in the game’s content directory, and it works. So… new question. How do I resize the video? I can only assume it’s due to the resolution size cause it’s much larger than my monitor’s resolution can handle.

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Okay, so since last night, it seems the development build doesn’t want to work, again. Nothing has changed since last night. Anybody else having this problem?

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UPDATE: I found the culprit! Development builds hate Steam. I disabled it and now it works with no problem. I was even able to recreate the problem on my laptop. I’ll leave this here in case anybody else is having the same problems I was.