That is what should happen. Can you provide screen shots so I can see what exactly is happening?
Viewing post in Blank screen when run in GM2
I have worked it out. Had the default empty room0 at the top of the list, so running the game did nothing but show that empty room. Got rid of that, and ensured rInitialise was at the top, now works as expected.
My apologies for the dumb question. I am just starting to have a look at GM2, so not too savvy with it yet.
cheers