A friend of mine has just purchased Garry's Mod for a fairly old computer. Garry's Mod does run, and the computer is just inside the minimum system requirements. The only insurmountable problem is that the spawn/ tool menu, which you access by hitting the 'q' key, is solid black. It still functions, in the way that you can click blindly and occasionally spawn a prop.
Here is the system specifications for the computer in question:
HP Compaq Evo N610c Laptop, with upgraded RAM
512 MB of RAM
1.99 (roughly- I know it is above the minimum processor requirement) Ghz processor
DirectX version 9
A graphics card that does not support pixel shader version 1.1 (and presumably, all later versions), and is a Mobile Radeon 7500.
There are various other problems, but none that particularly hamper gameplay. In case they may help diagnose the primary problem, here they are:
Blood effects appear mostly as a series of expanding black boxes (presumably, the computer cannot completely render them, or some-such)
The textures of props and handheld weapons do not render properly, often showing up as black. This I expect is due to the computers poor system specs.
I do not want solutions to those problems, just the one involving the q menu.
More system specifications will be posted as I discover them from my friend.
I've heard of something like this problem before.
I'm not sure how to fix it, but perhaps you could provide us with your graphics card information, and does it function properly in single player?
[QUOTE=Candlefish]I've heard of something like this problem before.
I'm not sure how to fix it, but perhaps you could provide us with your graphics card information, and does it function properly in single player?[/QUOTE]
The Q menu does not work properly in singleplayer- it still is pitch black. The graphics card is a Mobility Radeon 7500.
And also sometimes a blue box appears in certain areas of the menu.
Any prop in motion turns black, until it comes to rest.
If you Alt-Tap out of the game, then return to it, the textures become... very weird. I'll show in screenshots...
Finally, another bad problem, props seem to fade out of view when they are more than a few meters away from the player... This is another problem that a solution to is needed.
Screenshots:
[url]http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k440/StiltonPerpendicular/Mourning1.jpg?t=1218569621[/url]
[url]http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k440/StiltonPerpendicular/Mourning5.jpg?t=1218569689[/url]
[b]Edit:[/b]
Well, the symptoms of the problem appear to be partially resolved. It appears that creating a lamp makes the q menu visible, as well as makes moving props render properly. So... If anyone has a way to solve the fading problem, please reply.
But the bigger question is: Why would placing a lamp make the q menu visible???
[QUOTE=abaster]The Q menu does not work properly in singleplayer- it still is pitch black. The graphics card is a Mobility Radeon 7500.
And also sometimes a blue box appears in certain areas of the menu.
Any prop in motion turns black, until it comes to rest.
If you Alt-Tap out of the game, then return to it, the textures become... very weird. I'll show in screenshots...
Finally, another bad problem, props seem to fade out of view when they are more than a few meters away from the player... This is another problem that a solution to is needed.
Screenshots:
[url]http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k440/StiltonPerpendicular/Mourning1.jpg?t=1218569621[/url]
[url]http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k440/StiltonPerpendicular/Mourning5.jpg?t=1218569689[/url]
[b]Edit:[/b]
Well, the symptoms of the problem appear to be partially resolved. It appears that creating a lamp makes the q menu visible, as well as makes moving props render properly. So... If anyone has a way to solve the fading problem, please reply.
But the bigger question is: Why would placing a lamp make the q menu visible???[/QUOTE]
Goddamn. That's the best graphics I've ever seen. Want my babies?
I have had this problem today and before...while i have no screenshots i'll do my best to explain it...
i was in multiplayer and joined a server. i said hi and stuffs and then i noticed that when i would hit "q" that only the tabs and tool side of the menu were visible...but in the upper left corner under the tabs(props,weapons,vehicles,etc.)that there is the menu but its very small and only the up and down arrows for going up and down the page and part of the prop icons.(very hard to explain.)works fine in single player.
here is my attempt at making it using text
___________
|.......[^]|
|insert | ">" = down arrow
|prop pic[>]| ignore dots
|_here_____|
Hey I have a problem with the Q menu too... well but mine is that It won't show up at all in multiplayer just singleplayer, and I even re-installed Gmod and Steam. It still won't work
try getting a new computer MAYBE that will work or just find what the problem is
i too have caught gmod cancer! i have this problem:
My friend wanted me to go to his OIFY server, but it didn't work. So i downloaded the OIFY prelease map in a zip. it came with materials, models, lua, and maps. So i installed and expected a funny maze map to play on. So i go to play and its laggy as hell, then i go to noclip and i cant noclip. I try and spawn a prop but that wont work either. there must have been something wronge with the file but it screwed up my gmod bad!!! omg this sucks i just wanted to play garrysmod in single player!!!!!
PS: i was wondering would DELETE LOCAL CONTENT delete my material/models/maps/ect. on garrysmod?????? it didn't for CSS but thats a different game. PLZ TELL ME SOON I NEED TO FIX THIS!!!!
Edit:
HOLY CRAP I FOUND THE FILE: in oify/addons/lua/autorun/server it was lua file and it said|
if not SERVER then return end
if game.GetMap( "t3h_OIFY.bsp" ) or game.GetMap( "t3h_OIFY_prerelease.bsp" ) then
local function OIFYNoclip( ply )
return false
end
hook.Add("PlayerNoClip", "OIFYNoclip", OIFYNoclip)
local function OIFYPhysgun( ply, ent )
return false
end
hook.Add("PhysgunPickup", "OIFYPhysgun", OIFYPhysgun)
local function OIFYSpawnProp( ply, mdl )
return false
end
hook.Add("PlayerSpawnProp", "OIFYSpawnProp", OIFYSpawnProp)
local function OIFYUseTool( ply, tr, toolmode )
return false
end
hook.Add("UseTool", "OIFYUseTool", OIFYUseTool)
local function OIFYSpawnMenu( ply )
return false
end
hook.Add("SpawnMenuOpen", "OIFYSpawnMenu", OIFYSpawnMenu)
local function OIFYContextMenu( ply )
return false
end
hook.Add("SpawnContextMenuOpen", "OIFYContextMenu", OIFYContextMenu)
end
Im gonna remove it and hope its fixed
i hope 2 god it does
[QUOTE=WickedArtist]i too have caught gmod cancer! i have this problem:
My friend wanted me to go to his OIFY server, but it didn't work. So i downloaded the OIFY prelease map in a zip. it came with materials, models, lua, and maps. So i installed and expected a funny maze map to play on. So i go to play and its laggy as hell, then i go to noclip and i cant noclip. I try and spawn a prop but that wont work either. there must have been something wronge with the file but it screwed up my gmod bad!!! omg this sucks i just wanted to play garrysmod in single player!!!!!
PS: i was wondering would DELETE LOCAL CONTENT delete my material/models/maps/ect. on garrysmod?????? it didn't for CSS but thats a different game. PLZ TELL ME SOON I NEED TO FIX THIS!!!!
Edit:
HOLY CRAP I FOUND THE FILE: in oify/addons/lua/autorun/server it was lua file and it said|
if not SERVER then return end
if game.GetMap( "t3h_OIFY.bsp" ) or game.GetMap( "t3h_OIFY_prerelease.bsp" ) then
local function OIFYNoclip( ply )
return false
end
hook.Add("PlayerNoClip", "OIFYNoclip", OIFYNoclip)
local function OIFYPhysgun( ply, ent )
return false
end
hook.Add("PhysgunPickup", "OIFYPhysgun", OIFYPhysgun)
local function OIFYSpawnProp( ply, mdl )
return false
end
hook.Add("PlayerSpawnProp", "OIFYSpawnProp", OIFYSpawnProp)
local function OIFYUseTool( ply, tr, toolmode )
return false
end
hook.Add("UseTool", "OIFYUseTool", OIFYUseTool)
local function OIFYSpawnMenu( ply )
return false
end
hook.Add("SpawnMenuOpen", "OIFYSpawnMenu", OIFYSpawnMenu)
local function OIFYContextMenu( ply )
return false
end
hook.Add("SpawnContextMenuOpen", "OIFYContextMenu", OIFYContextMenu)
end
Im gonna remove it and hope its fixed
i hope 2 god it does[/QUOTE]
You are making no sence whatsoever...
[QUOTE=WickedArtist]PS: i was wondering would DELETE LOCAL CONTENT delete my material/models/maps/ect. on garrysmod?????? it didn't for CSS but thats a different game. PLZ TELL ME SOON I NEED TO FIX THIS!!!!
[/QUOTE]
There's no wrongs in that script, it is actually to keep people away from spawning crap in the OIFY, just delete the OIFY lua files and it works again. Also, using CAPSLOCK doesn't gives you attention, people will even ignore you because of CAPSLOCK.
[QUOTE=WickedArtist]i too have caught gmod cancer! i have this problem:
My friend wanted me to go to his OIFY server, but it didn't work. So i downloaded the OIFY prelease map in a zip. it came with materials, models, lua, and maps. So i installed and expected a funny maze map to play on. So i go to play and its laggy as hell, then i go to noclip and i cant noclip. I try and spawn a prop but that wont work either. there must have been something wronge with the file but it screwed up my gmod bad!!! omg this sucks i just wanted to play garrysmod in single player!!!!!
PS: i was wondering would DELETE LOCAL CONTENT delete my material/models/maps/ect. on garrysmod?????? it didn't for CSS but thats a different game. PLZ TELL ME SOON I NEED TO FIX THIS!!!![/QUOTE]
Haha just like my minge step-brother would put it. He adds about 5 or more extra exclamation marks or question marks to the end of everything and he also adds a :) or :( to it too. Makes me laugh, although its quite anoying.
Anyways with the props fading out. For some reason if your computer isn't the greatest, gmod reduces the draw distance for props and you can't bring it back up.
It also looks like your Weapons and HUD are pitch black too.
Try this procedure: (WARNING: It will remove ALL downloads you have added.)
1. Right Click on Garry's Mod in Steam and Click Delete Local Content...
2. Browse to [steam directory]/steamapps/[steam username]/
3. Delete the folder called Garrysmod
4. Return to Steam and Right Click on Garry's Mod again and click Install Game
5. Wait for it to install all the way
6. Start the game and tell us if you have the same problem.
you don't have to uninstall Garry's mod all together just go into your steam files go to "Garry's mod" and rename the other Garry's mod folder. For some reason this makes a clean copy of Garry's mod with nothing on it and you can still keep your files from your last game(so if you want to just copy and past maps,addons,or something)
However, this is not the problem i have been having. My problem is that the Q menu will not open at all in multiplayer, the Q menu works fine in signal player but on an Online server. I press "Q" and nothing happens, please help!!
Try Deleting all of your addons lua and that
cause ihad this problem.So ideleted all my addons and it opened the menu on gmod multiplayer
if 4 single player try deleting the gmod folder then reinstall.
Got this "Q menu" Bull**** too. This only happened after I got Assmod. Looking on other sites I have seen people have downloaded Assmod and got the Q menu glitch. Even if you remove Assmod its not gonna fix the problem. So solution for non Assmod users.. DON'T DOWNLOAD ASSMOD!
[editline]03:59AM[/editline]
Oh, and solution for your computer probs on Gmod.... It's may be that Gmod isn't spose to run "Just over the minimum requirments.
GMod is one of the bitchiest neediest games on the Source Engine, as another user here put it.
I got the same problem, but i only can't use it in a Multiplayer server. I can use my MEnu full in Singleplayer.
Sorry to bump this tread but i am having a similar problem as you can see:
[IMG]http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6056/25843091.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Lord Gman;16167690]Got this "Q menu" Bull**** too. This only happened after I got Assmod. Looking on other sites I have seen people have downloaded Assmod and got the Q menu glitch. Even if you remove Assmod its not gonna fix the problem. So solution for non Assmod users.. DON'T DOWNLOAD ASSMOD!
[editline]03:59AM[/editline]
Oh, and solution for your computer probs on Gmod.... It's may be that Gmod isn't spose to run "Just over the minimum requirments.[/QUOTE]
I got it to, I have had assmod for a long time but like 20 mins ago i found this update then installed it to the server then joined it and suddently i couldnt open the Q or C menus but in singleplayer i can.
This problem happens to my friends too IF they have custom downloads turned off. (When joining My Server)
The Q menu is either Black Or no responce from the key at all
Edit: Aww its allready been solved :<
[QUOTE=abaster;11236118]A friend of mine has just purchased Garry's Mod for a fairly old computer. Garry's Mod does run, and the computer is just inside the minimum system requirements. The only insurmountable problem is that the spawn/ tool menu, which you access by hitting the 'q' key, is solid black. It still functions, in the way that you can click blindly and occasionally spawn a prop.
Here is the system specifications for the computer in question:
HP Compaq Evo N610c Laptop, with upgraded RAM
512 MB of RAM
1.99 (roughly- I know it is above the minimum processor requirement) Ghz processor
DirectX version 9
A graphics card that does not support pixel shader version 1.1 (and presumably, all later versions), and is a Mobile Radeon 7500.
There are various other problems, but none that particularly hamper gameplay. In case they may help diagnose the primary problem, here they are:
Blood effects appear mostly as a series of expanding black boxes (presumably, the computer cannot completely render them, or some-such)
The textures of props and handheld weapons do not render properly, often showing up as black. This I expect is due to the computers poor system specs.
I do not want solutions to those problems, just the one involving the q menu.
More system specifications will be posted as I discover them from my friend.[/QUOTE]
The graphics card may be out of date.
this thread is over a year old, why are you still relying with answers
i cant open my spawn menu its just laughing at me in the top left coner but i cant open when i hold down q or c my arrow wont show up and i can still look around i downloaded wire mod and adv dup i deleted that but it still there,aslo its small and i hit tab and i get my arrow and i try to make it larger but i cant its really pissing me off i need help please i really dont want to restart gmod because i have to much stuff saved!!!!!
Same problem, this thread is almost 3 years old. Ha! :dance:
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