No text or any form of menu

[Half-Health]

Title.

I've had this problem for a while now.. basically when I load Gmod everything goes normal till I get to the main menu. No text at all. Sounds still play but everything is gone. I can access the Dev Console and load maps and stuff but when I load the Q-Menu everything is again blank and none of the spawn icons work.

I tried a clean install and still nothing works. At this point I'm stumped. Anyone got any great ideas?

Console log:

Mounting hl2.. OK
Mounting ep2.. OK
Mounting tf.. OK
Mounting cstrike.. OK
Mounting dod.. OK
Mounting episodic.. OK
Mounting hl2mp.. OK
Mounting portal.. OK
Mounting lostcoast.. Disabled
Mounting hl1.. No permission
Mounting hl1mp.. No permission
Mounting zeno_clash.. No permission
KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/cod4pack/info.txt

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KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/cod4pack/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/cod4pack/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/cod4pack/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/cod4pack/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/cod4pack/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Dean's PC/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Dean's PC/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Dean's PC/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Dean's PC/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Dean's PC/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Dean's PC/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

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KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

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KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

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KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { in file addons/Frostcopderp/info.txt

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KeyValues Error: Lo

[AlfieGroove]

Verify the integrity of game cache in the Properties in Steam library

[Half-Health]

[QUOTE=AlfieGroove;23843320]Verify the integrity of game cache in the Properties in Steam library[/QUOTE]

Did that and it didn't change anything :saddowns:

[Goz3rr]

Try loading it with -dxlevel 81
Or minimize the game and open it again.

[Carmine3777]

[QUOTE=Goz3rr;23843399]Try loading it with -dxlevel 81
Or minimize the game and open it again.[/QUOTE]

I used to have this problem for a while, alt-tabbing then maximizing it worked for me.

[Half-Health]

[IMG]http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx142/Half-Health/asdfgsfdswhythefuckdoesntgmodwork.png[/IMG]

[editline]05:42AM[/editline]

[QUOTE=Goz3rr;23843399]Try loading it with -dxlevel 81
Or minimize the game and open it again.[/QUOTE]

Nothing.

[Half-Health]

Surely someone has an idea about how to fix this right..? :saddowns:

[editline]05:18PM[/editline]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hme39W5PXG0[/media]

[Half-Health]

No hope of fixing this then? :sigh:

[Stickeyjam]

This problem kinda just solved itself for me. I connected to friends servers using the console, then my game crashed. Next time I tried getting back on my menu and everything else was back to normal.

[Oppy]

Found the problem

"WARNING: There was an error creating the 'LargeBold' font, face 'Tahoma', size 17"

Not sure what the problem is though.

[Half-Health]

[QUOTE=Oppy;23865478]Found the problem

"WARNING: There was an error creating the 'LargeBold' font, face 'Tahoma', size 17"

Not sure what the problem is though.[/QUOTE]

But how do I fix it.. :smith: I mean.. this is even after a clean install..

[Minilandstan]

Works fine for me.

I just started it up and it worked the first time.

It may be one of your addons.

[Half-Health]

[QUOTE=minilandstan;23879235]Works fine for me.

I just started it up and it worked the first time.

It may be one of your addons.[/QUOTE]

I got rid of everything. Did you not read that I did a clean install..?

[editline]05:38PM[/editline]

Mounting hl2.. OK
Mounting ep2.. OK
Mounting tf.. OK
Mounting cstrike.. OK
Mounting dod.. OK
Mounting episodic.. OK
Mounting hl2mp.. OK
Mounting portal.. OK
Mounting lostcoast.. Disabled
Mounting hl1.. No permission
Mounting hl1mp.. No permission
Mounting zeno_clash.. No permission
Garry's Mod server.dll Build #094 [Aug  6 2010 12:55:06]
maxplayers set to 128
Unknown command "sv_allow_wait_command"
Steam config directory: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\blackrazor88\garrysmod\platform\config
Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed (sv_scriptenforcer_initialkick)
Garry's Mod client.dll Build #094 [Aug  6 2010 12:55:04]
maxplayers set to 1
Unknown command "cl_thirdperson"
Unknown command "hud_showemptyweaponslots"
Unknown command "sv_backspeed"
Unknown command "LF-HEALTH"
GetAllManifestFiles:  Unable to load maplist.txt

What my console says now.

[Half-Health]

Bumping because I really need help with fixing this. I made a steam support ticket and they told me they don't support Gmod (What the fuck)

I tried re-downloading my GCF and doing yet another fresh install: Nothing.

Console:

Mounting hl2.. OK
Mounting ep2.. OK
Mounting tf.. OK
Mounting cstrike.. OK
Mounting dod.. OK
Mounting episodic.. OK
Mounting hl2mp.. OK
Mounting portal.. OK
Mounting lostcoast.. Disabled
Mounting hl1.. No permission
Mounting hl1mp.. No permission
Mounting zeno_clash.. No permission
Both ConVars must be marked FCVAR_REPLICATED for linkage to work (r_VehicleViewDampen)
Garry's Mod server.dll Build #094 [Aug  6 2010 12:55:06]
maxplayers set to 128
Unknown command "sv_allow_wait_command"
Steam config directory: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\blackrazor88\garrysmod\platform\config
Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed (sv_scriptenforcer_initialkick)
Both ConVars must be marked FCVAR_REPLICATED for linkage to work (r_VehicleViewDampen)
Garry's Mod client.dll Build #094 [Aug  6 2010 12:55:04]
WARNING: There was an error creating the 'LargeBold' font, face 'Tahoma', size 17
maxplayers set to 1
Unknown command "cl_thirdperson"
Unknown command "hud_showemptyweaponslots"
Unknown command "sv_backspeed"
Unknown command "LF-HEALTH"
GetAllManifestFiles:  Unable to load maplist.txt

[HWECQI]

Someone help this guy, he can't do jack shit right now with Gmod.

[AlfieGroove]

The only thing I can think of is installing the Tahoma font

[url]http://www.fontonic.com/download.asp?id=6009[/url]

And try the bold verison

[url]http://www.eaglefonts.com/b-tahoma-bold-ttf-8729.htm[/url]

[Half-Health]

Tried that, still nothing.

[Lily]

Looks like your missing fonts, do your computer have the Tahoma font?

[Mitsuma]

Download and extract to
[I]C:\Windows\Fonts[/I]

[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/font.rar[/url]

It works.

[AlfieGroove]

The last 2 posts are doing exactly the same thing I suggested to him and he said it doesn't work :geno:

[Mitsuma]

Download my fonts, they work.
Friend had the same problem.

[Half-Health]

yet again, I attempted just [B]INSTALLING THE FONTS[/B] and it [B]DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.[/B]

[Goz3rr]

Have you tried checking all your source games that garrysmod mount?
It seems like your derma is fucked.

[Half-Health]

[QUOTE=Goz3rr;23956109]Have you tried checking all your source games that garrysmod mount?
It seems like your derma is fucked.[/QUOTE]

Everything else works fine except Source SDK

[E-102 Gamma]

Start the game, open the console, type in "mat_dxlevel" and hit enter. Tell us what it says.

[Half-Health]

Mounting hl2.. OK
Mounting ep2.. OK
Mounting tf.. OK
Mounting cstrike.. OK
Mounting dod.. OK
Mounting episodic.. OK
Mounting hl2mp.. OK
Mounting portal.. OK
Mounting lostcoast.. Disabled
Mounting hl1.. No permission
Mounting hl1mp.. No permission
Mounting zeno_clash.. No permission
Garry's Mod server.dll Build #094 [Aug  6 2010 12:55:06]
maxplayers set to 128
Unknown command "sv_allow_wait_command"
Steam config directory: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\blackrazor88\garrysmod\platform\config
Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed (sv_scriptenforcer_initialkick)
Garry's Mod client.dll Build #094 [Aug  6 2010 12:55:04]
maxplayers set to 1
Unknown command "cl_thirdperson"
Unknown command "hud_showemptyweaponslots"
Unknown command "sv_backspeed"
Unknown command "LF-HEALTH"
GetAllManifestFiles:  Unable to load maplist.txt
] mat_dxlevel
"mat_dxlevel" = "81" ( def. "0" )

[E-102 Gamma]

[QUOTE=BlackRazor88;23978074]

Unknown command "LF-HEALTH"

[/QUOTE]

Any idea what's causing this? It caught my attention in every one of your console copy+pastes. I suspect an addon is doing this.

[QUOTE=BlackRazor88;23978074]

] mat_dxlevel
"mat_dxlevel" = "81" ( def. "0" )

[/QUOTE]

This shouldn't cause any problems. But it does really hurt the game's quality and buys extra performance.

Any chance you could scan and upload your system specs with X-Fire? Because, if you have a halfway decent desktop, mat_dxlevel really should be 95 (or 98, if you want 16-pass AA).

[Half-Health]

It's because of my username, always been like that. It's set to 81 because someone in this thread suggested it I normally run Gmod at full settings.

[editline]12:49AM[/editline]

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/specs.png[/img]

[E-102 Gamma]

[QUOTE=BlackRazor88;23979034][img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/specs.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

I dunno about your graphics card, but your processor seems really good, so go ahead and set mat_dxlevel back to 95.

Since mat_dxlevel isn't causing any problems, I have no idea what else could possibly be wrong. Sorry. :frown:

Although, you could check for non-default console commands by using the "differences" command. If you use it, could you please post the results here?

[Half-Health]

] differences
"r_flashlightdepthres" = "512" ( def. "1024" )
 client archive
"hap_melee_scale" = "0.800000" ( def. "0.8" )
 client
"hap_noclip_avatar_scale" = "0.100000" ( def. "0.10f" )
 client
"sensitivity" = "10" ( def. "3" ) min. 0.000100
 client archive
 - Mouse sensitivity.
"r_farz" = "30000" ( def. "-1" )
 client cheat
 - Override the far clipping plane. -1 means to use the value in env_fog_controller.
"cl_overdraw_test" = "0"
 client cheat
"mat_software_aa_strength" = "0.000000" ( def. "-1.0" )
 client archive
 - Software AA - perform a software anti-aliasing post-process (an alternative/supplement to MSAA). This value sets the strength of the effect: (0.0 - off), (1.0 - full)
"mat_software_aa_strength_vgui" = "1.000000" ( def. "-1.0" )
 client archive
 - Same as mat_software_aa_strength, but forced to this value when called by the post vgui AA pass.
"fog_start" = "1" ( def. "-1" )
 client cheat
"fog_end" = "1" ( def. "-1" )
 client cheat
"fog_color" = "1 1 1" ( def. "-1 -1 -1" )
 client cheat
"fog_startskybox" = "1" ( def. "-1" )
 client cheat
"fog_endskybox" = "1" ( def. "-1" )
 client cheat
"fog_colorskybox" = "1 1 1" ( def. "-1 -1 -1" )
 client cheat
"cl_playermodel" = "male18" ( def. "none" )
 client archive server_can_execute
 - Default Player Model
"ai_keepragdolls" = "1" ( def. "0" )
 game archive notify
"sv_skyname" = "sky_day02_02" ( def. "sky_urb01" )
 game archive replicated
 - Current name of the skybox texture
"npc_citizen_auto_player_squad" = "0" ( def. "1" )
 game archive
"sbox_plpldamage" = "0" ( def. "1" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_maxeffects" = "12" ( def. "50" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_maxballoons" = "12" ( def. "20" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_maxdynamite" = "15" ( def. "10" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_maxwheels" = "12" ( def. "50" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_maxthrusters" = "12" ( def. "50" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_maxhoverballs" = "20" ( def. "50" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_maxbuttons" = "12" ( def. "50" )
 game archive notify replicated
"sbox_weapons" = "0" ( def. "1" )
 game archive notify replicated
"rate" = "30000" ( def. "10000" )
 - Max bytes/sec the host can receive data
"cl_updaterate" = "30" ( def. "20" )
 archive
 - Number of packets per second of updates you are requesting from the server
"hostname" = "Garry's Mod" ( def. "" )
 - Hostname for server.
"sv_allow_voice_from_file" = "0" ( def. "1" )
 replicated
 - Allow or disallow clients from using voice_inputfromfile on this server.
"name" = "[BFS] HλLF-HEALTH²" ( def. "unnamed" )
 archive server_can_execute
 - Current user name
"mat_texture_list_all" = "0"
 - If this is nonzero, then the texture list panel will show all currently-loaded textures.
"mat_texture_list_view" = "1"
 - If this is nonzero, then the texture list panel will render thumbnails of currently-loaded textures.
"mat_show_texture_memory_usage" = "0"
 cheat
 - Display the texture memory usage on the HUD.
"cl_timeout" = "45" ( def. "30" )
 archive
 - After this many seconds without receiving a packet from the server, the client will disconnect itself
"cl_logofile" = "materials/vgui/logos/spray.vtf" ( def. "materials/decals/spraylogo.vtf" )
 archive
 - Spraypoint logo decal.
"mat_colorcorrection" = "1" ( def. "0" )
"con_enable" = "1" ( def. "0" )
 archive
 - Allows the console to be activated.
"mp_decals" = "5000" ( def. "200" )
 archive
"r_hunkalloclightmaps" = "0" ( def. "1" )
"r_overlayfademin" = "1750" ( def. "1750.0f" )
"r_overlayfademax" = "2000" ( def. "2000.0f" )
"sv_timeout" = "180" ( def. "65" )
 - After this many seconds without a message from a client, the client is dropped
"sv_cheats" = "1" ( def. "0" )
 notify replicated
 - Allow cheats on server
"snd_surround_speakers" = "2" ( def. "-1" )
"dsp_water" = "14.000000" ( def. "14" )
"dsp_speaker" = "50.000000" ( def. "50" )
"dsp_spatial" = "40.000000" ( def. "40" )
"r_flashlightscissor" = "0" ( def. "1" )
 cheat
"mat_forcemanagedtextureintohardware" = "0" ( def. "1" )
"mat_supportflashlight" = "1" ( def. "-1" )
 - 0 - do not support flashlight (don't load flashlight shader combos), 1 - flashlight is supported
"mat_trilinear" = "1" ( def. "0" )
"mat_forceaniso" = "8" ( def. "1" )
"mat_parallaxmap" = "0" ( def. "1" )
"mat_dxlevel" = "98" ( def. "0" )
"mat_picmip" = "1" ( def. "0" ) min. -1.000000 max. 4.000000
"mat_slopescaledepthbias_normal" = "0" ( def. "0.0f" )
 cheat
"mat_depthbias_normal" = "0" ( def. "0.0f" )
 cheat
"mat_slopescaledepthbias_decal" = "-0.500000" ( def. "-0.5" )
 cheat
"mat_antialias" = "4" ( def. "0" )
"r_shadowrendertotexture" = "1" ( def. "0" )
"r_waterforceexpensive" = "1" ( def. "0" )
"r_waterforcereflectentities" = "1" ( def. "0" )
"mat_motion_blur_enabled" = "0" ( def. "1" )
"mat_queue_mode" = "0" ( def. "-2" )
 archive
 - The queue/thread mode the material system should use: -2=legacy default, -1=default, 0=synchronous single thread, 1=queued single thread, 2=queued multithreaded
"joy_xcontroller_found" = "0" ( def. "1" )
 - Automatically set to 1 if an xcontroller has been detected.
"mat_texture_limit" = "-1"
 - If this value is not -1, the material system will limit the amount of texture memory it uses in a frame. Useful for identifying performance cliffs. The value is in kilobytes.