Menu/Game Not Working

MusikMusik Join Date: 2013-05-11 Member: 185194Members
in Technical Support
I played this game during the Free Weekend about a month and a half ago. Worked great. Now when I click on one of the menu options (Play, Options, etc.) the button animation moves to the right and then nothing happens. All I see is the background of the game and the menu button I hit. I've tried all the top Menu fixes and updated my drivers, validated integrity, almost all the fixes I've found. No idea what to do. The only thing I see in the console is error #383. Also, when I try to join off a friend it will load the menu and then show the player list in the menu for a split second before it closes.
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  • rwsrws Milwaukee, WI Join Date: 2013-01-05 Member: 177696Members
    Navigate to Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\Natural Selection 2, and delete your cache folder. The restart your game and see if that fixes it.
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  • Lovable_RogueLovable_Rogue Join Date: 2013-05-11 Member: 185205Members
    Hi

    I am having the same problem as Musik and have tried your solution but still did not work, any other ideas?

    I am running:
     
    win7 64 bit
    Q6600 @2.40GHz
    GeForce GTX580
    8Gb Ram

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  • Lovable_RogueLovable_Rogue Join Date: 2013-05-11 Member: 185205Members
    Just tried un/reinstalling and this did not resolve the issue
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  • rwsrws Milwaukee, WI Join Date: 2013-01-05 Member: 177696Members
    Can anybody post a screenshot or video of this problem that is occuring.
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  • PulsateXPulsateX Sydney Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33489Members
    I haven't played for a while.
    I thought I check back in.

    I have a new issue with the menu as well, as above.
    The main menu is there, when I select something, it slides to the right.
    The main menu fades, but nothing appears to replace it. Example: the actual options, or server browser.
    Also, sometimes only 1 option is available to be clicked on.

    I tried to clear the cache, didn't help :(
    I tried verifying game cache via steam.

    I did notice a large log file with errors relating to the menu in the appdata NS2 directory.
    I have attached the log here.
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  • TiggerTigger Join Date: 2013-05-16 Member: 185257Members
    rws said:
    Can anybody post a screenshot or video of this problem that is occuring.
    Here's some screenshots that show this in action: 

    http://imgur.com/a/w39ZV

    You can access the web browser at the bottom, but nothing happens unless you open the console and enter quit.
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  • PulsateXPulsateX Sydney Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33489Members
    I managed to fix this issue on my own.

    Looking through the log, I noticed all errors were related to the menu files in the "lua" folder.
    It was affecting menu sounds, menu and sub menus

    so i went to:
    steam/steamapps/common/natural selection 2/ns2/   deleted the "lua" folder
    right click on Natural Selection 2 on steam library > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game Cache...

    and fixed :)
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  • DC_DarklingDC_Darkling Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18068Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver
    Next time you may want to not delete it, but move it.
    ya know, so the devs can have a broken copy to see wtf is going on. :)
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  • PeacefirePeacefire Join Date: 2013-05-17 Member: 185270Members
    I've attempted to replace the LUA twice, as well as the cache. Still no luck, so if the devs want a broken copy I can hook them up. I'm at a loss at this point, guess I'll send them an email.
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  • ArtfunkelArtfunkel Join Date: 2013-05-10 Member: 185184Members
    Rename your mods folder too (%APPDATA%\Natural Selection 2\Workshop\) to see if anything there is messing things up. Older mods might be overriding base game Lua scripts, which is very unstable behaviour.
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  • PeacefirePeacefire Join Date: 2013-05-17 Member: 185270Members
    edited May 2013
    Tried deleting my entire appdata/natural selection 2 folder and no dice. At this point I'm thinking it's something gone batty with my windows install. Tried updating video drivers as well, didn't solve anything.
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