[Runtime Bug]: Newest Runtime Not Able to Interact with Game Main Menu - Garrysmod

[skurtyyskirts]

Describe the bug

It looks like with the latest runtime versions, I'm unable to interact with the Garrysmod Main Menu. It looks like others in the Discord thread for the game are also reporting this. I tried using the latest Release build from 8/8/24, and that one was able to interact with the Main Menu as expected without issue.

How do you reproduce the bug?

Download the latest runtimes and drop them into Garrysmod's Bin folder. Launch the game with the launcher, and see how the main menu is not longer able to be interacted with.

What is the expected behavior?

To be able to interact with the main menu.

Version

remix-0.5.4+3c9c2ed9

Logs

hl2_d3d9.log
bridge32.log
bridge64.log
remix-dxvk.log
d3d9.log

Crash dumps

No response

Media

No response

[NV-LL]

Thanks for reaching out! We've opened REMIX-3714 to investigate internally.

[skurtyyskirts]

Thank you! It looks like this bridge update broke it https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/bridge-remix/actions/runs/11752046900 the release prior to this I'm able to interact with the games main menu

[lvengesanam]

@skurtyyskirts Thanks for updating the bug. We do not see the issue with above referred binary on our local machine with Garrysmod.

When you say - "Launch the game with launcher" you are referring to 'NvRemixLauncher' or something else?

To confirm no parameters were used for the launch?

With the game's main menu - do both mouse and keyboard not work?

Bridge-Remix-v1.0.zip
Bridge-Remix-v2.0.zip
Bridge-Remix-v3.0.zip

Attached are a set of Bridge-Remix binaries to be used for testing.
v1.0 is older version that worked for you with elaborate logs added.
v2.0 is the version that failed for you with elaborate logs added.
v3.0 is the latest version that could help us further isolate the issue.

Could you please test the game with these binaries along with dxvk remix binary from this link and update us with logs and findings?

[skurtyyskirts]

You got it! Here's Bridge-Remix v3.0 and the linked dxvk logs from the game. The game is launched with a bat file containing this

del .\garrysmod\console.log
hl2 -allowdebug -dxlevel 90 -nod3d9ex +mat_dxlevel 90 +mat_disable_d3d9ex 1 -w 2560 -h 1440 -noborder -windowed -debug +sv_cheats 1 +r_3dsky 1 +r_WaterDrawReflection 0 +r_WaterDrawRefraction 0 +mat_softwareskin 0 +r_shadows 0 +r_frustumcullworld 0 +r_occlusion 0 +r_unloadlightmaps 1 +mat_specular 0 +mat_bumpmap 0 +mat_normalmap 0 +mat_parallaxmap 0 +r_staticprop_lod 0 +r_lod 0 +mat_forcedynamic 1

remix-dxvk.log
bridge64.log
bridge32.log
hl2_d3d9.log

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance! :)

[lvengesanam]

Thanks @skurtyyskirts for the logs.

Could you please test it with Bridge-Remix v1.0 and Bridge-Remix v2.0 versions too and attach the respective logs to the bug?

[skurtyyskirts]

Oops my apologies,

Version 1 logs,
remix-dxvk.log
bridge64.log
bridge32.log

Version 2 logs,
remix-dxvk.log
bridge64.log
bridge32.log

It looks like version 1 worked and I was able to click around the gmod main menu, but version 2 and 3 I was unable to interact with the main menu.

[lvengesanam]

Thanks @skurtyyskirts .

What system configuration do you have on your end where you run this game?

Any overlay used while playing this game?

Also, could you test the game with attached binary v4.0 to verify if it fixes the issue?
Bridge-Remix-v4.0.zip

[skurtyyskirts]

Hello,

Thanks for sending that over! I just tested and was able to interact with the menu again! Here are the logs from that session,
bridge32.log
bridge64.log
remix-dxvk.log

These are the settings I use in-game,

I should also note, it looks like Garrysmod just had an update recently that removed the hl2.exe that came with gmod. It's now just gmod.exe, and in task manager registers as gmod.exe and not hl2.exe anymore.

I created an easy installation method that does all the heavy lifting for you recently that has a remedy for this recent change,
https://github.com/skurtyyskirts/GmodRTX
This should help newcomers to the game as installation wasn't the easier before :)