Start Menu is broken

deletethis

@philsphilos this unofficial guide might help you playing the campaign online so you can save/load (since it was now fixed!).

You will have to first download the maps from the FAF client tho

That's it!

You can of course feel free to play directly from there, but you won't be able to save or load.

philsphilos

@deletethis I did this. But I can't start the game, cause the start menu is not clickable

deletethis

Have you been able to start any game from the client? Maybe there's something wrong with your video configs.

Jip

When you start a game via the client it doesn't go through the start menu.

You can host a game via the co-op tab, as showed by deletethis. That should bring you directly to the lobby, that you then can start with the settings you want !

philsphilos

Nope, I tried custom games and Co-op - i can't launch a game.

Rowey

have you lauched the game via GOG befoer playing on FAF ?

philsphilos

Yes, without any problems.

Jip

Could you record what happens?

philsphilos

I literally can't launch a game
https://imgur.com/MA6TQSs

Jip

Tick the box that you're ready

philsphilos

Am I that stupid? Spiler: yes I am. But the video settings are not working properly
https://imgur.com/RPpmNFE
How do I change them without start menu?

Jip

There's something broke with your installation regardless. What client version are you running?

philsphilos

It reads 2022.8.0. - sorry for the effort

Jip

That should be fine, but it appears you're missing assets still. We'd need to see the logs - you can find the logs folder via the bar menu in the client (top left corner)

philsphilos

@jip There it is client.log
Do you need any more?

Jip

I'll need the game log instead!

philsphilos

@jip Here is the complete folder - thanks in advance logs.zip

Jip

info: mounting content: effects.nx2
info: mounting content: env.nx2
info: mounting content: etc.nx2
info: mounting content: loc.nx2
info: mounting content: lua.nx2
info: mounting content: meshes.nx2
info: mounting content: projectiles.nx2
info: mounting content: textures.nx2
info: mounting content: units.nx2
info: mounting content: effects.scd
info: mounting content: env.scd
info: mounting content: loc_DE.scd
info: mounting content: meshes.scd
info: mounting content: mods.scd
info: mounting content: objects.scd
info: mounting content: projectiles.scd
info: mounting content: props.scd
info: mounting content: skins.scd
info: mounting content: textures.scd
info: mounting content: units.scd

and

debug: [uiutil.lua, function UIFile()] - Unable to find file:/textures/ui/uef/lobby/team_icons/team_4_icon.dds
(...)
warning: Failed to load mesh for blueprint /units/xsl0001/xsl0001_mesh
(...)
debug: [uiutil.lua, function UIFile()] - Unable to find file:/textures/ui/cybran/icons/units/ual5103_icon.dds

It appears that the game does not manage to load in some files from the base game. They are mounted, but perhaps they are corrupt. Could you verify the integrity of the files of the base game, via Steam?

philsphilos

@jip i used the "repair" function at gog galaxy. so there was a small update, but without effect. Same issues. Supreme Commander is still fine - FAF isn't game_17845090.log

Jip

Same issues, the game can't find any texture file. I don't know how to fix it, it is likely something that is wrong with the installation or your file system.