New loading screen does not display during game launch

[Bitl]

For some reason, the new loading bar is not appearing upon my mod's startup. I have replaced the gameui.dll and all files are in the proper directories. The mod is compiled in Debug mode.

[Blixibon]

I worked around this by putting progress_enable into valve.rc before it runs the gamestartup command. It doesn't show up until it starts loading the background map however.

[Bitl]

I worked around this by putting progress_enable into valve.rc before it runs the gamestartup command. It doesn't show up until it starts loading the background map however.

This doesn't seem to work if you only have a VTF background, sadly

[DasMaddi]

I'll check into this, along with the other tickets, probably this coming weekend when my schedule frees up a little more again.

[Bitl]

update: it seems like the loading screen doesn't show up regardless if the game is loading initially or it's just loading a map.

[DasMaddi]

Are you using the provided GameUI dll? I verified that loading screens work just now (after the menu) On stock SDK2013. Might be something on your end.

As far as this ticket goes, I will check into it this weekend, may be an issue in a closed-source DLL.

[Bitl]

Are you using the provided GameUI dll? I verified that loading screens work just now (after the menu) On stock SDK2013. Might be something on your end.

As far as this ticket goes, I will check into it this weekend, may be an issue in a closed-source DLL.

I am using the provided DLL. Maybe could be an issue with my implementation, but not sure

Here is a link to my repo if you want to verify:

https://github.com/FIREFIGHT-RELOADED/FIREFIGHT-RELOADED-src-sdk-2013

[Bitl]

Another thing: does the loading screen rely on any external files? Maybe missing files could be the issue?

[Bitl]

another thing: my project was first developed on a older version of Source SDK 2013 and it was updated fairly recently. However, I don't know if I updated enough of it for the loading screen to work. I'll see if updating my code more solves my issues, although I'm not sure if a updated SDK 2013 matters just yet.

[DasMaddi]

That is undoubtedly the issue. I tested this extensively before release on stock SDK2013 MP & SP, from the official Valve repo. we cannot guarantee any compatibility beyond that. the only known issue is the panel not displaying on game launch.

[Bitl]

That is undoubtedly the issue. I tested this extensively before release on stock SDK2013 MP & SP, from the official Valve repo. we cannot guarantee any compatibility beyond that. the only known issue is the panel not displaying on game launch.

Alright. Will definitely take a look at my repo then.

[Bitl]

That is undoubtedly the issue. I tested this extensively before release on stock SDK2013 MP & SP, from the official Valve repo. we cannot guarantee any compatibility beyond that. the only known issue is the panel not displaying on game launch.

Alright. Will definitely take a look at my repo then.

Update on this. I just investigated the issue with a blank copy of Source SDK 2013 SP, and figured out that regardless of what you do with IsSteamDeck() in cdll_client_int.cpp, the game MUST use -gamepadui in order to show the new loading screen.

If you wish to make this ui be the default ui for your mod, use -gamepadui and don't modify anything unless you don't want the new loading screen.

[DasMaddi]

By default, GamepaduUI reads from the command line in IsSteamDeck() in order to function. This is a holdover that we don't particularly have a better way of addressing; anyone who chooses to replace their old UI entirely is going to edit the code anyways.

I have clarified this in the readme with my latest commit, not sure why this wasn't previously documented.

As far as the bug for this particular issue ticket. I am not 100% sure why the loading screen does not display on startup. I will try to set aside some time to investigate.

[Bitl]

Even if you remove or edit the IsSteamDeck() function in cdll_client_int.cpp, it seems like it will not use the new loading screen without -gamepadui. My theory is that the gameui.dll checks for -gamepadui in order for the loading screen to load, especially since the loading screen code is probably in the gameui.dll. Although, I don't really know how else that could be fixed without adding a convar or something to the dll's implementation of the loading screen, and then having everyone update their dlls.

The normal GamepadUI will function as a replacement UI if you disable the IsSteamDeck(), as you have stated above, but this won't apply for the loading screen as it will show the old one unless -gamepadui is specified.

[misyltoad]

Indeed, gameui.dll does check that.