White Square over the Detail Props (detail grass)

[Gordon Freeman]

I have been having an issue for as long as i remember, that maps that use detail props will always have white squares instead of said detail prop (eg dynamic grass that moves as you do.)
i do have a lot of addons, like 881, but its been happening since i've had around 200, maybe less, and i dont remember seeing any detail props previous to that. it happens mainly on maps like gm_floating_mountains_beta (which i have since unsubscribed from since it was the first map i ever had this problem on, and deleted the GMA, still to no avail on the other map i have issues on mainly) and cityruins. it's happened on multiple installs on multiple drives. i've tried deleting old texture and material addons that i had before floating mountains, and deleteed their GMAs too. issue still persisted. i deleted all VPK files in my folder, and verified game files, also didnt work. i removed all stray gma files that i had since unsubscribed from (menu_cleangmas or something like that) and still nothing. I've seen all similar threads have a simple answer that i either never did something to cause or already have tried. (i have no illegal content packs, in fact i own almost all source games by valve due to a 30 dollar game pack from last summer sale and so does my brother) this issue has been bothering me for the past 3 days and wasting my free time. I have also noticed all other threads that didnt have an obvious answer straight up died. I also tried uninstalling some map packs that may have contained textures that would have broken other same-name textures. nothing at all happened. This issue is really making it so i cant RP with my bro and take it seriously when theres white squares jutting out everywhere. I dont wanna disable detail props using cl_detaildist 0. I've tried dismounting every game i own, and still nothing. I looked on the valve dev page about detail props, nothing about "white squares and how to fix them". Is there any addons known to cause this or known to cause it with other addons? https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/959714039812574297/21B9744691BA111376BFFE131602E299A07561D3/ This image i found on an abandoned thread with no answer to it sums up everything perfectly.

[chaosin]

I have a same problem, I doesnt know how to fix it

[Gordon Freeman]

Originally posted by chaosin:

I have a same problem, I doesnt know how to fix it

Well, in the years since I had this issue, I've found that this is usually caused by addons with corrupted versions of the foliage textures. Try disabling your addons page-by-page (especially maps and texture packs), loading a map with tall grass, and reloading the map/game with less addons enabled each time, until the white squares go away. When the white squares go away, reverse the process addon-by-addon instead of page-by-page until you find the addon causing it. I know it seems tedious, but it's the best way. Generally, you shouldn't have tons of old, large addons either. It's almost always an addon's fault, but you can also try verifying the integrity of the game files if it happens with no addons enabled at all.

Remember that you can disable addons without unsubscribing in the in-game "addons" menu, as well.

Lastly, it's best not to post on 6 year old discussions, and instead report your issues yourself, that way you're more likely to get help that is relevant to your case. As an added bonus, you also don't remind the author of said 6 year old thread how abhorrent their writing style was back then. Or how atrocious their addons list was back then.