BUG: Stuck in main menu

[paasi]

Game starts up pretty normally and main menu splashes on, but i can't move the selector at all. Music plays and mouse cursor moves normally, but the selector high-light doesn't react at all.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by paasi:

BUG: Stuck in main menu
Game starts up pretty normally and main menu splashes on, but i can't move the selector at all. Music plays and mouse cursor moves normally, but the selector high-light doesn't react at all.

1. Restart your PC

2. Right-click on the game's entry in your Steam Library -> Manage -> Browse local files

Select the HWR2.exe.cfg file and delete it

Try again afterwards.

[paasi]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by paasi:

BUG: Stuck in main menu
Game starts up pretty normally and main menu splashes on, but i can't move the selector at all. Music plays and mouse cursor moves normally, but the selector high-light doesn't react at all.

1. Restart your PC

2. Right-click on the game's entry in your Steam Library -> Manage -> Browse local files

Select the HWR2.exe.cfg file and delete it

Try again afterwards.

No such .cfg file exists, but a .log file does.
There is a warning there though:
[NFO] [10:24:47] Started menu level
[NFO] [10:24:47] Finished load state 'start_level'
[ERR] [10:24:47] (DoLayout -> DoLayout) WARNING: Potential infinite layout loop detected! Attempting to dump stack...
[ERR] [10:24:47] From "scripts/GUI/WidgetHoster.as" line 55

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by paasi:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

1. Restart your PC

2. Right-click on the game's entry in your Steam Library -> Manage -> Browse local files

Select the HWR2.exe.cfg file and delete it

Try again afterwards.

No such .cfg file exists, but a .log file does.
There is a warning there though:
[NFO] [10:24:47] Started menu level
[NFO] [10:24:47] Finished load state 'start_level'
[ERR] [10:24:47] (DoLayout -> DoLayout) WARNING: Potential infinite layout loop detected! Attempting to dump stack...
[ERR] [10:24:47] From "scripts/GUI/WidgetHoster.as" line 55

That should not be an issue. Can you share a screenshot of your game's folder's content?

[paasi]

sure, here you go https://imgur.com/a/TIaN8hg

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by paasi:

sure, here you go https://imgur.com/a/TIaN8hg

Everything as it is supposed to be. Verifying game files did not fix the issue either?

The only last thing I have in mind is starting the game in windowed mode and see if you can navigate with keyboard. Meaning: checking if it is just a mouse issue and if you can access the options to change the settings. Maybe it is related to that.

Other than that I would need to see a DxDiag report for further analysis.

Did it work before or did you get the game fresh?

[paasi]

It has been this way from the start. can't navigate with keyboard or mouse.
Can't do ANYTHING AT ALL other than listen to the BGM.

I've tried disabling all different overlays from steam, gamebar, discord and such.
I tried disabling steam controller too.

ok.. something has changed. i put on the net_testing and tried to open the console, at which point the highlight unfroze, but now it's scrolling independently upwards. maybe it's a different controller driver going haywire?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by paasi:

It has been this way from the start. can't navigate with keyboard or mouse.
Can't do ANYTHING AT ALL other than listen to the BGM.

I've tried disabling all different overlays from steam, gamebar, discord and such.
I tried disabling steam controller too.

ok.. something has changed. i put on the net_testing and tried to open the console, at which point the highlight unfroze, but now it's scrolling independently upwards. maybe it's a different controller driver going haywire?

Do you have a different controller plugged in?

[paasi]

PROBLEM SOLVED!!
vJoy virtual joystic driver was acting up.
disabling it from Device Manager solved the problem completely.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by paasi:

PROBLEM SOLVED!!
vJoy virtual joystic driver was acting up.
disabling it from Device Manager solved the problem completely.

Oh, that is new and special. Interesting. I am glad you found it out.
Thanks for sharing the solution!

[paasi]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by paasi:

PROBLEM SOLVED!!
vJoy virtual joystic driver was acting up.
disabling it from Device Manager solved the problem completely.

Oh, that is new and special. Interesting. I am glad you found it out.
Thanks for sharing the solution! :mhwgood:

Thank YOU for guiding me towards the solution :)