Switchable lights cast false light when loaded with menue

[mikem]

On map load with active menue, switchable lights (start off) cast false light.

If you reload the map without active menue, the light will be correct.



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map:

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[knightmare]

Does this happen when any menu is open (such as the load game or options menus), or just the main menu?

[mikem]

If a map is loaded via console while the menu (no matter which one) is open, the switchable lights cast the wrong light.
If you close the menu, the false light disappears.

If you load the map via EXE link and command "-map mapname", the false light remains until it is triggered correctly.

[knightmare]

Looks like a minor timing bug that's framerate-sensitive, as having the menu open pauses the game. So it looks like the game is paused before the game library can run the serverframe.

If you have v-sync on and set r_maxfps to 60, the lights don't stay on when in the menu. Any higher, and the issue happens. If v-sync is off, the threshold is 84-85 fps.

Given that most players playing a properly packaged SP mod don't start maps from the console, but from the new game/load game menus instead, this a very low priority bug.

[mikem]

Many SP maps are loaded via shortcut with "-map map name". This also causes the lighting error without menu.

[mikem]

I found another bug with switchable lights. No matter with or without menu.

Static lights (good):


Switchable lights (bed):

[knightmare]

In the second set of screenshots, the lasers are off with the lights. So it looks like targets are being properly called in the game code.

[mikem]

The right lasers are targeted to info_notnull.
A button triggers the lasers and the 4 red lights.