Unfixed Common Issue - Disappearing Menu Text

[Watercooled]

NO Menu text upon using ASI loader.

 

CAN anyone fix this problem ? The general solution has been to reinstall but i'm on STEAM and don't have that luxury. I had to downgrade to 1.0.4.0 from 1.0.7.0 just to play GTA IV with ENB and mods because steam does not allow you to download older versions.

 

Related Postings : MANY others with the same exact problem but a real FIX was never posted in that thread up till now !:

 

perern : "i can see the menu without text too"

sateguard : I can't see the texts too. Do you have any idea about how to fix it ?

tuore : Anyone? Reinstalling doesn't help, so the problem is in the Xlive.dll. I haven't got any mods. Nothing seems to help. The menu texts are just gone.

nikerossxp : have same troubles like tuore. it happens, when game load any "otherside" dll. my system is windows 7x64.

caddys0n22s : It loads fine for me but the menus dont show up.??? i cant see any writing for saved games, or any options...its all blank!!caddys0n22s

sateguard : Guys I think I found out why the texts aren't showing... I reinstalled gta 4 and i didn't update games for windows live and so the texts were there... I hope I helped you

gerbil21 : my game works but i have no text in the menu and i cant click anything

nome : Hey, whenever I download any version, the starting menu has no icons (start game, options, etc.). I'm running the game with the latest patch. Is there a fix?

thomwarn : My GTA: IV has no menu buttons. When I start the game, it goes through the intro stuff and gets to the main menu and it has the picture and the Social Club news but there are no menu

TestiSkills : The game works great, everything loads up and the player selection mod works. However, all the text on the menus are gone.

BassamMan : When i start GTA IV and i get to the main menu, theres no words or text or anything. i can hear it switching and start the game but i can't change any options like for graphics i can see the bar, but no words or any descriptions of map icons. can anybody help me with this problem please? i tried replacing the american.gxt and the font files but nothings working.

heat84 : "As for the menu without text, I have no clue and Googling doesn't turn up any answers either. Listener are you listening?"

 

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Problem : When using ASI loader, Xliveless, Filecheckfix the text from the main menu, the pause menu and the save game text dissapears.

 

Cause : In my case it's steam. Steam does not allow downloading of old versions. To use ENB and other mods I needed to downgrade from 1.0.7.0 to 1.0.4.0.

Other people not using STEAM have the same issue.

 

The probable cause (for me at least) is a file introduced in 1.0.7.0 which is incompatible with 1.0.4.0. Do any modders have any idea what files may be causing the menu text to dissapear when using ASI loaders. It seems uninstalling and reinstalling works but I do not have that luxury due to steam. This problem seems to be related to Games for Windows live in some manner. GODV2 said a solution was to delete GFWL installer entries then to verify files using steam so it will replace those files. This no longer works because it automatically updates you to 1.0.7.0. What file or files is causing this and how do we manually replace them without reinstalling ????

 

 

 

 

[mkey82]

The font file has changed and the old game version doesn't know how to handle it. Possibly there are some other files that extend this issue.

 

xliveless can be used to load asi files, it supports the latest game version.

 

[SMR007]

i found a solution here. it worked for me!

 

Xliveless has a nasty habit of removing the fonts from the menus in-game. Unless you enjoy honing your psychic abilities by navigating through invisible menus, we need to fix this. Download fonts.zip from here: http://www.fileplanet.com/221303/220000/fi...-IV---Fonts-Mod , and once unzipped, copy both "fonts" and "fonts_r" into the "data" folder (contained in GTAIV\common) and select "Yes" when asked to overwrite files.

[Silver X]

i found a solution here. it worked for me!

 

Xliveless has a nasty habit of removing the fonts from the menus in-game. Unless you enjoy honing your psychic abilities by navigating through invisible menus, we need to fix this. Download fonts.zip from here: http://www.fileplanet.com/221303/220000/fi...-IV---Fonts-Mod , and once unzipped, copy both "fonts" and "fonts_r" into the "data" folder (contained in GTAIV\common) and select "Yes" when asked to overwrite files.

Thanx a lot man I almost crazy find the solution.Want some cookies

[guilttripp]

 

i found a solution here. it worked for me!

 

Xliveless has a nasty habit of removing the fonts from the menus in-game. Unless you enjoy honing your psychic abilities by navigating through invisible menus, we need to fix this. Download fonts.zip from here: http://www.fileplanet.com/221303/220000/fi...-IV---Fonts-Mod , and once unzipped, copy both "fonts" and "fonts_r" into the "data" folder (contained in GTAIV\common) and select "Yes" when asked to overwrite files.

Thank you so MUCH. I can't believe it is that easy to fix. This was pissing me off so much. I spent my entire new years night trying to figure this out! You saved my life, pal! Virtual cookies for you!!