ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton
Console and info text doesn't show in respawn games
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 32.8k
- Forks
- 1.6k
- PR merge metrics
- PR metrics pending
Description
In Titanfall (1454890), Titanfall 2 (1237970), and Apex Legends (1454890), which are highly modified source engine games, any UI text that isn't normally shown, such as with cl_showpos or cl_showfps, as well as the hidden-by-default console, do not show.
Example:
i'd like to note that the game is heavily modded in that screenshot, however it happens regardless.
System:
Distro: Manjaro
Kernel: 5.10.84-1-MANJARO
CPU: R5 3600
GPU: RTX 2070
Driver: Nvidia 495.44
Proton Version: 6.3-8 (although this happens on everything, even vanilla wine)
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the missing UI text in Titanfall, Titanfall 2, and Apex Legends with Proton and vanilla Wine, using cl_showpos, cl_showfps, and the hidden console. Compare the behavior across the listed Proton versions and system setup. Done means console and normally hidden info text render reliably in these games.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- game-dev, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100