Unable to see the menus

Figueira

Hi, When I enter the game I am unable to see the menus. If I move my mouse on the left side of the screen I get the menu sounds, but I can't see any menu item.

Screenshot and more details here:
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Thank you

Wilson

I found another post that has fixed a similar issue by doing the following:

<!--QuoteBegin-ScardyBob+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ScardyBob)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->So I just ran into this problem on my laptop. Essentially, Steam popped up saying it was fiddling with my NS2 files and after it finished NS2 loaded with a blackscreen and this spammed in console:
ID3DXEffectCompiler: Compilation Failed
ID3DXEffectCompiler: There were no techniques

To fix it I had to do the following:
- Deleted local content for NS2 via steam
- Deleted the NS2 folder in the AppData directory (e.g. \AppData\Roaming\Natural Selection 2)
- Deleted the NS2 folder in the Steam directory (e.g. \Steam\steamapps\common\Natural Selection 2)
- Redownloaded NS2

It seems the 'Delete local content' option in Steam doesn't fully get rid of all NS2 files, which is why I needed to manually delete those others.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Here is the link: <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=118991&st=0&p=1945082&#entry1945082" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/in...p;#entry1945082</a>

GibbyLOL

Fixed the black screen on launch.
1. run dxsetup in drive/program files (x86)/steam/steamapps/common/natural selection 2/redist/directx/
Its about half way down.
2. Delete the files in drive/users/user/appdata/roaming/natural selection 2 **NOTE YOU NEED BE ABLE TO SEE HIDDEN FOLDERS SINCE THIS IS A HIDDEN FOLDER.
- On win7 to show hidden folders click on organize>folder and search options>view check "show hidden files, folders and drives under hidden files and folders.
3. Delete the folderC:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Natural Selection 2\ns2\shaders
4. Go on Steam, go to Natural selection 2, right click>properties>local files> verify integrity of cache
(this will re-download the files you just deleted, but it will be the correct files this time)
Then it will give you a message saying it's done. Then you're all set, good to play NS2.

<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=122577&st=0#entry2002080" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index....=0#entry2002080</a>