A set of problems with the built-in MuzzleFlash effect #6654
Description
Details
The following bug report is a culmination of over 20 hours of independent research, including but not limited to:
- thoroughly studying the gmod wiki;
- digging through the valve sdk 2013 repo;
- performing exorcism live on national television;
and many other scandalous acts of mental vandalism!
It's going to be a mouthful, so a visual experience is, sadly, required to be shipped alongside the bug report, and as such you can find it (the visual experience) by clicking the following hopefully blue hyperlink:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LBwaaUSVsYxzwpZL9v4vG0FN2VzK7RA7/view?usp=sharing
The video is thirty minutes long and dives deep into the issue, so feel free to skip the parts you find boring or obvious, I did my best to break the issue down as much as I could.
Sorry for awful sound leveling in advance, I didn't think gmod would be so loud. Mild volume warning.
Steps to reproduce
- Use util.Effect("MuzzleFlash")
- Profit!
Version of the game
Protocol version 24
Network version 2025.03.26 (garrysmod)
Exe build: 15:00:14 Dec 3 2025 (9888) (4000)
GMod version 2025.12.03, branch: x86-64, multicore: 1
Windows 64bit
Beta
x86-64 beta