Can't get the Start Menu to Appear (following 3D RPG Playground tutorial)

GinMartini

I'm really confused where I'm going wrong here. I've followed the tutorial line for line (or it feels like that anyways...), and I've gotten to the point where the Start Menu is supposed to appear after hitting play, but all I get is a collapsed version of the UI Box prefab I made and no text whatsoever (the text UI elements are actually disabled in the hierarchy).

My scene is called "Start Menu."
I've set the "Start Menu Scene" to "Start Menu."
Auto call is on.
I added the ORK Game Starter to the scene.
The tutorial says no further set up is needed and that everything should be handled by the "Project Asset."

But when I hit play, I get the collapsed UI Box with Disabled text fields.

I've checked that my "time scale" is 1, verified the spelling of "Start Menu" (ha...), tried toggling the "Call Start Menu" option on the ORK Game Starter, tried different UI Boxes. I've also tried to use the "Completed Tutorial Project," but no matter which version of Unity I use, it's totally bugged and won't start.

I'm hoping someone can give me an idea how to tackle this, I'd love to be able to get passed this part! Thank you! :)

EDIT: All I needed was some sleep. I forgot that I had switched to a new project where I hadn't setup the UI prefabs. It all makes sense now.

gamingislove

Glad you could solve it :)

For future references - if something isn't working, it's always a good idea to check if the involved things are set up correctly. E.g. for the start menu:

is the start menu scene set up (game starter, not starting game immediately)
is the start menu setting correct (scene defined, auto call, etc.)
which UI box is used, is that set up correctly
etc.

Also, if everything is set up correctly but something doesn't seem to work or is stuck - check Unity's Time Scale in Edit > Project Settings... > Time in the Unity menu. This should be set to 1 usually, but Unity sometimes seems to set it to 0, freezing anything in the game.