Half-Life 2 looks nothing like i remember (56k warning)

e!i · Jan 4, 2006, 08:23 PM

How do you change it to an ealier direct x?

deekey777 · Jan 4, 2006, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by e!i

How do you change it to an ealier direct x?

With mat_dxlevel80/81/90 as a console command or -dxlevel90/81/80 as a launch option.

g35x · Jan 4, 2006, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BWX

Yeah it looks normal because those shots are FROM A LONG time AGO.... an example of when it looked good- like I said in the post.

I have some other screens- this first one is with AI and HDR OFF and it looks identical to the first screen I posted.

HDR control seems to do absolutely nothing in HL2.

Notice the texture that doesn't move in the "background of the reflection".. Damn- it looks horrible..

Ok, now look at the Lost Coast:

Absolute suckage..

With HDR full-

resizer messed that one up.. still you can see the ugly rock wall..

The water does not get the HDR reflection like it did....

Original HDR full:

Another original- good HDR reflection...

Again- full HDR on water reflections when LC came out:

Now with "BLOOM".. Oh man- Valve totally screwed up here...

ewwww thats some horrible stuff

pr0digal jenius · Jan 5, 2006, 06:26 AM

wow....that stuff tanked hard

silentbob17 · Jan 5, 2006, 07:12 PM

It totaly blows how shiny everything is now. CSS looks icky in a lot of places. Anyone know if Valve is working on a fix to make it normal again? What the hell were they trying to do when they introduced this bug anyway?

deekey777 · Jan 6, 2006, 12:39 AM

Overly bright cubemaps
Cubemaps (reflections) are currently rendering much brighter than they should. A fix for this issue requires a Source engine update separate from the SDK Beta release, and will be arriving via Steam in the near future
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...eta_Changelist

As we can see, VALVe isn't blind...

Tipstaff · Jan 6, 2006, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by deekey777

Overly bright cubemaps
Cubemaps (reflections) are currently rendering much brighter than they should. A fix for this issue requires a Source engine update separate from the SDK Beta release, and will be arriving via Steam in the near future
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...eta_Changelist

As we can see, VALVe isn't blind...

Well, actually, they are partially blind.. otherwise this wouldn't have happened to begin with.... right? That, or they were drunk when they released the last update. "Yah <hicup>, loosh good ta me... les release it.)

pr0digal jenius · Jan 6, 2006, 06:55 AM

color blind graphic artists never make it far

what on go's green earth were they doing tinkering with cube maps though? It almsot looks like they are set to stretch isntead of tile, and are stuck in the "bloom" frame of the HDR sequence. Someone dropped a semi colon, or added a stop command on accident, or something?

BWX · Jan 6, 2006, 05:00 PM

Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to Valve.. Leaving the the game like this for more than a day after they saw the problem in completely lame.

Valve sucks. Never buying another Valve game..

LHC · Jan 9, 2006, 01:57 AM

I'm like, going blind from this thread

It looks like they did screw up big time.. It looked perfectly fine when it first came out and I played it on my 9600 SE.. wish I still had screenshots though

g35x · Jan 9, 2006, 12:58 PM

hmmm well ive never had it look like any of those horrible shots.....

pr0digal jenius · Jan 9, 2006, 05:08 PM

you have all the latest updates?

deekey777 · Jan 10, 2006, 01:12 AM

Source Engine Update Available
January 9, 2006, 3:35 pm · Alfred Reynolds

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source engine

Fixed problem users with ATI cards were experiencing with overly shiny cube maps.

Restart your Steam.

Dark Lord · Jan 10, 2006, 02:02 AM

god.... the game looks about right but it runs like SHIT. hitching? it lasts for about 1-3 seconds per hitch, and it happens all the freaking time. i mean, its like the hitching ever stops at all now.

BWX · Jan 10, 2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord

god.... the game looks about right but it runs like SHIT. hitching? it lasts for about 1-3 seconds per hitch, and it happens all the freaking time. i mean, its like the hitching ever stops at all now.

That does not surprise me.

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Jan 6, 2006, 12:39 AM	#66
deekey777 Grünschnabel Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Good Old Germany Posts: 285 Rep Power: 0	Overly bright cubemaps Cubemaps (reflections) are currently rendering much brighter than they should. A fix for this issue requires a Source engine update separate from the SDK Beta release, and will be arriving via Steam in the near future http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...eta_Changelist As we can see, VALVe isn't blind... __________________ I know, my english is terrible.

Jan 6, 2006, 05:00 PM	#69
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to Valve.. Leaving the the game like this for more than a day after they saw the problem in completely lame. Valve sucks. Never buying another Valve game.. __________________

Jan 9, 2006, 01:57 AM	#70
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I'm like, going blind from this thread It looks like they did screw up big time.. It looked perfectly fine when it first came out and I played it on my 9600 SE.. wish I still had screenshots though __________________

Jan 9, 2006, 12:58 PM	#71
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	hmmm well ive never had it look like any of those horrible shots..... __________________

Jan 4, 2006, 08:23 PM	#61
e!i DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London Posts: 138 Rep Power: 0	How do you change it to an ealier direct x?

Jan 5, 2006, 06:26 AM	#64
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	wow....that stuff tanked hard

Jan 6, 2006, 06:55 AM	#68
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	color blind graphic artists never make it far what on go's green earth were they doing tinkering with cube maps though? It almsot looks like they are set to stretch isntead of tile, and are stuck in the "bloom" frame of the HDR sequence. Someone dropped a semi colon, or added a stop command on accident, or something?

Jan 9, 2006, 05:08 PM	#72
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	you have all the latest updates?

Jan 10, 2006, 01:12 AM	#73
deekey777 Grünschnabel Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Good Old Germany Posts: 285 Rep Power: 0	Source Engine Update Available January 9, 2006, 3:35 pm · Alfred Reynolds Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Source engine Fixed problem users with ATI cards were experiencing with overly shiny cube maps. Restart your Steam. __________________ I know, my english is terrible.

Jan 10, 2006, 02:02 AM	Thread Starter #74
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	god.... the game looks about right but it runs like SHIT. hitching? it lasts for about 1-3 seconds per hitch, and it happens all the freaking time. i mean, its like the hitching ever stops at all now. __________________