Hl2 Dm Shader Help

[Dark Circle]

If im playing hl2 in single player im fine, rarly any lag or anything. When Im playing in dm I can't move without lagging. So I go to turn down some of my video settings in dm, then its crashes and come up with and error everytime. So I searched the internet for console commands so I can turn downt the textures so I don't lag so much and I find "mat_picmip []" and so I turned them down and nothing..., So I need help either having a command for turning down my shader detail ( I hear hl2 uses much shaders ) or finding a way for my game to stop crashing. Thanks for your help.

 

[DevgruSeal]

It sounds to me like you're simply experiencing multiplayer lag, as in high latency between you and the server... Check your rates, and experiment to find the best settings..

rate 25000
cl_updaterate 100
cl_cmdrate 100

That is what is generally used, but if you're still getting loss/choke, you'll need to tweak them to get the best out of it, based on your connection.

 

[Dark Circle]

Its a bit better but I still lag like crazy, I really want to decrease the shader detail and see if that works. Thanks for your help

 

[Beerdude26]

type in console:
mat_specular 0
mat_bumpmap 0