i give up.

[dethtoll]

for the longest time, certain decal textures such as posters on the wall, signs, garbage on the floor, etc. have flatout refused to light up when i shine my flashlight on them. this also happens to grass, windows, etc. this happens in HL2, CS:S and DoD:S. suppose there's a poster of breen on the wall, and it's in a pitch black hallway. i shine my light on the poster, and while i can see the wall, the poster is just a black square, because it's not being lit up.

HL2E1 fixes that. hooray!

now when are they going to bring that fix back to HL2?

i've tried all the old tricks, such as r_newflashlight 0 (i don't recommend it, it's ugly as sin and almost useless.) i've spent hours messing with various console commands, and nothing works.

i have had no other graphical problems; the game looks wondrous, even on DX8.

i can force to DX9, and , but that just causes more problems than it solves. water effects suffer, especially.

2.4ghz p4
768mb RAM
nvidia geforce FX 5500, and this occurs on all drivers.

i should note this problem didn't happen with my previous card, a 5200.

upgrading my PC is out of the question for right now, especially since due to government aid i can't get a job, but can only be a full-time student. so i'm currently doing a year-long begging campaign for a new PC for christmas, and i'm certain it's not going to happen.

i should note that nobody else seems to have this problem; i've searched extensively through 5 different forums, only to turn up with nothing.

 

[wildchild730]

i give up.

Damn.

 

[Barney Fife]

nvidia geforce FX 5500, and this occurs on all drivers.
i should note this problem didn't happen with my previous card, a 5200.

Is there a friend who's got one of the 6 series Nvidia cards you can barrow to rule out the V-card issue?
My wildest guess is that your V-card is either inferior to HL or is acting up out of old ages. Either way FX5500 is very old.
Also FX5500 is PCI card?

Good Luck.

 

[dethtoll]

Is there a friend who's got one of the 6 series Nvidia cards you can barrow to rule out the V-card issue?
My wildest guess is that your V-card is either inferior to HL or is acting up out of old ages. Either way FX5500 is very old.
Also FX5500 is PCI card?

Good Luck.

i don't know anyone with a 6 series; and the card itself, while outdated, is new- i bought it last year.

i'm starting to think it's not my video card, since the problem is non-existant in E1.

and yes, it's PCI.

 

[Barney Fife]

i'm starting to think it's not my video card, since the problem is non-existant in E1.
and yes, it's PCI.

I very much doubt PCI FX5500 has no problem with EP1 but with HL2, since EP1 is much more demanding than HL2
and Lost coast.

Let me not discourage you on this, please wait for others' response.

 

[dethtoll]

i doubt it's THAT much more demanding; i'm obviously not running with HDR, and it actually runs SMOOTHER in E1 than it does towards the end of HL2. for best performance i run both at dx 8.0, shadows low (i hate HL2's detailed shadows anyway, they act weird sometimes) shaders low, models and textures high, trilinear filtering, water on reflect all, 800x600, no AA.

my question is why the decal problem is fixed in E1, yet they didn't bring it back to HL2.

 

[Barney Fife]

Ayway, I think, with your settings, HL2 can draw decent frames in that FX5500, as it's Source Engine runs almost on any PC out there.

Good Luck.

 

[Drackard]

i doubt it's THAT much more demanding; i'm obviously not running with HDR, and it actually runs SMOOTHER in E1 than it does towards the end of HL2. for best performance i run both at dx 8.0, shadows low (i hate HL2's detailed shadows anyway, they act weird sometimes) shaders low, models and textures high, trilinear filtering, water on reflect all, 800x600, no AA.

my question is why the decal problem is fixed in E1, yet they didn't bring it back to HL2.

Decal problem ?

 

[dethtoll]

certain decal textures such as posters on the wall, signs, garbage on the floor, etc. have flatout refused to light up when i shine my flashlight on them. this also happens to grass, windows, etc. this happens in HL2, CS:S and DoD:S. suppose there's a poster of breen on the wall, and it's in a pitch black hallway. i shine my light on the poster, and while i can see the wall, the poster is just a black square, because it's not being lit up.

there's your answer.