normal maps on dx 8.1?

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hi, i'm a cs noob. do any of you guys know how to enable normal maps on cs with a dx 8.0/8.1 card? i'm referring to those shading thingies you see on the weapon's guys hands and also on the hostages, etc.

specs:

geforce 4 ti4200 128mb

thanks!

 

[giant384]

exsplain more clearly

 

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do you know what normal or bumpmaps are?

 

[giant384]

yes buy i still dont c where ur going with this

 

[exodusuk]

aye your rather confused and also confusing, if your not confused then you should be confused cos this topic is about as confusing as this confused thread about being confused? eH?!?!?! WTF CPL BBQ!!!!!!one111

 

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are normal maps even supported with dx 8.0 hardware? how do i change DX level?

 

[giant384]

go to launch options on hl2 in steam and type in -dxlevel 90 and ur game will run in dx9.0 but i wouldnt recommend on that card u will lag

 

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thanks ^_^

 

[MysticalMrBob]

If my card can run it (GeForce FX 5600 256mb) then doesn't that mean Valve and/or Nvidia can get it to work with less rediculous lag through drivers and patches? It seems like if I can see it in motion (albeit slow) then it must not be optimised well. I mean, it's nothing I haven't seen in Doom 3 so I don't get what's the big effing deal.