Visual Problem in the Pistol and Shotgun

[Guus345]

has any body noticed that the pistol and shotgun has these green dots on them, when i first play hl2 i thought they were lights and i didnt give much thought to it, and now after seeing other poeple's pic of it, i came to the conclusion that i am not the only one that has this, is this a graphical bug that was ignored or noticed or is it lights that the Valve gun disigner decided to add to make it look orginal?

 

[(Fragger)]

The dots are there on purpose.

 

[Guus345]

why though? what is the point of having them there

 

[Dasparov]

to make the gun/s unique

 

[LittleB]

Yeah I've always wanted a polkadot gun

 

[Sainku]

In real life you have to aim down the gun sights, the green dots make them easier to see in dark places.

 

[Guus345]

i didnt know that, i thought there was something wrong with my videocard

 

[Sainku]

Im assuming you were talking about the two dots on the sights of at the back of the pistol. If you have green dots all over the pistol then I dont know whats wrong, I dont have them. If you could post a picture it would help.

 

[mzhang23]

They're white dots to help with aiming. Real guns have these.

 

[(Fragger)]

Talking about glitches, my screen has 5 white dots right in the middle with 2 curved lines around them.

 

[Guus345]

no, it is just those three on the pistol and two on the shotgun that everybody has, i thought that they were graphical glitches

 

[Flyingdebris]

they are little florescent marks put on the guns to help you see the iron sights in dark places, its very normal

 

[frusion]

Talking about glitches, my screen has 5 white dots right in the middle with 2 curved lines around them.

umm that would be your crosshair

 

[(Fragger)]

Can you smell the sarcasm? :E

 

[Rossell]

Yes its beautiful Fragger

 

[DonCab]

what's sarcasm?

 

[Voodoo_Chile]

The Green Dots I believe are Tritium dabs that highlight the Sights in dark areas allowing you to aim better.
While you have a HEV suit and dont need them the guns are made like that.Dont worry its not your graphics card and your not going blind.
A nice view of them in RL(Well real as in not computer generated) is near the start of Fight Club when the camera pulls back from the gun in Jacks mouth.