[SOLUTION] Got a Washed out screen with a diagonal line? No problem!

Chris Tank · 07-10-2012, 08:02 AM

I've spent all morning trying to fix the problem, and I did! So I've decided to share it with the world.

The problem is as described, the render and output quality is very low, the gamma and screen is washed out, and there is a diagonal line running through it.

Here is a picture of the problem, credit to turrentabler678 since I do not want to revert to take a screenshot.

Quote:

How I managed to fix this was to do the following:

1. Go to the property window of SFM by right-clicking on it and pressing "Property"

2. Click on launch option, put in "-sfm_resolution -w [Your Resolution] -h [Your Resolution]" "-sfm_guardband 0"

3. Next, I will use Nvidia as an example since I only have a Nvidia card. I have read that it was caused by Intel HD graphics. So the easy way to fix it is to do the following.

4. Open your graphics control panel, if you have a Nvidia card, it should look like this.

5. Go to the Manage 3D settings panel.

6. Change the setting from Auto-Select to High performance Nvidia processor.

That should be it! Enjoy!

Chris

tomhas10 · 07-10-2012, 08:16 AM

Didn't work for me D: I have a different kind of graphics card so i had to improvise... Im hoping valve will fix it in an update or something

Bobby Hill · 07-10-2012, 08:16 AM

Does this fix the odd "film grain" effect?

tomhas10 · 07-10-2012, 12:43 PM

can someone PLEASE post instructions for using intel graphics control panel to get this to work!?!? Like i said, i tried to follow it using the intel graphics control panel but it didn't absolutly nothing.

DrBlutengott · 07-10-2012, 12:58 PM

I tried this, it didnt work for me :/

Banned4Ever · 07-10-2012, 01:06 PM

This only fixed the poor quality, but the line is still there.

lordexplodeon · 07-10-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tomhas10

can someone PLEASE post instructions for using intel graphics control panel to get this to work!?!? Like i said, i tried to follow it using the intel graphics control panel but it didn't absolutly nothing.

Same here. It's a pretty big problem, because it basically makes SFM useless.

bakugov8 · 07-10-2012, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Hill

Does this fix the odd "film grain" effect?

Are you talking about this?

blommas · 07-10-2012, 03:36 PM

the nvidia control panel, isnt the same as mine?
I no has "Preferred Grapichs Processor"

Nicknam4 · 07-10-2012, 04:25 PM

Yeah...I have Intel, and although there a "Driver Memory Footprint" There is no other similar option, so I still have the problem.

dady5000 · 07-10-2012, 07:31 PM

Didn't work for me. I do have a Nvidia thing just like you I believe. I switched it too the high performance...i really wish I knew what was going on here.

Xerxeth · 07-10-2012, 07:38 PM

This works for me, with the resolution, looks like we're both using the exact same computer. I didn't have the exact same problem, but it got rid of the resolution error message about rendering on start-up.

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07-10-2012, 08:16 AM	#2
tomhas10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 20	Didn't work for me D: I have a different kind of graphics card so i had to improvise... Im hoping valve will fix it in an update or something

07-10-2012, 08:16 AM	#3
Bobby Hill Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 16	Does this fix the odd "film grain" effect?

07-10-2012, 12:43 PM	#4
tomhas10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 20	can someone PLEASE post instructions for using intel graphics control panel to get this to work!?!? Like i said, i tried to follow it using the intel graphics control panel but it didn't absolutly nothing.

07-10-2012, 12:58 PM	#5
DrBlutengott Join Date: Apr 2012 Reputation: 45 Posts: 184	I tried this, it didnt work for me :/

07-10-2012, 01:06 PM	#6
Banned4Ever Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 13 Posts: 98	This only fixed the poor quality, but the line is still there.

07-10-2012, 03:36 PM	#9
blommas Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 78	the nvidia control panel, isnt the same as mine? I no has "Preferred Grapichs Processor"

07-10-2012, 04:25 PM	#10
Nicknam4 Join Date: Aug 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 4	Yeah...I have Intel, and although there a "Driver Memory Footprint" There is no other similar option, so I still have the problem.

07-10-2012, 07:31 PM	#11
dady5000 Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	Didn't work for me. I do have a Nvidia thing just like you I believe. I switched it too the high performance...i really wish I knew what was going on here.

07-10-2012, 07:38 PM	#12
Xerxeth Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 8 Posts: 38	This works for me, with the resolution, looks like we're both using the exact same computer. I didn't have the exact same problem, but it got rid of the resolution error message about rendering on start-up.