Weird enemy shading in Source games

marcusesses · 05-11-2012, 06:53 PM

Hello,

When I play Half-Life: Source, there is a strange shading issue with some enemies, especially when they are far away. For example:

http://i.imgur.com/797Pq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RNAtv.jpg

Any ideas what might be causing this? Here are my computer specs (from dxdiag):

Acer Aspire 3820
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Pentium CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz (2CPUs), ~2.00GHz
4096 MB RAM
Intel HD Graphics
DirectX 11
DirectDraw Acceleration: Enabled
Direct3D Acceleration: Enabled
AGP Texture Acceleration: Enabled

I'm not sure what other information is important, but if more information is required to solve the problem, I'd be happy to supply it. Thanks!

Error.mgg · 05-12-2012, 12:12 AM

your CPU is a bad old but i dont think thats the problem, it must be what graphic settings you have on the intel graphics. Built-in graphics cards are usually terrible

Vonje · 05-12-2012, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcusesses

Intel HD Graphics

Not surprised.

kakkerlak · 05-12-2012, 06:06 AM

here you go.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...6956-UGCB-7160
maybe it helps.

marcusesses · 05-12-2012, 09:05 AM

Thanks for the advice.

So is it a terrible idea to play Source games on this laptop? I recently finished playing Half Life, and I had issues with flickering lights, and Gordon's flashlight, but those don't seem to be issues with the Source games. Anything else to watch out for?

kakkerlak · 05-12-2012, 09:10 AM

playing on a lower dxlevel should make the FPS better
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...1216-JMTZ-0860

also disabling HDR in the games advanced video options should help.

marcusesses · 05-12-2012, 04:29 PM

Changing the dxlevel has fixed the issue. There was some residual weirdness moving to DirectX 8, but DirectX 8.1 seems to work quite nicely. Thanks for the advice kakkerlak!

Nekomancer · 05-12-2012, 04:45 PM

I seriously doubt you have a Intel HD videochip, these are only available in the Intel Core i3/5/7 CPUs. Probably you have the inferior GMA videochip which would explain the buggy shader rendering.

05-11-2012, 06:53 PM	#1
marcusesses Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	Weird enemy shading in Source games Hello, When I play Half-Life: Source, there is a strange shading issue with some enemies, especially when they are far away. For example: http://i.imgur.com/797Pq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RNAtv.jpg Any ideas what might be causing this? Here are my computer specs (from dxdiag): Acer Aspire 3820 Windows 7 64-bit Intel Pentium CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz (2CPUs), ~2.00GHz 4096 MB RAM Intel HD Graphics DirectX 11 DirectDraw Acceleration: Enabled Direct3D Acceleration: Enabled AGP Texture Acceleration: Enabled I'm not sure what other information is important, but if more information is required to solve the problem, I'd be happy to supply it. Thanks!

05-12-2012, 06:06 AM	#4
kakkerlak Banned Join Date: Feb 2004 Reputation: 2165 Posts: 24,014	here you go. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...6956-UGCB-7160 maybe it helps. Last edited by kakkerlak: 05-12-2012 at 06:08 AM.

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05-12-2012, 12:12 AM	#2
Error.mgg Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 10	your CPU is a bad old but i dont think thats the problem, it must be what graphic settings you have on the intel graphics. Built-in graphics cards are usually terrible

05-12-2012, 09:05 AM	#5
marcusesses Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	Thanks for the advice. So is it a terrible idea to play Source games on this laptop? I recently finished playing Half Life, and I had issues with flickering lights, and Gordon's flashlight, but those don't seem to be issues with the Source games. Anything else to watch out for?

05-12-2012, 09:10 AM	#6
kakkerlak Banned Join Date: Feb 2004 Reputation: 2165 Posts: 24,014	playing on a lower dxlevel should make the FPS better https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...1216-JMTZ-0860 also disabling HDR in the games advanced video options should help.

05-12-2012, 04:29 PM	#7
marcusesses Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	Changing the dxlevel has fixed the issue. There was some residual weirdness moving to DirectX 8, but DirectX 8.1 seems to work quite nicely. Thanks for the advice kakkerlak!

05-12-2012, 04:45 PM	#8
Nekomancer Join Date: Mar 2008 Reputation: 2386 Posts: 15,159	I seriously doubt you have a Intel HD videochip, these are only available in the Intel Core i3/5/7 CPUs. Probably you have the inferior GMA videochip which would explain the buggy shader rendering.