Half-Life2 > Forcing DX 9 Shaders ??

Grechie · 11-19-04, 09:07 PM

ey peepz,

does anyone know of a way to enable direct x 9, in the options it has 8.1 and greyd out as i cant change, i rememeber the issue saying 5900's will have it disabled coz of processiing power but is there a way to force it through, id like to have a shot at it in DX9 not DX8.1

thankx

AthlonXP1800 · 11-19-04, 09:18 PM

Create Half Life 2 shortcut and then go to the shortcut's properties, add
"-dxlevel 90" without quotes.

Grechie · 11-19-04, 09:29 PM

hey thanx heaps/... i did it but it still said dx8.1 in the options and 9.0 is the software one, how would i know when dx 9 is enabled they look very similar?? is there a part in the game were i would notcied a difference..im practailly @ the start, i got my gun etc and im in the train yard shooting at inforcement people

Grechie · 11-19-04, 10:33 PM

hey i got it, it was "mat_dxlevel90" in the console, thanks man for ur help

Grechie · 11-19-04, 11:27 PM

now that we got that settled, i was wondering, if possbile if theres a way to swap to direct 3d ?

**saturnotaku** · 11-19-04, 11:38 PM

Half-Life 2 is Direct3D - that's the graphics part of the DirectX API. Direct Sound, Direct Play, Direct Input and networking components are all part of the total DX package. If you're talking about strictly graphics, then it's Direct3D and OpenGL. Somehow the term "DirectX" has been substituted to mean all games using the Direct3D API when technically that's not completely true.

11-19-04, 09:07 PM	#1
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11-19-04, 09:18 PM	#2
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11-19-04, 09:29 PM	#3
Grechie Powered By nVidia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 554	Re: Half-Life2 > Forcing DX 9 Shaders ?? hey thanx heaps/... i did it but it still said dx8.1 in the options and 9.0 is the software one, how would i know when dx 9 is enabled they look very similar?? is there a part in the game were i would notcied a difference..im practailly @ the start, i got my gun etc and im in the train yard shooting at inforcement people __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 \|\| XFX nForce 790i Ultra \|\| Corsair XMS3 PC10666 DDR3 2 X 2GB \|\| 2 x GTX 295 Quad SLI \|\| Antec 900 \|\| Thermaltake Tough Power 1200Watt

11-19-04, 10:33 PM	#4
Grechie Powered By nVidia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 554	Re: Half-Life2 > Forcing DX 9 Shaders ?? hey i got it, it was "mat_dxlevel90" in the console, thanks man for ur help __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 \|\| XFX nForce 790i Ultra \|\| Corsair XMS3 PC10666 DDR3 2 X 2GB \|\| 2 x GTX 295 Quad SLI \|\| Antec 900 \|\| Thermaltake Tough Power 1200Watt

11-19-04, 11:27 PM	#5
Grechie Powered By nVidia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 554	Re: Half-Life2 > Forcing DX 9 Shaders ?? now that we got that settled, i was wondering, if possbile if theres a way to swap to direct 3d ? __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 \|\| XFX nForce 790i Ultra \|\| Corsair XMS3 PC10666 DDR3 2 X 2GB \|\| 2 x GTX 295 Quad SLI \|\| Antec 900 \|\| Thermaltake Tough Power 1200Watt

11-19-04, 11:38 PM	#6
saturnotaku Apple user. Deal with it. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The 'burbs, IL USA Posts: 12,502	Re: Half-Life2 > Forcing DX 9 Shaders ?? Half-Life 2 is Direct3D - that's the graphics part of the DirectX API. Direct Sound, Direct Play, Direct Input and networking components are all part of the total DX package. If you're talking about strictly graphics, then it's Direct3D and OpenGL. Somehow the term "DirectX" has been substituted to mean all games using the Direct3D API when technically that's not completely true.