is it just me of was HL2 better looking?

o_nuk3m · 09-21-2005, 04:23 AM

ok i have noticed this playin HL2 today, when the game was first released did you not find that bitmaps and textures were alot sharper and refined then they are now? maybe im going crazy but did they lower the defaults or something for lower end machines? i noticed this before but never really said anything

Jiggles · 09-21-2005, 05:54 AM

You must be crazy :P

I haven't noticed a difference anyway. Since I got a new system after buying HL2, my quality actually went up

It's not impossible though; they did do a few things in the patches to tweak performance, though I think that was mostly to do with precaching and the like.

o_binarylife · 09-21-2005, 10:31 PM

Did you update your drivers or graphics settings?

Say, turn up textures or something?
Makes a gigantic difference.

o_captain_cadaver · 09-22-2005, 06:36 PM

You sure its not your card or monitor?

o_nuk3m · 09-22-2005, 06:36 PM

ah.... it was my Anti alias that was bulrring the textures i dont know why but when i do AA in any game except Doom it gets like blurry textures because of AA. the pictures in the start new game were all blurry then went back to normal.

ok its all good

o_jinx · 09-22-2005, 07:12 PM

if you use AA, be sure to also enable Antistropic Filtering, too. It helps retain some of the sharpness lost with AA imo.

o_vampiricus · 09-22-2005, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jinx

if you use AA, be sure to also enable Antistropic Filtering, too. It helps retain some of the sharpness lost with AA imo.

you smot.... make us go

09-21-2005, 04:23 AM	#1
o_nuk3m Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Jersy, USA! reppin' Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	is it just me of was HL2 better looking? ok i have noticed this playin HL2 today, when the game was first released did you not find that bitmaps and textures were alot sharper and refined then they are now? maybe im going crazy but did they lower the defaults or something for lower end machines? i noticed this before but never really said anything

09-21-2005, 05:54 AM	#2
Jiggles Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: CowTown Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You must be crazy :P I haven't noticed a difference anyway. Since I got a new system after buying HL2, my quality actually went up It's not impossible though; they did do a few things in the patches to tweak performance, though I think that was mostly to do with precaching and the like.

09-21-2005, 10:31 PM	#3
o_binarylife Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Did you update your drivers or graphics settings? Say, turn up textures or something? Makes a gigantic difference.

09-22-2005, 06:36 PM	#4
o_captain_cadaver Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UMR Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You sure its not your card or monitor?

09-22-2005, 07:12 PM	#6
o_jinx Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ohio Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	if you use AA, be sure to also enable Antistropic Filtering, too. It helps retain some of the sharpness lost with AA imo.

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