Everything is basically black - Garry's Mod

Every prop, NPC, and Ragdoll all have black blobs on them, most of the props are black and even the weapons have off lighting, ive never encountered this sort of problem before, i have re installed Gmod and deleted all of my addons but its still here, its really annoying and i want to fix it because every vehicle and ragdoll are either fully black or have blobs on them, please help

Possibly an issue with your graphics card? im no expert but just a thought, hope it helps

I have the problem too, its somthing with the last update, i have switched from every single Catalyst, and every single driver i could find, and nothing will fix it. The only thing that isnt messed up is the regular physgun. REinstalled gmod twice, no worky.

Same problem in any other game?

[QUOTE=Northern Petrol;25814626]Same problem in any other game?[/QUOTE] Nope, it only happens in Gmod, which is why i dont think its my graphics card. [editline]3rd November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Ctrotter456;25814074]Possibly an issue with your graphics card? im no expert but just a thought, hope it helps[/QUOTE] Probably not because it only happens in Gmod, which is very strange, i was expecting it to happen in half life 2 as well but it doesnt....only gmod

and i have noticed somthing else, most of the time, it only happens with standard props, or ones from hl2, like the buggie, the airboat, and all of the hl2 ragdolls, although, it doesnt just happen with only all of the hl2 props. EDIT: Did the latest gmod patch include supporting DX 10 or 11?

No, Source engine is stuck with DX9. That includes GMod too.

ok i found your problem. I believe it is being caused by a graphics card driver issue and source engine incompatibility. This seems to be happening with Nvidia and Intel cards and integrated chips. Try two things having the latest graphics card drivers and setting gmod to run in direct x 8. This should fix it for now. If does not work please post back and i will continue to investigate.

[QUOTE=brodiewf;25835308]ok i found your problem. I believe it is being caused by a graphics card driver issue and source engine incompatibility. This seems to be happening with Nvidia and Intel cards and integrated chips. Try two things having the latest graphics card drivers and setting gmod to run in direct x 8. This should fix it for now. If does not work please post back and i will continue to investigate.[/QUOTE] im not great with graphics cards so how exactly do i update it, and which website do i go to (i think my graphics card is celuron M or something like that)

Specs and screenshots would help

Ok ill try get a screenshot [editline]6th November 2010[/editline] [IMG]http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab180/Jordan_Mace/gm_flatgrass0002.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab180/Jordan_Mace/gm_flatgrass0001.jpg[/IMG] Theres the screen shot, thats just on the metrocop NPC

What do you think i should do?

[QUOTE=jordz0005;25990827]What do you think i should do?[/QUOTE] The graphic cards VRAM is probably bad. I had something like this happen to me years ago, although it was far worse. Unfortunately, the only solution is to buy a new graphics card.

Update your graphics driver?

Open the console and enter "mat_dxlevel". Post the results here.

[QUOTE=jezsaysmeh;26053675]OMFG!!!!! THANK YOU E-102 Gamma that code works can add you as a friend Jordz00005 enter this code in console and your problem sorted i just tried it then it works!!! XD mat_dxlevel 5 put that in with number (number and word must be separate). :)))))) [editline]14th November 2010[/editline] enter this in console with a 5 (without brackets) ___________ mat_dxlevel 5 ------------- copy and paste it in console go to options/keyboard/advanced/ and enable devloper console your sorted. XDXDXDXD[/QUOTE] mat_dxlevel 5? As far as I am aware the lowest you can go in any source game is 70, and I don't think Garry's Mod will run at lower than 80. I am pretty sure by mat_dxlevel 5 it'll just go to the lowest possible (80).