Low Res Materials - Developers

Not sure why, but SDK decides to use low-res materials. This isnt usually a problem, but it's difficult reading entity types (the words under the icon). How would I buff up the material quality?

Do you think you could be a little more clearer?

[IMG]http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/rctfanatic/test.jpg[/IMG] It's impossible to read what the entity is.

I can read it. Its env_spark. I don't see whats hard about memorizing the sprites, that is what I did.

[QUOTE=Firegod522;21070008]I can read it. Its env_spark. I don't see whats hard about memorizing the sprites, that is what I did.[/QUOTE] That's not really the point. Like, some sprites share icons....anyway is it possible to raise the resolution?

I'll try it now, give me a moment. [editline]10:27PM[/editline] No luck, I went into the sourcesdk.gcf and found the path to the materials, but apparently even though I extract them and change them up, it doesn't effect it in hammer. I didn't try saving it to my gcf, cause I didn't know if Id get a weird error or something. Of course, there sure is a chance that you can probably.

[QUOTE=Firegod522;21070161]No luck, I went into the sourcesdk.gcf and found the path to the materials, but apparently even though I extract them and change them up, it doesn't effect it in hammer. I didn't try saving it to my gcf, cause I didn't know if Id get a weird error or something. Of course, there sure is a chance that you can probably.[/QUOTE] Thanks for trying.

[QUOTE=rctfanatic;21070557]Thanks for trying.[/QUOTE] You may just have a shitty computer. You can fix it by getting a better one.

This isn't a "problem". It happens only in the Orange Box engine, and I believe they did it because EP:2 had many wide open areas, and large maps. I believe it is a form of optimization. All the materials and such in the Orange Box engine are like that, and I don't think there is a way of getting around it. A bad computer is definetly not the cause of it.

Its some (nVidia)? card problem i believe. Theres some fix for it by changing the settings on your graphics card

[QUOTE=laptopman;21070773]Its some (nVidia)? card problem i believe. Theres some fix for it by changing the settings on your graphics card[/QUOTE] This sems most realistic as my graphics card is pretty decent (ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT) and my crappy laptop shows them at high-res.

[url=http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2725507&postcount=4][U]Fixing Low Texture Resolution in Hammer[/U][/url] [quote=Shrinker] 1. Use GCFScape to open "Steam\SteamApps\base source engine 2.gcf" and locate bin\dxsupport.cfg 2. Extract that file to SourceSDK\bin\orangebox\bin\ 3. edit the file and change the line "ConVar.mat_picmip" "2" to "ConVar.mat_picmip" "-1" [/quote] -by Shrinker

[QUOTE=Terrenteller;21070857][url=http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2725507&postcount=4][U]Fixing Low Texture Resolution in Hammer[/U][/url] -by Shrinker[/QUOTE] Thanks [IMG]http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/rctfanatic/test-1.jpg[/IMG] Excellent =D

[QUOTE=Spartan One;21070581]This isn't a "problem". It happens only in the Orange Box engine, and I believe they did it because EP:2 had many wide open areas, and large maps. I believe it is a form of optimization. All the materials and such in the Orange Box engine are like that, and I don't think there is a way of getting around it. A bad computer is definetly not the cause of it.[/QUOTE] It's related to the amount of RAM your graphics card has, anything with 512mb + defaults to the high-res versions I believe. (Thanks Terrenteller)

Jesus. Use google. I've had this problem before and the first google result gave me the answer.

[QUOTE=~ZOMG;21077842]Jesus. Use google. I've had this problem before and the first google result gave me the answer.[/QUOTE] Jesus. I didn't find the answer in the first link.