hi, gmod wont get out of DX 8.1 and i can have shadow detail on high!
i have DX v10
2 gig of ram
intel core 2 duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00 GHz and 2.00 GHz
32 - bit operating system.
vista home premium.
there is no reason for this, its in full screen and also it has no launch options (no -dx81)
here is a screenshot of the menu with everything at its highest:
hope this was enough information, thanks!
BUT what VIDEO CARD do you have?
DirectX, soft levels do not matter if your card is not in same level… Though I highly would guess that would not be case in any vista machine, but only logical explanation for now
It’s his video card for sure.
If he had a DX10 card, texture detail would be default on very high.
Lol, he gave all his specs except his GPU. Also I totally agree.
“Hardware Directx level: 8.1” If your graphics card can’t support it, you can’t use anything higher than 8.1
He said he has a DX10 card. Assuming he knows his card.
He obviously doesn’t know his card as if you look in the picture it says “Hardware directx: 8.1”
ok ok, my card is:
and the website says:
(website location) http://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityradeonhd3600/index.html
heres a link to my resuls form dxdiag: http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo127/edfake/dxdiag.jpg
If you wanna force it, stick
-dxlevel 90
in launch options.
would it go up to -dxlevel 100 ?
No, as that would be DX10, which Source has no real support for right now.
Try updating your drivers.
it worked! thanks so much!
if you had a DX 8 gfx card, overlays wouldn’t work
bu they did 
well then it was your gmod
i accidently bought a DX 8 card once, the guy at the store told me that it would work, i was a noob then