Question about HL2

[djmasta747]

i have a problem with my FPS test. I am getting a 121 FPS on it which is great but I got a dx7 card... when i get to the part in the test and it shows you the guy with those 2 flames around it, the character is completely white, yet when I play CS all characters are fine and the game is 100% fine. What I want to know, is will HALF LIFE 2 characters be like this? Someone said it's because he's made out of water or something... and this isn't something i should worry about?

Link to screenie: http://members.rogers.com/pcgaming/hl.bmp

 

[Asuka]

That looks so weird. I dont think so. I dont think anyway can anwser that at this time. You will have to see when hl2 comes out.

 

[fri][ish]

Yeah, I got that too!

Probably a bug, report it.

 

[djmasta747]

friish, what kind of PC you got?

 

[L. Duke]

That character is actually invisible and ripples like water. DX7 cards can't handle those effects and so show a white character. Normal in-game characters won't be white.

I've tried dx7 in cs:source on de_aztec just out of curiousity. The only bad part was the water. It didn't look like water at all, it was all white, so I'm sure that's why you see a white character.

You should be able to play the game on -dxlevel 70, although a lot of the game will look pretty bad. (Especially those coast levels with all the water.)

 

[Kanehdian]

I have a DirectX 9 card and that guy is supposed to be semi-transparent, like a cloaking device. If you're not having any problems in CS:S, it's unlikely you'll have problems in HL2.