Wavy, Messed Up Textures

[mordy]

Hello all.

While moving around HL2 I noticed some really strange textures. I have posted two screenshots. The culprit is the part I have circled in red. I circled the part that's most obvious, but it's actually a bigger area of effect if you look closely.

Notice how it changes location from the first screenshot to the next, when I move. It's really distracting from the gameplay and I'm hoping there's a way to fix this. I'm using the latest video drivers. See my sig for system specs. Thanks

 

[Przemek]

I think this is caused by anisotropic filtering - check this setting in advanced video options and in your display driver settings. Keeping aniso at 4x usually is the best solution.

 

[Sanada]

That effect is perfectly normal and has nothing to do with the game.

It's funny to say this but this effect also appears in real life. Try looking at a corrugated metal wall/wire fence at a close angle and you'll get the same effect. It's more noticible when moving along at high speed in a car or something.

Guess you'll have to reinstall the drivers for your eyes.

 

[mordy]

At first I thought it was because of the anisotropic settings, so I turned them off completely. Didn't help. Also, this doesn't happen in other games like Far Cry. It really looks worse than the screenshots I've taken