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    Direct X x.x?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by abcdefg, Jan 12, 2006.

  1. abcdefg

    abcdefg Notebook Consultant

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    How do you change games so that it'll run on direct X 8.9? I heard someone say that you can change Half Life 2 so that it'll use direct X 8. Can you do that with star wars battle front 2?
     
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    I'm not sure about BattleFront 2 - I'm pretty sure that you need DX9 for that (you can run it on it on an 8.1 card, but you need DX9.0c software), as the shaders can get a bit complex.

    However, with Half-Life 2, you can run under DX8.1. Here are the command lines you can use for different DirectX levels:

    DirectX 9: mat_dxlevel 90
    DirectX 8.1: mat_dxlevel 81
    DirectX 8.0: mat_dxlevel 80
    DirectX 7.0: mat_dxlevel 70

    All you have to do is create a shortcut to Half-Life 2, and add the desired options at the end of the command-line in your shortcut.
     
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    Do you think I can run Battlefront 2 with a Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and a 1.2 ghz Celeron with Low on everything?
     
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    No, unfortunately you can't . . you need a video card that has hardware pixel shader units - as in, DX8 cards and up. The GeForce 4MX is a DX7 card, which means no pixel pipelines.
     
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    I tried it and when I start the game, it opens 2 tabs. One says SWBFII and the other says FATAL. Is it because of my graphic card?
     
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