Anti-Aliasing in Half Life 2

Langlest · 25 Apr 2009 at 21:27

for some reason i cant get it to work, i tried forcing it from the nvidia cp but its not having it

any ideas?

smogsy · 25 Apr 2009 at 21:29

what setting u got it on in hl2 menu? 4AA 2AA?

DethThrasher · 25 Apr 2009 at 21:35

you cant use 6x AA on nvidia cards only ATI..that might be the problem?

Langlest · 25 Apr 2009 at 21:37

thanks mate

i changed it from 6 to 4 and it did the trick

SkeeterUK · 25 Apr 2009 at 21:38

I had the same problem when i installed it recently. 6x with my HD 3850 didnt look like it was working but 4x did but still not as good when i had hl2 installed ages ago.

Nabz · 25 Apr 2009 at 21:40

hl2 looks so good maxed out mmmhmhmh

mame · 25 Apr 2009 at 21:58

Same on my 4850. 4x does nothing but 4 x looks great.

Helios1234 · 25 Apr 2009 at 22:35

I think 6xAA was for the x series ati cards only and not the hd3/4xxx.

stokecity_m · 25 Apr 2009 at 22:38

whats all this 4xaa stuff?

not got a clue what it means.

i understand it relates to the level of graphics, but how?

KNiVES · 25 Apr 2009 at 22:40

That screenshot *is* using AA but it seems to be set at 2xAA, maybe even 2xquincunx.

Double check your graphics card control panel.

edit: never mind you fixed it

stokecity_m said:
whats all this 4xaa stuff?

not got a clue what it means.

i understand it relates to the level of graphics, but how?

It smoothes out the jaggies. Anti-aliasing means just that. Aliasing is the term given to the stair-step effect you see on games without AA. It's more prevalent on lower resolutions. The higher the number, the smoother the image will be. As far as I know, it must be in multiples of 2 or 4.

apeZ · 25 Apr 2009 at 22:45

Nabz said:
hl2 looks so good maxed out mmmhmhmh

Gotta agreed with you there. Cranked all the settings up to max (on stock, no Cinematic mod or anything), and it looks visually great considering its a few years old.

Quality game.