css direct x level

willthepirate · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:56

ok

my mate has a crappy pc with one of those intel gma watever jobbies

the direct x level is stuck at 9, how can u change it down to 7/8.1 as the box is frozen

???? :confused:

VeNT · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:26

it won't be able to play it at those levels either.

daven1986 · 12 Sep 2006 at 17:09

In your autoexec.cfg put:
"mat_dxlevel 70" for DirectX 7.0
"mat_dxlevel 80" for DirectX 8.0
"mat_dxlevel 81" for DirectX 8.1
"mat_dxlevel 90" for DirectX 9.0
Or in your Launch Options put:
"-dxlevel 70" for DirectX 7.0
"-dxlevel 80" for DirectX 8.0
"-dxlevel 81" for DirectX 8.1
"-dxlevel 90" for DirectX 9.0

daven

sunlitsix · 12 Sep 2006 at 17:11

open the console in game

then type

dxlevel 90 - DX9
dxlevel 80 - DX8
dxlevel 70 - DX7

im too slow tbh

daven1986 · 12 Sep 2006 at 18:58

the only thing with the above is that if you use it with a custom autoexe or config that you have read-only you have to do it everytime you play. personally i'd use the launch options, easiest to do and easiest to reverse.

daven

TLJester1 · 13 Sep 2006 at 11:50

I do this.
add
-dxlevel 70
to the end of your shortcut, and run that rather then Steam
here are the others:
-dxlevel 80
-dxlevel 81

also i set the height/width as it doesnt stick otherwise so my CS:S shortcut looks like:
"E:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 240 -w 1280 -h 800 -dxlevel 80