Help please!

[bensalih94]

I don't play computer games much and my laptop is pretty basic. I have a graphics performance level of 3.3 according to the windows performance checker. No graphics card or anything. Is that going to be enough to play half-life 2? Would appreciate the help

[D3mi-Cat]

A potato can run Half Life 2, even intergrated graphics can run this on Medium or even High (depends)

[Artic]

Game properties > Set launch options > -dxlevel 70
This provides minimal graphics

[Artic]

Or use this commands in console or in config file:
mat_bumpmap "0"
mat_specular "0"
mat_fullbright "1"
mat_picmip "5"
r_shadows "0"
r_lod "5"
mat_filterlightmaps "0"
mat_filtertextures "0"

It make graphics like this http://bbs.nashalife.ru/attachment_800_259663bdf8653f672d13a46c0f05dd66.jpg

[bensalih94]

cool, thanks guys

[Slev!n Kelevr@]

Don't worry, Half-Life 2 was designed in times (2005) when computers weren't as powerful as they are now.
I played it, at low-medium detail and HD 720p resolution, on a pc with 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon cpu, 512 MB DDR1-RAM and an Ati 9600 with no problems.

Don't bother with console commands, the game should set automatically the best detail level, and you can change it at any moment.

[Big Poppa Pump]

it plays fine on my laptop with intergrated intel graphics, even on high settings. cant beat the valve engine.

[_GoldSrc_]

You can't go wrong with Source, good looking games without buying a new computer :D