Volumetric Lighting Doesnt Work At All..

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I know how to enable volumetric lighting but it doesnt work at all when i do. I tried putting the volumetric lighting intensity all the way up, nothing.. same happens with downloaded sessions that have volumetric lights, nothing.. Help?

[Zappy]

Does/Has Source FilmMaker ever tell/told you anything about your GPU not supporting DirectX 9 Shader Model 3 or something?

[𝐋𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔠]

Originally posted by Zappy:

Does/Has Source FilmMaker ever tell/told you anything about your GPU not supporting DirectX 9 Shader Model 3 or something?

Every time..

[Zappy]

Originally posted by FoXy The Pirate:

Every time..

Then your computer doesn't meet the official minimum requirements for Source FilmMaker, and the GPU of it is too bad to display volumetric stuff.

But, try to hit the Windows key, search for and open "Device Manager" (or "Control Panel", from which you should open the Device Manager), expand the "Display Adapters" list/group, and let me know the exact names of all the items in that list/group. It's possible Source FilmMaker is just using the wrong GPU, but it's also possible you just don't have a good enough GPU.

[𝐋𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔠]

Originally posted by Zappy:

Originally posted by FoXy The Pirate:

Every time..

Then your computer doesn't meet the official minimum requirements for Source FilmMaker, and the GPU of it is too bad to display volumetric stuff.

But, try to hit the Windows key, search for and open "Device Manager" (or "Control Panel", from which you should open the Device Manager), expand the "Display Adapters" list/group, and let me know the exact names of all the items in that list/group. It's possible Source FilmMaker is just using the wrong GPU, but it's also possible you just don't have a good enough GPU.

Okay I opened up the adapters and this is what is says:

Intel(R) Q45/Q43 Express Chipset (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1)

[Zappy]

Originally posted by FoXy The Pirate:

Okay I opened up the adapters and this is what is says:
Intel(R) Q45/Q43 Express Chipset (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1)

If that's everything in the "Display Adapters" list, then your computer doesn't have a good enough GPU for Source FilmMaker.

[Pyramid]

i have the same problem except im pretty sure my computer is capable.
This is what it say:
Intel(R) HD Graphics 630
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
And if it can run volumetric lighting please tell me how
Thank you

[Pyramid]

Actually it's fine don't worry it was a stupid mistake i did.
I completely forgot that you have to ENABLE volumetric lighting so yeah im dumb

[TFG1987_SFM]

mine says

Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630
NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

is mine too weak?

[Zappy]

Originally posted by TheFnafGamer1987:

mine says Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is mine too weak?

No. The Intel "GPU" is not good enough for Source Filmmaker, but the NVIDIA GPU is.

Press the Windows key, and search for and open "NVIDIA Control Panel". (Alternatively, find it in Windows' normal Control Panel.)

Click "3D Settings" > "Adjust image settings with preview" on the left, then choose the "Use the advanced 3D image settings" option in the middle.

Click "3D Settings" > "Manage 3D settings" on the left, and switch to the "Program settings" tab in the middle.

Beside the first drop-down list ("Select a program to customize"), click "Add", select Source Filmmaker (sfm.exe), and click "Add Selected Program".
(If you can't find Source Filmmaker in the program-adding list, try to close the NVIDIA Control Panel, boot up and close Source Filmmaker, and try again. If you still can't find it, check the first drop-down list (the one beside the first "Add" button) and look for it there, then just select it.)

With Source Filmmaker (sfm.exe) selected in the first drop-down list, set the second drop-down list ("Select the preferred graphics processor for this program") to "High-performance NVIDIA processor".
(I think that this "second drop-down list" might have been mixed in among the many other options/settings below the first drop-down list some time ago, though I'm not quite sure.)

Lastly, click "Apply" at the bottom-right corner of the NVIDIA Control Panel, and reboot Source Filmmaker.

[TFG1987_SFM]

Thanks Zappy, now I have to figure out how to switch my graphics card from intel to NVIDIA : )

[Zappy]

Originally posted by TheFnafGamer1987:

- now I have to figure out how to switch my graphics card from intel to NVIDIA -

See my previous comment of this thread for instructions on doing that for Source Filmmaker.

[TFG1987_SFM]

everytime I go into NVIDIA ( Geforce ) control panel it says " you are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU " I Haven't done anything to the NVIDIA graphics card so I probably need to do something to activate it? IDK I have an Ibuypower computer, any help is appreciated.

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

Most likely your monitor is plugged in on the motherboard’s HDMI port instead of the GPU’s. Please check the connection on your CPU unit.

[TFG1987_SFM]

Idk if this is it but my monitor connection ports are " VGA, DVI single link, DVI double link, HDMI, Displayport, and Mini diplay port " Do u know which one The Gpu is?

[TFG1987_SFM]

nevermind I got it d00d