Flashlight Not Working

[nickparkross]

I've just started the first level and have been told that "f" if the hotkey for flashlight.
When I push "f" it makes the ON/OFF sounds but no actual flashlight comes on AT ALL.
What's the solution? Rest of the game works fine.

[♕ DarkOhio ♕]

I think the problem is that if you disabled dynamic lights, your flashlight won't work. I have to test this issue my self, I'll let you know.

[Warhead Prime]

Same issue, i cant find a dynamic light option in the menus

[Warhead Prime]

Update, I found the option under the advanced button in the options tab, mine has been set to very high all along and I havent had a flashlight for all of the game ive played up til now. Might work for you though nick. Maybe try changing it to a different setting and changing it back

[Nathan]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/362890/discussions/0/1696045708659375849/

[nickparkross]

Originally posted by Emotional Glowstick:

Update, I found the option under the advanced button in the options tab, mine has been set to very high all along and I havent had a flashlight for all of the game ive played up til now. Might work for you though nick. Maybe try changing it to a different setting and changing it back

EG, thanks, tried all the options for Dynamic Lights (from very low to very high) and still no flashlight:(

[nickparkross]

Thanks, guys. After a lot of digging found a very simple solution...updated my AMD driver and ensured that my system was defaulting to AMD card and not Intel card.

[nickparkross]

Originally posted by Emotional Glowstick:

Update, I found the option under the advanced button in the options tab, mine has been set to very high all along and I havent had a flashlight for all of the game ive played up til now. Might work for you though nick. Maybe try changing it to a different setting and changing it back

I found a solution, but crazy how you finished the game with no flashlight!

[Couch_Warrior]

If you have an Intel graphics card, you may be able to fix the flash light by adding the following to the launch codes in the properties of the Black Mesa game... -force_vendor_id 0x10DE -force_device_id 0x1180 -dxlevel 95

[Birdkix]

@Couch_Warrior, thanks that fixed my games poor fps too

[thray]

Here is the "Official" fix for the flashlight.

Add these commands to game launch options:

-force_vendor_id 0x10DE -force_device_id 0x1180 -dxlevel 95

Remove "-dxlevel 95" after you close the game or your settings will reset every time you run the game.


Here's how to add commands to the launch options
Right-click on the game title under the Library in Steam and select Properties.
Under the General tab click the Set launch options ... button.
Enter the launch options you wish to apply (be sure to separate each code with a space) and click OK.
Close the game's Properties window and launch the game.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1040-JWMT-2947



This info is also in the above pinned thread titled "Flashlight not working? Bug Report Thread" here https://steamcommunity.com/app/362890/discussions/0/1696045708659375849/
It goes into further detail if you're interested.

[dolittle]

-force_vendor_id 0x10DE -force_device_id 0x1180 -dxlevel 95

This works great. Thank you poisondeathray

[Boeing 737-800]

how do i add a thing of code into it?

[KriKitBoNeZ]

Originally posted by cooltornado9:

how do i add a thing of code into it?

If you read the linked info, it should be helpful enough for you to figure it out, but these are launch options you can add in steam or a shortcut. Hopefully this is enough info for you and I would lay it out in all the steps if I wasn't pressed for time, but you may benefit from learning this yourself for future endeavours.

[Poor Lazlo]

I've tried countless guides but none of them worked, I can slightly see my flashlight but in really dark areas it barley works.