Lighting problems... Too much light

[Quincy Jones]

Anyone else having problems with the light maps? HL2 and GMod are way too bright. It's not a matter of adjusting screen brightness. All the walls in 'low lit' areas, are incredibly bright, almost blinding bright. The game wasnt like this before the big update they did a few weeks ago. The same thing is happening in Gmod. On levels that should be dark are incredibly bright. Ravenholm is completely ruined because it's so bright. Anyone else experiencing this, or have a solution?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=179967411

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=179967516

[Quincy Jones]

Here's a screenshot of my video settings. One thing I found strange is the DirectX version listed. I triple checked that I have DirectX11...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=180025089

[Girl PP is best PP]

Same here. I don,t know why, but it sucks...

[Quincy Jones]

Figured it out in another thread. Not sure how to link it.
but this did it for me.

Set the launch parameter by right clicking the game in the Steam list and choosing "properties" and adding this.

+mat_dxlevel 95

Configure the game. After closing the game remove the launch parameter.

[XaNadu]

You could try "mat_fullbright 0".

[Firey Icy]

Originally posted by Luddski:

You could try "mat_fullbright 0".

Doesnt work. The map stays at fullbright

[Green]

Anybody know how to fix glossy textures just turning all silver in certain lighting?

[Snake The Solid]

Originally posted by ✖Underfell Sans✖:

Anybody know how to fix glossy textures just turning all silver in certain lighting?

mat_specular 1
or
mat_specular 0

[Snake The Solid]

Originally posted by Quincy Jones:

Here's a screenshot of my video settings. One thing I found strange is the DirectX version listed. I triple checked that I have DirectX11...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=180025089

Its the high dynamic range, set it to full and itll fix it

[Kangz]

If it stays at full bright try messing around the mat_hdr_level comand try 0, 1, or 2 and that might fix it

[Dih collector]

it doesn't even work it just crashes my game

[Bjonk]

"mat_specular 0"
Resets the lightmap