How to fix the Chrome Errors in Half-Life Source

DISCLAIMER: This is not a magic fix that will perfectly restore Half-Life: Source to its original appearance. This fix is deeper than I am capable of solving.

DISCLAMER

THIS FIX IS ONLY TEMPORARY! As of 5/6/2017, I've begun trying to find a way to permanently fix this issue without bugs to make the game look how it originally did.

Doing this may cause all chroming textures to have a white texture placed on them.

This looks weird on the shotgun.

How to fix it

Many of us are upset with the Steampipe update breaking textures, but I found some sort of solution.
I am unsure of which fixed it, but I will tell you what I did here.

First, you will want to go to Library, find Half-Life: Source, and right click. Go down to "Properties" and under "Set Launch settings", type -dxlevel 80.

Then, when you open HL:S, open the console by pressing ~, (if you can't open the console, go to options > keyboard > advanced settings > toggle console).

Then type mat_specular 0.

Then test it out. It was stated that this didn't work for some people, but it worked for me.

[cool_guy]

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[spazbot]

it fixed

[Veltyn]

@Lord Megamix it definitely would require some sort of coding or remapping of the weapons entirely

[Lord Megamix]

If you succeed in permanently fixing the issue and making the game look exactly how it did originally, I hope Rubat and the others are informed, because I wish for Garry's Mod to have the perfectly restored chrome reflections once more. (They're still present in the Source mod version of GMod 12, as well as Obsidian Conflict, by the way.)

[Veltyn]

@exotic butterssssss I am a perfectionist and I'd like to get this game to look the way it did when it launched. Your fix is far from perfect, I'm sorry.

[xyantoaster_]

It did for me

[Veltyn]

@exotic butterssssss this does not fix the error

[xyantoaster_]

Or, you could just put mat_specular 0 and mat_phong 0 in your autoexec and still have DX9 without chrome issues...

[eepy]

oh

it should though

[Veltyn]

@patrlim this does not fix the error