There's something wrong with my HL:S's blood effects

Technology and Gaming Help and Support
#1

Not really a problem that doesn’t allow me to continue the game but I just wanna see the blood effects… Well, the gibbing part works, the blood splashing but what I mean is whenever you shoot someone/something and blood sticks to the wall… I don’t see it unless I’m about 60m away or farther (I dunno)… I just wanna see the blood

#2

I don’t know what it could be, but I’ve had similar problems in Portal, and changing my DirectX version fixed it. Try that, in the launch options, you can change that, but Google it to know how exactly. Something like -dxlevel 81.

#3

Could I maybe change something in the config file?

#4

I have a non steam Half Life Source

#5

If its non-steam then I assume it’s pirated, in which case I’m not going to judge but just say that its very possible it is a poorly made pirate release, in which case either buy the game or download a different copy.

If its not pirated, then just activate it over steam and download there.

#6

All Valve Source games have to be played from Steam, so it’s a pirated copy.

#7

But is their any way to fix the blood problem

#8

No.

#9

well here’s your problem.

#10

EDIT: Delete this post please, I misunderstood something…

#11

Maybe because it won’t give him HL or HLS? lol…

#12

play regular Half-Life

#13

My mate said his copy of Half Life 2 purchased when the game was first released did not require Steam, though to update it you did – a bit like Condition Zero.
Can’t verify, though, for he is halfways across the globe, just sayin’…

#14

Steam came out in 2003, HL2 came out in 2004 so… yeah

#15

True. I checked it out.

As you can read here:

So correct! My friend was wrong. :slight_smile:

#16

nom nom nom… yummy spam and useless static is yummy.

Carry on. =-)

#17

Carry on?
No locking?
No banning?

Is that on purpose?

#18

We could also just leave it to wallow in self-pity :freeman:

#19

#20

oh, that broken picture is great!

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