ATI9800Pro and Half-Life 2: water is white

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Frank

Hi there
I just got an ATI 9800Pro. I used to use the 5.6 drivers and had
no problem with graphic. I am now in the section when you use the
boat and most time, the water is white, like if it is ice. I see
no special effect to the water. Th rest of the graphic is normal
and very nice. It is only the water. Now this does not happen all
the time but more than 60% of all the "chapters" I am playing
that involves me driving this little boat, the water is white. I
can barely make out waves and such details in the water. When it
*does* work as it should (the other 40% of the time), the water
is fine. I upgrade to the 5.7 driver, to no avail. Can anyone
help? I am running at 11xx By 8xx, no special effect, details set
to medium, no Antialiasing... PLain vanilla settings

Specs
Athlon 64, 3000+
512 PC3100 ram
80 gig HD
DirectX version: 9.0c

Thanks
 
Frank said:
I just got an ATI 9800Pro. I used to use the 5.6 drivers and had
no problem with graphic. I am now in the section when you use the
boat and most time, the water is white, like if it is ice.
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Tried the 4.12 drivers?
 
Frank said:
Hi there
I just got an ATI 9800Pro. I used to use the 5.6 drivers and had
no problem with graphic. I am now in the section when you use the
boat and most time, the water is white, like if it is ice. I see
no special effect to the water. Th rest of the graphic is normal
and very nice. It is only the water. Now this does not happen all
the time but more than 60% of all the "chapters" I am playing
that involves me driving this little boat, the water is white. I
can barely make out waves and such details in the water. When it
*does* work as it should (the other 40% of the time), the water
is fine. I upgrade to the 5.7 driver, to no avail. Can anyone
help? I am running at 11xx By 8xx, no special effect, details set
to medium, no Antialiasing... PLain vanilla settings

Specs
Athlon 64, 3000+
512 PC3100 ram
80 gig HD
DirectX version: 9.0c

Thanks
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verify your gcf files.
 
Gordon Scott said:
verify your gcf files.
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Thanks but what would I be looking for in the gfc files? I would
be most appreciative if you could you point me in the right
direction.

TIA
 
Frank said:
Thanks but what would I be looking for in the gfc files? I would be most
appreciative if you could you point me in the right direction.
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Frank, you can have Steam do this for you and it will automatically repair
anything that isn't correct.

Go to http://tinyurl.com/9wvse and click on:

To validate Half-Life 2 (applaunch 220) click here
 
Shawk said:
Frank, you can have Steam do this for you and it will
automatically repair anything that isn't correct.

Go to http://tinyurl.com/9wvse and click on:

To validate Half-Life 2 (applaunch 220) click here
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Thanks. I did that but I still have the problem. Water is snow
white! It is really annoying...
 
Frank said:
Hi there
I just got an ATI 9800Pro. I used to use the 5.6 drivers and had
no problem with graphic. I am now in the section when you use the
boat and most time, the water is white, like if it is ice. I see
no special effect to the water. Th rest of the graphic is normal
and very nice. It is only the water. Now this does not happen all
the time but more than 60% of all the "chapters" I am playing
that involves me driving this little boat, the water is white. I
can barely make out waves and such details in the water. When it
*does* work as it should (the other 40% of the time), the water
is fine. I upgrade to the 5.7 driver, to no avail. Can anyone
help? I am running at 11xx By 8xx, no special effect, details set
to medium, no Antialiasing... PLain vanilla settings

Specs
Athlon 64, 3000+
512 PC3100 ram
80 gig HD
DirectX version: 9.0c

Thanks
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Frank

This question might be better asked and answered in the steam user
forums, or possibly the http://www.driverheaven.net/ forums.
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=forums

Gordon

Gordon
 
Frank said:
Hi there
I just got an ATI 9800Pro. I used to use the 5.6 drivers and
had no problem with graphic. I am now in the section when you
use the boat and most time, the water is white, like if it is
ice. I see no special effect to the water. Th rest of the
graphic is normal and very nice. It is only the water. Now this
does not happen all the time but more than 60% of all the
"chapters" I am playing that involves me driving this little
boat, the water is white. I can barely make out waves and such
details in the water. When it *does* work as it should (the
other 40% of the time), the water is fine. I upgrade to the 5.7
driver, to no avail. Can anyone help? I am running at 11xx By
8xx, no special effect, details set to medium, no
Antialiasing... PLain vanilla settings

Specs
Athlon 64, 3000+
512 PC3100 ram
80 gig HD
DirectX version: 9.0c

Thanks
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I found the problem. I had a patch (a mod, really) that made the
water look different under directx8.0. When I bought the ATI
card, which is directX 9 compliant, it conflicted with the patch.
Uninstalling the mod solved the problem. Water is purrrrrty now!
 
Frank said:
I found the problem. I had a patch (a mod, really) that made the water
look different under directx8.0. When I bought the ATI card, which is
directX 9 compliant, it conflicted with the patch. Uninstalling the mod
solved the problem. Water is purrrrrty now!
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Glad you got it sorted...
 
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