if you add -nod3d9ex to launch options, are the following cvars irrelevant? (or are they irrelevant anyways?)

mat_supports_d3d9ex
mat_disable_d3d9ex

can't even test my own map because starting a local server crashes the fucking game..

anyone happen to have found a work-around for this yet..?

my game keeps validating in a loop. any fix..?
if i try the verifying cache thing, it does the exact same thing.
it validates until 100%, then just starts validating again..

the last update did the same, and i just deleted all content and downloaded the whole game from scratch. but i don't really feel like doing that again :/

edit: did a reinstall and it's fixed again. couldn't find another solution that worked.

i've seen a bug mentioned where the main menu screen looks very pixelated. this bug actually has been in the game before.
the problem is that the picture that's used, scales with the cvar mat_picmip.
some of us have this cvar set to 1 or 2 because of fps-configs, thus making the picture look like crap. i don't think there's a fix other than setting mat_picmip to anything lower (-1 for max quality).
the problem with this fix is that this cvar controls all textures, which increases loading times and drops fps.

this has happened before, but that instance is/those instances are fixed already.

red snapper - the sleepless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYTYySLMdW8

came here to say what Pigby already said.
you can't expect to ever get that flawless quality from stuff like youtube or spotify, unfortunately.

jumping, in general, seems fixed now.

edit: ninja'd

i wish we got deals like this over here from time to time :E

damn right

i get your point, the command should be on 1 and should've been on 1 even before the update.
but like i said, i never had an issue with the command before the update.
so the dramatic change in impact this command has on the game is at least on topic here.
and even without using this command, fps was a lot better for everyone before the update.

so presuming the command is still working as intended;
why is it so 'broken' with the skins? is it simply because the textures of the new skins are 10 times bigger in size or something?

are you asking me specifically? because i just ran into the command at a certain point and it sounded like "it will look pretty". my fps didn't go down, so i figured "why not leave it in".

anyway, this isn't really the point. the point is that this command worked perfectly fine before, and now it does not. the patch caused it, therefore i posted this issue in this thread.
if the command is useless, that's another discussion. cheers for pointing it out, though.

(also, it doesn't just cripple fps for me, it also makes the first-person skins 100% pitch black. there's been something wrong with that command after the update - i've never had an issue with this command before.)

so will this run through a razer (software) client in the end?

yes, for years i've been trying to get a saxxy.
i can't stand the fact that none of my many movies never got me one!

"look at me i have a saxxy"

those reports are working for me, it was the 'campaign kills' that didn't go up for me for ages. it was still on 0 kills after i had completed 2 contracts already.