My L4D Game Is Fuzzy

**tomgoplaces** · 06-30-09, 07:16 PM

I turned up all my graphics in the game to everything HIGH it plays very smooth but it has these fuzzys all over the screen like a old film.. I also want to note i play crysis on everything HIGH it has no problem's, here are my DXDIAG settings for my PC hopefully this might help.

I also installed a new graphics card on my computer its pretty big and i am a little worried about the over heating..but not sure if that is a problem i have a fan on the graphics card and the normal ones..but it seems like my power might not be enough for this graphics card. Im not sure.

**Darth Betty** · 06-30-09, 07:28 PM

Try turning down the graphics a bit. You might not need it to be so high.

**tomgoplaces** · 06-30-09, 08:00 PM

That did the job..i guess its the game engine is old since it is being re-used by the Half-Life 2 Engine

**Darth Betty** · 06-30-09, 08:24 PM

REALLY? IT DID

? Oh boy wait till i tell iggy!....I mean...Yeah...I know

(haha i say this cause im the xbox P&E help person. I just got l4d for my laptop...and i am still learning)

**imported_Iggy** · 06-30-09, 08:47 PM

There is also a slider for setting "Film Grain" that you can adjust, but that usually does not change unless you change it yourself. Having your vid set to 1600 may have been a tich too high.

**tomgoplaces** · 06-30-09, 09:01 PM

Yah i just did "reccomended settings" its still on all high but it changed justs a bit heh.

**Spritanium** · 07-01-09, 12:55 AM

The game can look "fuzzy" if you play on a resolution lower than your monitor's max, in my experience. With that computer, you shouldn't have any problems with L4D on max.

**warmonger256** · 07-01-09, 05:36 AM

Turn off film grain, it's just annoying as hell anyway.

Run on the highest resolution your monitor supports. And use Anti Aliasing. 4x - 8x looks good, 16x is excessive, especially if you're running on high resolutions.

**Straight Cash** · 07-01-09, 11:24 AM

I run at 1920x1200 all settings maxed and I play Crysis at the High Setting Also. I had the fuzzy issue but I think the game just renders more of the film grain on higher resolutions I turned my film grain setting back a bit, make sure if your using an ATI Card you have all your settings in Catalyst set at "Performance", and "Off, Unless Specified by Application", you should also make sure Catalyst AI is off. Good luck.

**warmonger256** · 07-02-09, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by Platinum Ninja

I run at 1920x1200 all settings maxed and I play Crysis at the High Setting Also. I had the fuzzy issue but I think the game just renders more of the film grain on higher resolutions I turned my film grain setting back a bit, make sure if your using an ATI Card you have all your settings in Catalyst set at "Performance", and "Off, Unless Specified by Application", you should also make sure Catalyst AI is off. Good luck.

I would recommend using Custom settings and set everything to the highest, except for Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering. They're better off managed by the graphics app.

Originally Posted by tomgoplaces

That did the job..i guess its the game engine is old since it is being re-used by the Half-Life 2 Engine

The engine is old, Source has been used since 2004, and it still have characteristics of its predecessor, GoldSource (which was used for HL1).

But it gets constant updates unlike other game engines, and it can be used for almost any FPS genre you want. It powered TF2, HL2, Portal, and of course L4D.