

If you prefer the original preset, goto the sweetfx/preset folder. **Ingame: Disable Antialiasing Mode or SweetFX won't work.

Move the D3D9.dll to the \Half-Life 2 Update\bin. Move the D3D9.dll to the \Half-Life 2\bin.įor Half Life 2 Update (Free on Steam, requires HL2)Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2 Update **Please Disable in-game AntiAliasing Mode, under options, video, advanced or the sweetfx will not work.ĭownload and extract to the following location :Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2, Should not impact performance in any negative way. Improved picture clarity, color and character appearance. Shadow improvement, appearing in a more natural gradient. Slightly reduced glare while maintaining light levels. While SSAO Occlusion helps improve the rest of the game. This allows for dx10 effects to be implemented in games supporting dx10 options in addition to dx9 options. Sweetfx also contains a DXGI file that is a dx10 file and has been renamed to d3d10.dll. While the combine keyboards have three models (001, 002, and 003), the screen names have only two (001 and 003), suggesting there were three screen models originally in the game.Ĭombine logo found on the keyboards.I have improved the file structure & created new settings files, with tweaked effects for both ENB and Sweetfx.Ĭhanges have been made for additional memory tweaks, image enhancement, lighting/shading, SSAO Occlusion and SMAA support.ĮNB now provides additional effects through its 2 ini files, proxied through separate d3d9.dll (sweetfx&smaa).This suggests that Combine Synths can be used as circuits and/or data storage devices similar to a Solid State Drive. She is also seen opening up a combine keyboard revealing Synth technology inside. Barney has a limited Civil Protection clearance, which allows him to operate some, but not all of the panels. However, Alyx is seen using an EMP Tool to assume control of the panels. Ordinarily, command panels can only be operated by Combine personnel.

When looking closely at some of the modules, the words "Combine Mainframe Access Command Module" written in English can be seen.

The command panels in the Citadel are only seen conveying Breencasts, while they probably possess other functions also. They are also used to work the teleporter that Doctor Judith Mossman helped build for the Combine. The majority of command panels found in Nova Prospekt are used to work the systems around the facility – such as gaining access to surveillance cameras or transporting prisoner pods. The command panels found in City 17 are generally used to open and close gates, and they may also be used for communication, as seen when Barney Calhoun communicated with Isaac Kleiner in the opening levels of Half-Life 2. Barney covertly using the interface to inform Kleiner of Gordon's arrival
