pixel shader 1.1

[Sike]

ok i just installed team fortress 2 and when i tried running it..it said that my graphics must support pixel shader 1.1. what is that and how do i fix it?

 

[shadows5631]

Usually there is no way to fix that besides updating your video card.

Could you post what video card you are using?

 

[Sike]

ok well your gonna laugh...hard... nvidia geforce4 mx integrated gpu

 

[Skyward2554]

I'm not going to laugh. Im going to say that you should get a new video card. I'm not sure but i dont think the card doesn't have 1.1

 

[shadows5631]

That's probably the problem.

You could always try this,

Right click on TF2 in steam. Click properties, then set launch option, Type -dxlevel 81

 

[Sike]

the dxlevel 81 thing didnt work...can i just simply update my drivers?

 

[featherfoot07]

well - your graphics card has to support a certain directX level as well as a certain pixel shader level.

From the reading i've done here it would seems yours does not.

 

[shadows5631]

Exactly. You could Google it and try to find a workaround, but it's very unlikely.

 

[Silent_Predator]

-dxlevel7

years back when I had onboard video, I just ran all the Source games in DirectX7... worked fine

 

[Cut Chem!st]

-dxlevel7

years back when I had onboard video, I just ran all the Source games in DirectX7... worked fine

It's not the fact that it's onboard, it's the fact that it is a really old onboard trying to run a newer game (tf2). It doesn't support the new shader model, only way to play is to get a new video card, which if he has a laptop isn't possible.

 

[Ph?bus]

DX7? YUCK!
My friend runs DX8.1 on TF2 and it looks like $%&*. I can't even imagine what it looks like in DX7.

 

[shadows5631]

Does DX7 even support the 'jump' feature?

 

[Sike]

ok well i just wasted my money...do you know if steam would give me refund i cant afford a vid card nor do i know how to put it in if i did

 

[Cut Chem!st]

ok well i just wasted my money...do you know if steam would give me refund i cant afford a vid card nor do i know how to put it in if i did

They won't refund.

If your using a laptop, you can't upgrade your video card anyway.

 

[Sike]

nope no laptop