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Reflection Fix For Default L4D2 Guns
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Game Content: Weapons, Miscellaneous, Textures
Weapons: M60, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, SMG
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25 May, 2015 @ 7:26pm
23 Jan, 2021 @ 7:55pm
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Reflection Fix For Default L4D2 Guns

Description
Provides a blanket reflection with only bump maps for all the default guns without the use of $envmap which can cause unwanted results in dark areas.

This mod does not improve the base texture, only add normal maps. However it does provide proper format and flagging of textures for efficient RAM usage.

Also since this is all default content, it will not conflict with your other mods that modify models or re-animations. Only re-textures that modify stock weapons. (Very unlikely, but some custom models can sometimes use the same VMT locations and parameters.)

Learn how to swap the VMT parameters here.

Old extremely shiny version here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HoMfzTKWfGP_axyIQGcWPpj1gwNcibPo/view?usp=drivesdk
110 Comments
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Shao  [author] 28 Sep @ 1:34pm 
It doesn't fix it because this is not a texture issue, that's a model issue. You can use that mod + mine and they'll work together just fine.
Xeno :] 28 Sep @ 7:20am 
Yes. But this method fixed it for me

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2495605755
Shao  [author] 28 Sep @ 7:08am 
You mean this one as well? https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2759164917
Xeno :] 26 Sep @ 6:44am 
Both doesn't fix it sadly
Shao  [author] 25 Sep @ 8:42pm 
Should, I have another version that does things differently if this one doesn't cut it for you.
Xeno :] 25 Sep @ 1:13am 
Does this fix the horrible lighting for the ak and spas?
Masaharu Kaito (Judgment 2018) 27 Nov, 2022 @ 1:29pm 
i tried but it doesn't worked for me, well still thanks to you
Masaharu Kaito (Judgment 2018) 27 Nov, 2022 @ 12:59pm 
oh i see, Thanks
Shao  [author] 27 Nov, 2022 @ 7:20am 
mat_phong 0 is what you're looking for but it applies to everything.

You could try a shader fallback on the weapons vmt files to create an exception while using mat_phong 0; "GPU>=2?$phong 1" but I think the cvar overrides that anyway, never tested.

If that doesn't work you would have to remove the reflection from everything in the game but the weapons.

You could unpack the entire games vmt files and search them with notepad++ in bulk with the intend to replace any $bumpmap entire lines with $phong 0.

For specular reflection it would be $envmapmask and you'd have to replace with //$envmapmask.
Masaharu Kaito (Judgment 2018) 26 Nov, 2022 @ 11:02pm 
Hey, just as a quick question, would this add reflections to weapons in Low Shader Settings
Im trying to find a way to just enable Weapon reflections in Low Shader settings