Counter-Strike Source

[median sequoia]

Yea crash

[crisp fern]

I did

[crisp fern]

Oh nevermind, I put it in the bin folder

But now everything is dark and windows aren't transparent anymore

[vale isle]

i want these bricks

like my only focus is finding good looking bricks rn

[vivid garnet]

Yea i did train I was going to upload it yesterday on moddb but moddb was being slow for some reason not letting me upload gonna try today

[vale isle]

if you do please ping me because i wanna try another one of your amazing looking remakes

you dont gotta but it would be nice

[vivid garnet]

It's fine, also if you want like more brick textures you can look them up in polyhaven and ambient CG, they give free textures with res all the way to 8k some even going to 16k

[vale isle]

crazy

[vivid garnet]

Most of the textures in the train map are AI upscaled and PBR but some are from ambient CG and polyhaven

[crisp fern]

Okay so I messed everything up again and I have put the rtx.conf into main folder and everything kinda changed but still everything is still dark and now I really don't have any ideas why

[vivid garnet]

open remix menu go to game set up, then parameter tuning, then in there open light translation and untick directional after that open fallback light and set fallback light mode to never

and to increase brightness of the skybox go to sky tuning in the same parameter tuning tab

[crisp fern]

Yoooo it works now! Thank you for your help!

[vivid garnet]

also for culling like shadows disappearing u need blu amalets patches

[vivid garnet]

but on steam version with patchs MP wont wrk

https://github.com/BlueAmulet/SourceRTXTweaks

get the applypatch.py

need python though

simply make a new folder and put applypatch.py in it

then

make a folder and name it bin in the new folder where u put applypatch.py

get engine.dll, shaderapidx9.dll, client.dll and datacache.dll and place them inside that bin folder

then just open Cmnd and just write applypatch.py

then just place the patched files in there own original places in CSS folder

[vale isle]

qwhen u mgonna upload

[vivid garnet]

Already did forget to share the link here wait

[vivid garnet]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/de-train-rtx/downloads/de-train-rtx

Reflections and stuff might varie due to different conf settings, I have my roughness scale at 1 and roughness bias at -0.290 and metallic at 0.150 in PBR material settings in parameter tuning tab

[vale isle]

beautiful

[vivid garnet]

imma do pirensi next

[vivid garnet]

z

[vivid garnet]

bricks

[vale isle]

Those look quite good

[vivid garnet]

dang I'm lazy, yea pirensi is done but can't decide between the rock and the grass texture uff, gonna try more textures and see what fits well

[vivid garnet]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/de-piranesi-rtx/downloads/de-piranesi-rtx

[vale isle]

i love these textures bro

[vivid garnet]

imma do office next

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pehm-9HEZgI

[jaunty bloom]

decided to install rtx remix again to css after awhile and umm

[vivid garnet]

use this config maybe and the launch cmnds

[jaunty bloom]

uhhh

I think something is wrong

someone put my hands in a box

[vivid garnet]

did u put dxvk.conf? right next to the hl2 exe file in css directory

[jaunty bloom]

oh

I have been using the one from dxvk remix

lemme try the one u sent

yea it works but I dont have arms for some reason

[vivid garnet]

oh I might had set the arms textures as ignored in the Game setup tab, Try to find the texture there and untick the ignore or hide tag, Did this with the Glock aswell so might need to untick it for it aswell

[jaunty bloom]

yea u did

[vivid garnet]

do u have the patches? blu amalet patches? it fixes the culling issue

[jaunty bloom]

lemme get it

https://github.com/BlueAmulet/SourceRTXTweaks this?

[vivid garnet]

it's a bit tricky to do it, cause u need python installed and then there's a few steps

[vivid garnet]

yes download applypatch.py there

[jaunty bloom]

and I put it with the exe right?

also what folder do I put the pbr stuff

[vivid garnet]

then make a new folder and put apply patch py in it

then make another folder called "bin" in that new folder

put Engine, Client, Shaderapidx9 and Datacache DLLs in that bin folder

[jaunty bloom]

and then drag it to the main folder right?

[vivid garnet]

from the CSS bin folder (client.dll is in the bin folder located inside cstrike folder)

[vivid garnet]

to patch them u need python u have it?

[jaunty bloom]

yea I have it

[vivid garnet]

ok now open cmd in the folder where u put apply patch py

[jaunty bloom]

yea I do python applypatch.py

I know

[vivid garnet]

yes and it should work

then just paste the files back to there original positions in CS directory

note MP won't work though, for that u need a non steam version of CSS

[jaunty bloom]

why dont I just do it with the original bin files

like can I put the patch with the exe

[vivid garnet]

idk it gives error for me.I do it that way I told u and it works for me

[jaunty bloom]

yea I think I patched it

[vivid garnet]

rtx remix/make a "mods" folder and u put the pbr stuff inside it

[jaunty bloom]

alright

[vivid garnet]

idk if it should be named mod or mods but if mods don't work then rename it to mod

Also for flickering UI, use custom UI mods that fixes the flickering

u can find them at gamebanana

for the crosshair use some software that adds external crosshair

all these fix the buggy hud issue

[jaunty bloom]

what is this supposed to be

why is the sun moving with me

[vivid garnet]

just set the texture as hide

[iron ocean]

Guys, is there a way to fix the FPS? Also, is there an update for this mod? @vivid garnet Your game looks really great, it would be so good if we had all of your RTX Remix files. 🙂 Thanks...

[low palm]

hello a video tutorial how to install ?

[warm fiber]

No video tutorial but its not hard

Plus i think you repeatedly asked about tutorials

[vivid garnet]

I'm tired 😩 everything is In da pins

[ivory yarrow]

anyone can help me for install?

[thick lagoon]

everything should be in the pins

[south shale]

is it possible to run this one without portal rtx or is it required?

[vivid garnet]

u just need to have the std_shader 7, 8 and 9 from portal rtx bin and paste it into css bin, after that having portal rtx installed or uninstalled shouldn't matter

[vivid garnet]

found a way to add reflections on glass without toolkit

[vivid garnet]

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

[fresh crest]

@vivid garnet did all the steps still dont see any rtx, do i have to download some nvidia rtx tool?

[vivid garnet]

it should wrk, did u put dxvk.conf right besides hl2.exe? and put the launch cmnds on steam?

[fresh crest]

could u tell me exactly what files i need where please

[fresh crest]

and is there anything else i need, or just those files and press play. no other software?

[vivid garnet]

Let's recap.

Put .trex, D3d9.dll and nvbridge file from rtx remix into the bin folder of CSS,

Now open up portal rtx bin folder and copy the std_shader6 to 9 and paste it in CSS bin folder

Now Put dxvk.conf right besides hl2.exe

Now add the launch commands in steam launch options for CSS.

it should work

to further stabilize the game, get bluamulates patches from GitHub

download applypatch.py from there (note need python and make sure to tick the PATH option when installing it)

https://github.com/BlueAmulet/SourceRTXTweaks

it should make the game way more stable, Fix culling and other issues

[fresh crest]

where can i get .trex d3d9.dll files from?

@vivid garnet last thing^^

[vivid garnet]

rtx remix from GitHub or use the automatic downloader https://discord.com/channels/1028444667789967381/1132988164814934167

or if u have portal rtx those three files are in it's bin folder aswell, simply copy those files and paste it in css bin folder

[fresh crest]

@vivid garnet i have portal rtx

cant find . trex

nvm found it

[fresh crest]

@vivid garnet done it all. when i launch i get a rtx remx driver error

??

i have a 4060 ti and latest drivers

[vivid garnet]

hmmm I have no clue why remix isn't recognizing 4060ti as ray tracing card, some people did had issues like this one but idk which solutions they did to fix it

u can ask in general that's where the nividia guys or someone with deep knowledge are

I don't think it is portal rtx files cause I used it few days ago and it worked fine in my 2080 super

[fresh crest]

@vivid garnet its so werid right, i have a 4060ti 16gb version to, redownloaded nvidia drivers 2 times, downloaded rtx remix just iun case too, still no result. any chance ur using studio drivers? or game ones?

[vivid garnet]

Game one and u should ask about this in general or game compatibility, people there can help u on why remix isn't recognizing 4060ti compatible as I don't have knowledge on how to fix it

[fresh crest]

thank u, i asked dw. must be a stupid little thing i probably have to do, thanks for helping me set up the rest. as soon as i finish this it will work for sure. so thank you

[fresh crest]

thanks

@vivid garnet what version of drivers are u using?

[vivid garnet]

Latest ones

[fresh crest]

@vivid garnet all up and running now. turns out i had older trex files and dd9 files

[fresh crest]

any fix?

for example this is the grey i see for 90 percent of office map

but here its amazing

[fresh crest]

i think it has to do with the sun as any place i go where a the natural light is and not a electrical light. it greys out. any help please

[vivid garnet]

sum maps will cause this, to fix this need blu amulats patches

[fresh crest]

where can i get that

[vivid garnet]

type r_3dsky 1 in console

[vivid garnet]

ill help wait

[fresh crest]

still see grey 😭

[vivid garnet]

use my conf to fix some materials up ill send it

[vivid garnet]

my conf ma fix it

just put it right besides hl2.exe

[fresh crest]

trying now

it fixed it

ggs

thank you

[vivid garnet]

inferno next

[vivid garnet]

changed the main stone texture cause felt like the lighter contrast didnt match the map

[vale isle]

popo😎👍

[vivid garnet]

the perf on inferno 💀 goes to 40 fps due to the abundance of alpha textures in that map

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXiY999peW8

[dusk drum]

...do I really need the width and height arguments?

also, where can I find the std_shader thing?

[dusk drum]

@vivid garnet help?

[vivid garnet]

no make them at your native res

[vivid garnet]

from portal rtx bin

[dusk drum]

my native res is 2560x1600

[dusk drum]

ah, yeah, I managed to find them

I have a new problem though

game launches, but only shows black screen

[vivid garnet]

dxvk.conf?

[dusk drum]

here

took it from ModDB

[dusk drum]

can other mods, like these ones: https://gamebanana.com/mods/535714 and https://gamebanana.com/mods/536148 conflict with RTX Remix?

[vivid garnet]

yep

[dusk drum]

fuck

[dusk drum]

wait, but UI mods like what you have don't conflict?

[vivid garnet]

nope

[dusk drum]

so how do you install custom mods then?

[vivid garnet]

cstrike/customs/

put the folder insaide it

if the mod has resources like material, scripts and etc instead of them inside a single folder then make a new folder in customs any name and put those resources in that folder

if there are just .vpk then just paste then in the customs, no new folder needed

[dusk drum]

shouldn't these kinds of mods already go into customs though? anyway, I'll check later

[vivid garnet]

yea all mods go in customs

[dusk drum]

should I uninstall the mods?

[vivid garnet]

why, mods dont conflict with remix unless if there related to enhancing the graphics or shaders

[dusk drum]

I think first one enhances graphics

as for the other one... I don't know

[dusk drum]

oh yeah, what about animation mods?

[vivid garnet]

they wrk

[vivid garnet]

nah thats just a replacement for the view model, basically a skin mod

these are da mods i have currently

[dusk drum]

hmm, weird then

my game launches, but I get black screen after that

I ran applypatch python file inside the folder that has hl2 exe

applypatch generated the dll files you talked about before, and I copied them in

I also took std shaders dx6 to dx9 from Portal and copy them to CS Source cstrike folder (or was it bin?)

[vivid garnet]

nahhhh in cs source bin folder

[dusk drum]

yeah, in bin folder

I pasted them in bin

not in cstrike

[vivid garnet]

there are two bin folders one in cs trike and the other in the main diretory hmm did applypatch.py gave any errors like highlighted in yellow?

it should wrk if u followd da steps correctly, first paste .trex, d3d9 and nvbridge inside css bin, then copy std_shader 6 to 9 from portal rtx bin to css bin, then paste the launch cmnds in steam launch options, then past dxvk.conf right besides hl2.exe

applypatch comes later just to make the game more stable

not a requirment to run it

[vivid garnet]

Btw u can also use .trex, nvbridge and d3d9 from portal rtx bin in CSS, just paste those in CSS bin and it will also work

[dusk drum]

applypatch applies stuff then instantly closed

[vivid garnet]

Then it's not working do u have python installed?

[dusk drum]

then again, I directly opened it

[dusk drum]

I already pasted them

I already have Python too

I directly opened the file with Python instead of calling it via cmd though

[vivid garnet]

Ok so u have to basically make a a new folder anywhere, put the applypatch py in there

Then make another new folder in it called bin

Now paste datacache, engine and shaderapidx9 dlls in the bin

Then paste client dll from the other bin folder in cstrike inside the bin too

Now open cmd from withen the folder, u can do that by removing directory path above and writing cmd in it

U know that place up there that says D:/Steam/Steamapps and etc remove that and write cmd in it's place within the folder

Then write applypatch.py and it should work

Enter it

After the paste the dlls in there original positions like client dll goes in cstrike/bin and the rest go in the main bin folder

[dusk drum]

like this?

(the py file is in the applypatch folder)

[vivid garnet]

Yes now run the apply patch.py and it will make a patch folder at the same place where applypatch.py is

The folder name will be "patched"

[dusk drum]

also, applypatch created the "patched" folder, but nothing is inside

also, I didn't back up the original dll files....

so the whole thing ended up not working or something, because I used the broken stuff

I'll try verifying CSS files first, load up the stuff again, etc.

alright, refixed the stuff

copied the stuff

but black screen once again????

is dxvk.conf file supposed to be 1KB in size?

[vivid garnet]

Can u open it and see what is in it?

And can you see what the shader module is set to

[dusk drum]

oh yeah, should have mentioned this: I'm on a laptop, and my GPU model is the RTX 4060 (8GB VRAM)

[dusk drum]

it's set to... 0?

[dusk drum]

hello?

[warm fiber]

?

[dusk drum]

need help, lol

see my conversation above

[dusk drum]

help?

[warm fiber]

be patient

[vivid garnet]

try using these just put them right next to hl2.exe

in css directory

if u did everything properly then idk why your getting a black screen upon launching the game

[dusk drum]

https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/rtx-remix?tab=readme-ov-file do I need to install the runtime?
also, fuck, still got black screen....

[vivid garnet]

.trex, nvbridge and d3d9 are the main things in the run time

so u already have it in the bin

[dusk drum]

huh, weird then

I still have black screen

could it be due to my driver

[vivid garnet]

wch gpu do u have?

gpu

[dusk drum]

I said it before, a 4060

[vivid garnet]

are they latest drivers?

[dusk drum]

560.81 is latest?

if so, yes

also, I'm on Studio Driver, not the Game Ready one

[vivid garnet]

hmm does portal rtx wrk or is it also black screen? if it wrks then this should also wrk hmm

[dusk drum]

it does work

launches and plays just fine

[dusk drum]

you asked about my dxvk.conf before, was it fine?

[vivid garnet]

yes

[vivid garnet]

oh when it gives black screen, do u see the rtx remix menu notification above?

[dusk drum]

no

I don't see anything at all

only the FPS counter from Steam shows up

wait, do I need those things to run?

[vivid garnet]

then rtx remix is not wrking, u might have done sumthing wrong in the steps, try reinstalling the game, then use this auto downloader instead to download the remix files https://discord.com/channels/1028444667789967381/1132988164814934167

after running the script it will install the files

heres what u just need to do

paste the remix files in Counter strike source/bin

paste std shader 6 to 9 from portal rtx bin to Counter strike source/bin

paste dxvk.conf and rtx.conf in Counter strike source/

after that paste the launch command in steam launch options hl2 -dxlevel 80 +mat_dxlevel 80 -w 1920 -h 1200 +r_worldlights 16 +r_novis 1 +r_frustumcullworld 0 +c_frustumcull 0 +r_occlusion 0 +r_shadows 0 +mat_queue_mode 0 +r_unloadlightmaps 1 +mat_drawwater 0 -novid (make the -w and -h in your native resolution) here

it has to wrk

[dusk drum]

wait, what about the applypatch thing?

[vivid garnet]

that is not needed to run the game

that only fixes the culling issues

and some stabilization

[dusk drum]

ah, if so, the game does launch with the original dll files, no applypatch

[vivid garnet]

first do those steps, we need to make the game run and open first properly before applypatch.py

[dusk drum]

it does launch, no black screen, straight into menu

[dusk drum]

it can go into menu without applypatch

[vivid garnet]

do u see the notification of rtx remix above?

[dusk drum]

no

there is nothing like that though

[vivid garnet]

did u do those steps above?

[dusk drum]

yeah?

[vivid garnet]

how on earth is remix not injecting 😭 it wrks for me and all others i helped

[vivid garnet]

did u do it after reinstalling?

[dusk drum]

no?

I just keep the original files

and I overwrote the patched files with the original ones

[vivid garnet]

i think your best bet would be to reinstall the game

[vivid garnet]

and do these steps

precisely

[dusk drum]

nice, it works now!

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPBR_6NYAMM

[dusk drum]

question, though: does CS:S RTX Remix need specifically-made maps for the RTX stuff to work well?

I just tried out a game of Dust 2, it was all fine until I entered the section close to T spawn, more specifically the part running from T spawn to A site

then the game slowly crashes while I was in there

[vivid garnet]

,yea now add the patched dlls using apply patch.py which will stabilized the game and fix culling

[vivid garnet]

no, it works well, the screenshots I showed are just texture replacements, the maps are still the same

Since the OG textures don't have pbr for it, u have to use AI to make pbr or premade the pbrs for path tracing to react to textures

Otherwise it's just flat

I'm making one so far I've done dust, dust2, inferno, chatue, Pirensi, train and Aztec

I will share it though

[dusk drum]

I did, now the game has a black screen?

[vivid garnet]

luk at da shiny finger nails

[vivid garnet]

night vision is soo useless

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRLiyz9lu3k

[dusk drum]

I cries :(

still no into CS Source RTX

@vivid garnet does your CS folder has gameinfo.txt? mine doesn't, so whenever I launch the game without Steam, it threw an error about not having gameinfo.txt

[vivid garnet]

i have it, it should be in cstrike folder

launching it via steam wrks aswell

[dusk drum]

yeah, launching the game via Steam is fine

but if I don't launch the game using Steam then the game won't launch

also, I overwrote the patched dll files with the original ones

I tried playing Dust 2, but nothing changed

then I went to B, but the game suddenly darkens, then stutters and crashes

[vivid garnet]

gonna do cobble next

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcFxq-DtC9Q

[vivid garnet]

Dang still 9 maps left :0

It's 10 but port and compound use almost same textures so 9

[vivid garnet]

0.500 pom value dang

[idle furnace]

hey guys back again

trying to play css and its broken

it was fine before i did this rtx bs

i reinstalled css and it still looks weird at times

look at that "waterfall" in the back

it takes the ballon and tree textures and looks weirdly with checkered patterns

on this map there is not even the ramp, its invisible

this one... just..

tried reinstall and verify integrity

what am i missing?

[warm fiber]

most likely not configuring properly

[vivid garnet]

idk try this launch cmnd maybe -dxlevel 90 +mat_dxlevel 90 +r_novis 0 +r_frustumcullworld 1 +c_frustumcull 1 +r_occlusion 1 +r_shadows 1 +mat_queue_mode 4 +r_unloadlightmaps 0 +mat_drawwater 1, other then that freshly installing the game should reset everything if theres a issue

[idle furnace]

this is what i see in that map now, even after removing those launch args

reinstalled and still looks like that ^

[idle furnace]

turned off steam cloud and deleted cstrike\cfg, now it looks fine

[idle furnace]

but cant turn on steam cloud anymore or itll come back like that

[ocean pike]

hey there, i followed the main instructions but everything appears to be really really dark/black ingame, any suggestions?

its like very black and blue

i think i fixed it, textures are all seethruogh now though

ah r_3dsky 0 did it!

[vivid garnet]

yea I always seem to forget adding that in the launch cmnds

[ocean pike]

no worries

your tutorial was very simple to follow

thank you for it

i've never actually used rtx remix before as well

is there an easy way to disable all this stuff without taking it out the folder?

[vivid garnet]

well for that u need to install the debug version of remix or whatever it's called, it has the option to disable Path tracing within The remix menu, the normal one u have doesn't have it so u need to remove the remix files to disable it

but its kinda easy even in there cause all u need to do is just remove three files

[ocean pike]

i installed the one from github

and extracted that into my bin folder

[vivid garnet]

.trex, d3d9 and Nvbridge

[ocean pike]

but im not sure if it was the debug one

[vivid garnet]

yea it's probably the normal one

[ocean pike]

is there an easy way to mess with the lighting in the alt x menu? like differnt colours and such

or a way to download people's presets for sometihgn like dust2

[vivid garnet]

look for fallback lighting in parameter tuning, u can change the sharpness of shadows, lighting color and suns direction in there as long as u set the fallback light mode to Always in the same menu

[ocean pike]

thanks man

are there any premade ones i can drag and drop btw?

[ocean pike]

like is there a way for me to get this preset?

for example

[vivid garnet]

the sun set lighting?

[ocean pike]

just all of it I guess yeah

like is there a way to import other peoples settings

[vivid garnet]

yea peps can share there rtx confs and pbr materials they made also sorry for da late reply

ill share the one with the sun set

[ocean pike]

no problem brother 🤞🏽

thank u

is there a list of ones for maps i can get?

[vivid garnet]

yea i have uploaded a few on modb https://www.moddb.com/mods/dust-1-and-2-rtx

https://www.moddb.com/mods/de-piranesi-rtx

u basically put these in your CSS directory /rtx-remix/mods (make a mods folder) and paste the folders in there

[ocean pike]

thanks man

i appreciate it a lot

[vivid garnet]

then u go to the enhancements tab in the rtx remix menu and enable the replacements from there

[ocean pike]

okok sounds good! thanks

how about the lighting and stuff?

the default one looked a lil weird

[vivid garnet]

yea ill send a rtx conf with the sun set and also share a tutorial video on how u can also change the lighting stuff

[ocean pike]

thanks i really appreciate this!

[vivid garnet]

try this one

[ocean pike]

Thank you bro

[vivid garnet]

heres how u can change lighting, disable directional frst as shown in da vid

[ocean pike]

I’ll give these a try out later

[ocean pike]

Ahhh that’s where the parameter tuning is!!

thanks

[vivid garnet]

the other options besides directional like point and spot these disable the lighting of light srces like lamps and stuff in the map

[ocean pike]

this is all a great help

gotchu gotchu

[vivid garnet]

and the froxel menu is where u can configure the volumetric lighting and its intensity and distance as shown at the end

[vivid garnet]

and this is how u can make shadows of sun or point and lamp light srces sharp or blurry

0.28 is the sharpest value

[ocean pike]

Sweet, thank you

this program is crazy

[idle furnace]

does anyone know why this suddenly popped up? i didn't change anything..

ok works after exiting riot's vanguard... just random thing i tried

[ocean pike]

is there a way to easily disable rtx remix withuot messing with the files and stuff?

i just wanna play normal css atm

or do i just have to take everything out

[vivid garnet]

unfortunetely no, u have to take .trex, d3d9 and NvBridge out of the bin folder and remove the launch cmnds, idk if the 4 std shaders from portal rtx are also needed to be removed or not

i think wat u can do is reinstall CSS but this time make a backup of CSS somewhere and put remix on that version, this way u can have both vanilla and remixed CSS

[ocean pike]

alright cool! thanks

i could just delete the bin folder and the stuff next to hl2.exe then verify game cache as well i suppose

[idle furnace]

and even that isnt enough if steam cloud redownloads saved configs

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcPk6zRvsUo&lc=UgyxjmZSOGfOmqoJUTZ4AaABAg

[idle furnace]

now do cs1.6

where do the enhanced assets come from?

[vivid garnet]

i make them using AI and textures from ambientcg and polyhaven, ive uploaded 3 of them

RN dust1/2, inferno, chatue, train, pirensi, cbble and aztec are dne and currently doin havana

[idle furnace]

cool

cache pls

[warm fiber]

you can make one

just get omniverse

[idle furnace]

someone needs to donate me more nvme space

[ocean pike]

@vivid garnet did any ofthose config settings for normal CSS mess with sharpness of textures or somethig?

i uninstalled RTX, removed launch options etc but my games textures look sharper on dust

im wondering if any of those console commands did something

everything looks WAY sharper

and its kind of jarring

2nd screenshot is how it used to look

[idle furnace]

maybe also something saved in your configs now

if removing start args isnt enough

[ocean pike]

i thought so

but i looked at the commands in the launch options

and they dont seem to be present in my cfg at all

im not really sure what else could be causing this

[vivid garnet]

the new one will look sick with all that green and mossy foliage

yea it looks very sharp but idk what would cause that, Alot of people here have removed remixed even me myself to see normal CSS again and this is the first time I'm seeing this issue.

[ocean pike]

yeah its very odd right

no idea whats causing it

[idle furnace]

yea idk it was something weird for me after trying to remove it, transparent stuff like water and glass or so would look really bad

[ocean pike]

let me go test the water thing

[idle furnace]

i just disabled steam cloud and reset the config

i couldnt get it to upload the reset config to steamcloud, idk how

[ocean pike]

glass / water looks fine to me

i just tried restting steam cloud and turning everything off

and using another account too

still sharp

gonna try reinstalling the VPKs

[ocean pike]

i literally deleted the entire bin folder, disabled steam cloud, installed on a new drive

deleted the entire GAME from explorer and did the same thing

and its still fucking sharp

i cant figure this out for the life of me lmao

[tired monolith]

t

[ocean pike]

t

[idle furnace]

deleted whole game as in the steamapps/css folder?

and did u disable steamcloud, then delete all cfgs and then open css without steam cloud?

[ocean pike]

yes

[ocean pike]

thats what i meant by this part

like i deleted the entire folder, disabled steam cloud, reinstalled it

and everything was still sharp there

its really confusing lmaooo

[idle furnace]

does installing maybe redownload cloud data even if you disabled it?

[ocean pike]

nah because when i got in my settings were all default

including keybinds, crosshair etc etc

[idle furnace]

thats so weird

🤔

un/reinstall everything nvidia (maybe its really some setting in the nvidia control panel?)

[ocean pike]

i didnt touch anything there though

baically all ive done was like

put rtx files into css

then remove them

its very odd

even i fi use lower graphic settings its still weirdly sharp / contrasted

[ocean pike]

cant figure this out for the life of me

[sturdy lagoon]

helP?

i tried to copy and paste the game info from a website into a gameinfo.txt text document i made and that ddnt work either

[worn bane]

@vivid garnet hello do you have a folder or something with all the rquired files needed? as well as hopefully instructions all ive done so far is launched with the propetires commands but it doesnt work

[vale isle]

does multiplayer work?

[vivid garnet]

Yes but with Patches that fix Culling steam version won't work with MP but non steam version of CSS will

[vale isle]

wdym non steam version

[vivid garnet]

Version of CSS that doesn't require steam, like copy of CSS on CD or from other places online then steam or crack version and etc

[vale isle]

are you able to send be a version

i have proof that i own css

[vivid garnet]

Can't, it's against the rules here

[vale isle]

not in the server

or is that still

against the rules here

oh

[vivid garnet]

yea so i cant share whole folders of the game here, u have to like follow the instructions and get it wrking, there easy to do if u use the remix auto downloader

[vale isle]

no i mean like a regular non steam version of the game i was talking about

[vale isle]

but this is in the rules

so yeah

[deft quarry]

how i can download this?

[zenith drift]

is it possible to work with it on v34 version

[zenith drift]

I replaced the stdshader from portal rtx in the bin folder for css v34 and I can not see any font and the whole game is covered with squares

can someone help me

[topaz nova]

i installed all that i had to and it doesnt work i see regular game with the rtx remix popup menu

[topaz nova]

i have this problem

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0mk5TAIDQ&t=50s

[vivid garnet]

use my rtx.conf

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_qd-kS11hw

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es6Ok7tnujg&t=32s

[vivid garnet]

@novel kindle share the pool map here when u have time so I'll check it out and see if I also get this issue

[fresh crest]

this has stopped working for me

[vague jetty]

this actually works for me

culling its pretty bad but atleast the game works in multiplayer

[vivid garnet]

Native vs dlss full vs dlss quality, vs dlss balance vs dlss perf vs dlss ultra perf

[severe smelt]

The difference between FULL and Q is so small

Also native looks so bad compared to full

[cedar storm]

firstperson but this type of bug..idk

[rose scarab]

probably not a bug

select it as playermodel in the remix game setup

[cedar storm]

then? how to do it?

@rose scarab do u know?

[rose scarab]

game setup

@cedar storm

[cedar storm]

@rose scarab

[rose scarab]

put your cursor over the character

[cedar storm]

then??

[half solar]

i never had this issue before lol what

[warm fiber]

Pick player model body texture

[ancient dust]

should this happen?

[ancient dust]

sometimes it becomes normal, but the walls are still transparent

[vague jetty]

do you have the 3dskybox enabled?

[ancient dust]

nope, i seriously dont know how to activate it

[vague jetty]

keep it disabled if you already have it disabled

you know how to open the console?

[ancient dust]

yeah

[vague jetty]

make sure r_3dsky its set to 0

btw did you dowloaded a custom rtx.conf?

it might be that too

[ancient dust]

nope

[ancient dust]

ill try downloading one

thanks for the help !!

[vague jetty]

alr

good luck i hope it works

[ancient dust]

still strange

[fresh crest]

might need the dxvk.conf

[vague jetty]

put this on your cs source folder where rtx remix is installed

[vague jetty]

btw u have an rtx.conf for css here

also remember to follow the guide on pinned messages

[vivid garnet]

fat boi

Wat

Yus

[vague jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/team-fortress-2-tf2-garry's-mod-gmod-source-gif-14177547577691804245

[cedar storm]

need new water texture! could any one have....link

[warm fiber]

You can make one by using normals

[cedar storm]

do you have new link? css rtx wp pack

previous one 404 not found

[half solar]

@vivid garnet i can't play on multiplayer servers with rtx

it says "you are in insecure mode"

and in the launch parameters i have the "-secure" argument

[vivid garnet]

I'm using non steam version

[cedar storm]

does anyone have Aztec map's new texture ??

[vivid garnet]

Ahhhhhhh 64bit update broke remix in CSS

so CSS rtx Ded atleast for steam version unless someone finds a way to make it 32bit again or a workaround 64bit

[fresh crest]

How'd it break

[half solar]

You can't use/force trough beta x32?

[coarse delta]

When I follow the step as the pin above. This error pops up. Also weird thing it needs cstrike_win64.exe even I already set to previous build by right click to properties - beta.

[coarse delta]

Screenshot for testing on non steam.

[vivid garnet]

yea non steam version is best since it's still in 32bit and online servers work even after patches, Steam version was mostly like a demo since you could only play offline

[restive badge]

has anyone tried setting it to previous build and after that make a copy of the game folder and rename it to something like "Counter-Strike Source RTX" and then make a bat file containing the parameters from the pin

[rough bay]

why is this shit so fucked

weird

the 64 bit version wont even launch with remix anymore

[vivid garnet]

Yes 😦 Good thing most servers and people are on non steam CSS 😏

[rough bay]

non steam css?

[vivid garnet]

Hey you know what I mean, I can't name it here or else Ill get in trouble

[vivid garnet]

Havana

[restive badge]

have you tried setting the betas to previous build?

[rough bay]

no yeah but i have patches for the 64 bit versions of the other 64x games

and they don't work with cs source

they won't even launch cause of shader model 0

[half solar]

explain this a little better please, you need to d3d9 shader model = 0 in the dxvk.conf?

[vivid garnet]

new volumetrics

[vivid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31C0JTkYPGA

[half solar]

so @vivid garnet you are using latest action builds for remix?

[rough bay]

it won't launch with shader model 0

on the new 64 bit version

[vivid garnet]

yus

the beta build its abit buggy in css

[vivid garnet]

nuke

made the lights abit less intensive

[rough bay]

give launch options and config

[vivid garnet]

u wont get this kind of volumetrics in the latest builds u need da latest beta build (its abit buggy thoug withh alpa textures flickering and stuff when moving)

#server-announcements message u can download the beta build using this

click the second option after thhe exe launches

-dxlevel 80 +mat_dxlevel 80 -w 1920 -h 1200 -noborder -windowed +r_worldlights 16 +r_novis 1 +r_frustumcullworld 0 +c_frustumcull 0 +r_occlusion 0 +r_shadows 0 +mat_queue_mode 4 +r_unloadlightmaps 1 +mat_drawwater 0 -novid

[rough bay]

the game is like

mega blurry

[vivid garnet]

with the beta build?

[rough bay]

yeah

[vivid garnet]

yea its buggy, need to wait for a public stable release

[vivid garnet]

cs assualt

[rough bay]

they're so glossy

[vivid garnet]

spooky

[muted flower]

can someone help me out?

I did everything the guide says and it doesn't work

the rtx menu doesn't pop up for some reason

[vivid garnet]

u need a non steam CSS, CSS steam is 64x bit now and doesnt wrk with remix

[muted flower]

oh

Idk where to get a non steam css

I'm gonna look around a bit

[rough bay]

or just use the previous branch...

[vivid garnet]

but steam version is boring no mp servers

[muted flower]

still doesn't work

not giving up yet

works now

[muted flower]

menu works

but game crashes when I shoot?

[vivid garnet]

did u put the launch options?

[muted flower]

yes

maybe I installed it wrong

[vivid garnet]

-dxlevel 80 +mat_dxlevel 80 -w 1920 -h 1200 -noborder -windowed +r_worldlights 16 +r_novis 1 +r_frustumcullworld 0 +c_frustumcull 0 +r_occlusion 0 +r_shadows 0 +mat_queue_mode 4 +r_unloadlightmaps 1 +mat_drawwater 0 -novid

this

[muted flower]

yes

[vivid garnet]

hmm the std shader files from portal rtx?

[muted flower]

yes

[vivid garnet]

what about dxvk.conf?

try this one

put it next to hl2.exe

[muted flower]

alr

[vivid garnet]

yea there

[muted flower]

the rest is in the bin folder

[vivid garnet]

try it now

[muted flower]

alr

it's stuck

it works

[vivid garnet]

are the shadows apppearing and disappearing?

unless u patched the files aswell

[muted flower]

game crashed

it was laggy too

[vivid garnet]

try again, it crashes for me aswell at start but wrks properly after sec launch

[muted flower]

alr

[vivid garnet]

also u using the latest rtx remix build? like 1.0

[muted flower]

some parts of the map are disspearing

[muted flower]

I think so yeah

stable ver

[vivid garnet]

yea that has a issue with CSS where alpha textures keep flickering

but the beta version of 1.0 wrks fine

[muted flower]

holy shit

[muted flower]

"99 GPU"

[vivid garnet]

ye thats normal

i have 99 percent usage aswell

[muted flower]

can I optimise it somehow?

16 fps 😭

[vivid garnet]

well u can disable restir gi and lower the light bounces and get optiscaler that adds FSR

[muted flower]

alr

[vivid garnet]

also are u using my config here?

rtx conf

[muted flower]

yes

prob not the most recent one tho

[vivid garnet]

also r_3dsky 0 in console, might give fps aswell

will disable 3d skybox though but there unstable anyways

also enable multicore rendering in CSS settings

thats gives good fps boost

[muted flower]

its on

[muted flower]

where's that

[vivid garnet]

yea amd gpus gonna struggle unless your on linux and have stuff installed that optimizes path tracing for amd

[vivid garnet]

this

set it to importance sample or neural

should give good boost, i lose 10 or 15 fps with restir

[muted flower]

I gained 1 fps boost

[vivid garnet]

dayum

[muted flower]

gulp

[vivid garnet]

have u touched the other upscaling methods like TAA U?

[muted flower]

nope

I am oblivious asf

gonna try pooldayt

welp shit I'll give up

[vivid garnet]

yea if your on amd then linux and optiscaler is the way to use rtx remix in playable frames

bllood

[stuck narwhal]

Yo guys, did you guys have an issues with using the runtime when the 64 bit update came out?

Seems Day of Defeat Source is not even registering the runtime

[vivid garnet]

yea 64 update broke it for all surce games

im using the non steam version of CSS that is still in 32 bit

if u want to wrk on day of defeat src u might wanna need to find a way to downgrade it to 32bit or find a non steam version of it

[rough bay]

im working on partial patches for 64 bit

but css wont even launch with shader model 0

really weird

[coarse delta]

Hey, was it hard and idk, lots of work to implement remix into 64bit for most source multiplayer games?

[rough bay]

its annoying in general

[copper marsh]

hi, how i can fix this?

[vivid garnet]

put this next to the exe

[copper marsh]

now this happens

[vivid garnet]

did u put this in the launch options? -dxlevel 80 +mat_dxlevel 80 -w 1920 -h 1200 +r_worldlights 16 +r_novis 1 +r_frustumcullworld 0 +c_frustumcull 0 +r_occlusion 0 +r_shadows 0 +mat_queue_mode 0 +r_unloadlightmaps 1 +mat_drawwater 0 -novid

[copper marsh]

yes i did

[wintry meteor]

tell me what i did wrong?

[copper marsh]

use old build

previous build

bcz now css is 64bit

rtx remix only for x32

[copper marsh]

yes

previous_build

[wintry meteor]

ок

in previous_build version does it work online?

[copper marsh]

nuh

if you want play online, you need nonsteam css

[wintry meteor]

got you, thank you

[warm fiber]

Can work on 64 bit too

First mistake is that copying whole files since it only works for 32 bit

For 64 bit copy files inside .trex folder

[copper marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/drake-notebook-gif-20708336

[warm fiber]

Wait

i just realized that 64 bit CSS didnt work

i thought he was copying wrong files

[rough bay]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-yachty-drake-gif-21712801

[warm fiber]

My stupidity increased 100x + bonus

[copper marsh]

epic fail

[sonic moss]

guys ive just downloaded these 3 that are required but which bin folder should i move these to

also do i pick one file from it (like just the dxvk.conf) or should i paste all of them into the forementioned bin folder

[severe smelt]

#remix-beginners-guide

[sonic moss]

it shuts itself down when i press enter and nothing else happens

before shutting itself down there is this screen showing up for less than one second

[vivid garnet]

new skybox

[ancient osprey]

Hi my game crashes when i join a server

[hallow rose]

same happening to me ;-;

[vivid garnet]

😏

[copper marsh]

instead of helping bro just

😏

[vivid garnet]

the instruction in the pin should work with no issue as long as u have set CSS to pre-release in steam library

[hallow rose]

im using non steam and i dont think i did anything wrong

[hallow rose]

😏

[unique shuttle]

does anyone know how to fix this

[copper marsh]

popo gives u his conf, and his conf break ur game stronger

oops

seeing future

[fresh crest]

use the provided config

[unique shuttle]

it looks normal now but it crashes when i try and choose a team

or pick any other map than de_dust 2

[fresh crest]

Did you also do the commands in the launch prompt

[copper marsh]

knew it

just like i said

his shit not helping

[fresh crest]

Brother

[fresh crest]

He probably forgot the dxvk and command items

Jumping to conclusions is such a hasty thing

[copper marsh]

lol with dxvk and command lines literally the same crashes

🤓

[fresh crest]

ok, you really are annoying, i get i may be wrong but thats just uncalled for man

trying to find solutions and i dont need that shit

[copper marsh]

lol

[fresh crest]

ok

[unique shuttle]

i used both

[fresh crest]

ok

well then there probably is an issue on the games part with remix, what build are you using of remix though?

[copper marsh]

:sobspongebob:

[unique shuttle]

i was using 0.41 but ill try again with 1.0.0

it works properly with 1.0.0

[copper marsh]

huh

[copper marsh]

u playing on steam ver?

[unique shuttle]

yes

i was before but i suppose the older version didnt work welll with it

[copper marsh]

u playing on beta or what i dont understand

[unique shuttle]

i mean

the previous build of css

newest version of remix runtime

[copper marsh]

ok thx

[fresh crest]

tada

[meager trench]

Did you download the so called 1.0.0 zipfile from this link? https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/rtx-remix/releases/

[meager trench]

So do you mean we should download the downloader, rather than the 1.0.0 zip file. But@unique shuttle said 1.0.0 zip file works properly...

It is a mystery which one should be used for the latest x86 steam version CSS.

[vivid garnet]

hold on give me just few hours imma check if the steps still work on steam CSS or not, I did try those steps last time about 2 months ago I think and it did work

The only new step added since then is just going to steam library>right click on CSS and then properties>updates tab and set CSS to previous build that uses x32 bit

[meager trench]

haha that's many hours now.

I also found out that, with dx8 forced, and lots of mods installed, we cannot load into a map any more. Not to mention the Remix thing.

So there is one more question: why do we have to force dx8? That is not good...

[vivid garnet]

😭 Uff I can't find timeee I'll try to do today, I have exams going on tats why

Well it's your choice which dx level u want to use, I just used dx8 cause when I tried dx9 all the hashes were different so no pbr mod would work due to that but I think that might not be the case currently

[long trellis]

Hey guys! been following the steps to the detail and can't get remix to work with CS source, can you guys give me a hand?

[vivid garnet]

i found time today and its working for me

[copper marsh]

oil

oilstone

[vivid garnet]

as long as u set the version to previous build and patched shaderapid.dll, engine.dll, datacache.dll and client.dll and do th steps in the pins it should wrk

but it should have still wrked without this patches but it seems to crash

[vivid garnet]

u basically put this py file in a folder then in that folder make a bin folder after that put all those dlls from CSS bin folders to the bin u made and then just click on the py file and then just paste it back in the css bin folders

[restive torrent]

can someone help me do this pls i installed rtx remix whats next?

[past sandal]

incredible

[snow stratus]

Hi, you fixed that?

[copper marsh]

no

[snow stratus]

[copper marsh]

same

[snow stratus]

yea

[snow stratus]

@copper marsh you use this patch? I try it, and crash gone

[copper marsh]

no i don't tried

[snow stratus]

Try, it should help

[rose patrol]

Don't Suports V93 and V34

Supports V92

V92 Recommended

[distant sonnet]

is there a mod for css that removes all the culling from the maps?

[distant sonnet]

nvm got the rtx patch

[plucky cosmos]

tf is this? how to fix?

[copper marsh]

we all don't know

[plucky cosmos]

fixed kinda but where is dust now bro 😿

fixed lol, r_3dsky to 0

[copper marsh]

how u fixed? and it's last update or not

[plucky cosmos]

update of what?

i fixed it with r_3dsky on 0, and some few fuck ups while installing, cuz i put conf files to wrong folder

[copper marsh]

game

[plucky cosmos]

previous build

[copper marsh]

okay

[plucky cosmos]

i hope they come up with fix for newer version of css

cuz many servers doesnt work

i wanted to test few bhop servers but most of them offline already

[copper marsh]

u can build ur own

[plucky cosmos]

bruh

if did i know how to

[copper marsh]

internet

its easy, just find normal instruction and boom

[plucky cosmos]

i still think its whole ton of shit to do

[obsidian garnet]

i put the latest dxvk and rtx remix files in the bin folder. no rtx remix, launch arguments set too, still no rtx remix

[fast hollow]

Kill me please

I have the worst of it

[ashen arrow]

i follow the instruction but it doesnt work, read a bunch of chat history, still have no clue