bravo22
March 27th, 2010, 01:36 PM
Hi,
I have no idea whether it's the result of a steam autoupdate or a Nvidia driver update, but something strange has been happening with my L4D2 lately.
Every time I launch the game the video settings keep getting reset to 640x480 on lowest settings. I know for sure my laptop can run it at 1280x800 on medium settings, and when I manually set the video settings to those, I can get the game to look and run very well for the duration of my playthrough (unless I am trying to take a video with FRAPS, in which case I usually lower it to 720x480).
But after as I exit to Windows, my 1280x800 on medium is not saved. The next time I launch the game it forces itself back into 640x480 on lowest and I have no choice but to go into the menu and manually raise the settings before I start a campaign. It is getting annoying to have to keep redoing my video settings every time I start the game.
My other Source games like Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Source do not have this problem at all - the settings stay the way I set them after I exit the game.
Anyone else have this problem? Help is appreciated.
If providing my specs is any help, I am using the 13 inch Macbook Pro with 2.26 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, and Nvidia Geforce 9400 M which steals 512 MB off my main RAM. I am using the 195.62 drivers for Nvidia. My operating system is Windows 7 Professional x86. (not an ideal gaming machine I know, but I don't want to transport my awesome desktop computer to university all the way from Abu Dhabi and then have to drag it back every summer, it means another 2 huge items to bring onto the plane and I only have 2 hands!).
I have no idea whether it's the result of a steam autoupdate or a Nvidia driver update, but something strange has been happening with my L4D2 lately.
Every time I launch the game the video settings keep getting reset to 640x480 on lowest settings. I know for sure my laptop can run it at 1280x800 on medium settings, and when I manually set the video settings to those, I can get the game to look and run very well for the duration of my playthrough (unless I am trying to take a video with FRAPS, in which case I usually lower it to 720x480).
But after as I exit to Windows, my 1280x800 on medium is not saved. The next time I launch the game it forces itself back into 640x480 on lowest and I have no choice but to go into the menu and manually raise the settings before I start a campaign. It is getting annoying to have to keep redoing my video settings every time I start the game.
My other Source games like Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Source do not have this problem at all - the settings stay the way I set them after I exit the game.
Anyone else have this problem? Help is appreciated.
If providing my specs is any help, I am using the 13 inch Macbook Pro with 2.26 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, and Nvidia Geforce 9400 M which steals 512 MB off my main RAM. I am using the 195.62 drivers for Nvidia. My operating system is Windows 7 Professional x86. (not an ideal gaming machine I know, but I don't want to transport my awesome desktop computer to university all the way from Abu Dhabi and then have to drag it back every summer, it means another 2 huge items to bring onto the plane and I only have 2 hands!).