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How to remove texture filtering in OpenGL
By Aublak
OpenGL is great, but I hate the texture filtering. Here's how to remove that cursed smoothening effect from your textures to that get that "1998 look".
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With the advent of the 25th Anniversary update this guide is no longer required for the current build of the game. Disabling texture filtering is now integrated in the video settings. This guide is only useful for older builds that can still be downloaded in the library options.

OpenGL is cool, but I hate the texture filtering. Here's how to get rid of it.




Removing texture filtering from your current play session

Simply open up the in-game console and enter GL_texturemode GL_Nearest

Remove it everytime you start a game

1. Go to your Half-Life/valve directory - (typically its in Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve)
2. Find to your autoexec.cfg file
2a. If you don't have one, simply create a txt file and rename it autoexec.cfg.
3. Open it with a text editor
4. Add the line GL_texturemode GL_Nearest
5. Save and close

Congrats you did it! Now you are playing Half-Life like its meant to be played.
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Macro 31 Dec, 2024 @ 5:02am 
Midori you're the scrub, OpenGL/Hard acceleration had texture filtering off by default since release. I prefer unfiltered textures but Valve probably wanted players to use filtered textures (at that time at least).
midori 29 Nov, 2024 @ 12:54pm 
no max, it isn't at all. the revisionism is using the bilinear filter like a scrub.
Max Charisma 23 Oct, 2024 @ 2:37pm 
The intended experience was with texture filtering on. This zoomer revisionism is embarrassing
LostRanger19091 17 Oct, 2024 @ 7:37pm 
Thanks this helped a lot!
Space Core (@ali_m_) 16 Apr, 2024 @ 3:41pm 
ive never known something like this, looks like deus ex now, even though i think that has texture filtering
ILostMyHomeWrecker 2 Jan, 2024 @ 5:18am 
@kaiabrodbecker what do i have to do i tried disabling the enable texture filtering thing and ITS STILL SHlTTY TEXTURES THEY RUINED GMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kaia Brodbecker 18 Nov, 2023 @ 6:59am 
Good news, it's now in the in-game settings following the 25th anniversary update
TyrannoWright 9 Nov, 2023 @ 12:58am 
"gl_rounddown 0" gang. Didn't ask to have signs read in Minecraft dialect.
moe lester 1 Oct, 2023 @ 6:47am 
finally we do not have shit textures anymore!!!!!!
PatronSaintofHate&Discontent 1 Sep, 2023 @ 4:52pm 
not really for most of development the game was under the software renderer as i understand it.