Overview
Step 1: Go to CS:S on steam – right click – options – set launch options… – type here “-dxlevel 81” (or 80 if you want).(if you have no idea what to do) – click me (optional, because it may corrupt some items and your game experience. But it makes possible to do a lowest bright)Step 2: Go into the game, turn off HDR (High Dynamic Range).Step 3: Go into the console (press ~) and type this: r_3dsky 0.Step 4: Go to video settings – Adjust brightness levels, make the lowest bright as possible (2.6).Step 5: You are done! Don’t forget to set bright every time when you launch the game, and r_3dsky 0 too.I had to compare the results with different DX levels and brights on map ZE_FFXII_Westersand_v7_2 as well.Remember! Your way is to set lowest bright as possible (dxlevel 80(81) making the lowest one, but you still may use dxlevel 95 as you want).Also remember! It will be little bit harder to play, because of worse vision of zombies. You have been warned.If you want to set everything back – just use -dxlevel 95, game will set your bright as normal.
Comparing between dx80(81) vs dx95 lowest highest bright
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