Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

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How to 90s Graphics
By TheSaturnian9982
How to make your Gmod look like it's from the 1990's! Please note that I was inspired by the guide "How to PS1 graphics" and decided to make this!
   
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Steps
Step 0.5. Execute sv_cheats 1 in console.

Step 1. r_lod 200 (This makes models lower poly)

Step 2. mat_filterlightmaps 0 (This makes lighting blocky and squared)

Step 3. mat_filtertextures 0 (Makes the textures pixelated.)

Step 4. r_rootlod 7 (This Forces the game to a certain level of detail, going higher than 7 can cause issues as rootlod forcefully lowers poly count)

Step 5. mat_fullbright 1 (This makes the lighting less proper.)

Step 6. Go to your settings, video, and advanced, and make every option in there the lowest possible.

Step 7. Go to your settings, audio, and set the sound quality to either "Medium" or "Low".

Below are optional steps

Step 8. https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=700449200&searchtext=blood (Warning: this may or may not require Half Life: Source)

Step 9. Turn on "Minecraftify"

Step 10. mat_bumpmap 0 (disables 3d materials) (this command wasn't featured in screenshots so I'm not sure what this will look like once in-game.)
Reverting back
If you don't want to keep your graphics like this, then simply change everything back!

r_lod -1

mat_filterlightmaps 1

mat_filtertextures 1

r_rootlod 0

unminecraftify

mat_fullbright 0 (or any number you want.)

graphics back to where you had them before

sound quality back to where you had it before

decide if you want to keep this https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=700449200&searchtext=blood or if you want to remove it
Screenshots
Me in third person

Godzilla

Mechagodzilla VS Godzilla

Gunship smoking

Manhack

Group of zombies

Female citizen

That same citizen, now dead

Vehicle icons

1969 dodge charger

Driving down memory lane

Water explosion

JDAM

That same JDAM, now exploding

Nuclear explosion 1

Nuclear explosion 2

Mushroom cloud

Where the nuke detonated

Cessna

Flying in the city

Don't know what this one was


Hopefully that is enough screenshots to show you what the game looks like with all of these settings on!
43 Comments
lain 2 Jan, 2024 @ 4:31pm 
gmod if it was released on 1998
it's tqt 14 May, 2023 @ 7:42am 
does anyone know if there's a way to do this in tf2?
[SGA] Sato 23 Oct, 2022 @ 10:40am 
do not forget to change the resolution to 640 x 480!
brodudeguy10 16 Apr, 2022 @ 8:37am 
ooh, add ps1 filter mod too!
falsealt 3 Apr, 2022 @ 4:40pm 
mat_bumpmap 0 turns off 3d materials or something, make sure to do this while in the title screen because it will freeze the game temporarily
TheSaturnian9982  [author] 7 Feb, 2022 @ 9:12am 
I'VE ADDED SCREENSHOTS!
TheSaturnian9982  [author] 6 Feb, 2022 @ 7:12am 
@brodudeguy10 When I created the guide, I've put one as the thumbnail for this guide. That screenshot shows a metrocop.
brodudeguy10 6 Feb, 2022 @ 7:04am 
we need screenshots
TheSaturnian9982  [author] 22 Nov, 2021 @ 7:58am 
good idea
hawk tuah fein comic guy 21 Nov, 2021 @ 8:51pm 
another thing is to put in mat_fullbright 1. it will make it looks even older as older games didn't have proper lighting