Ever since the Orange Box update, the levels which feature HDR seem completely bland and lack any sort of lighting, reflections and colour. The solution would be to enable HDR but since our GMA 950 doesn't support it then the problem is still there. I've tried using console commands such as sv_cheats 1, mat_fullbright 0 which doesn't work either.
These threads illustrate the problem clearly - http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?959218-Half-Life-2-Lighting-Bug http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?170455-Half-Life-2-Lighting-problem -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
