[OmegaZero_Alpha]

it isn't glitches, its just that phong destroys the FPS old video cards, so a lot of people download no-phong map packs in order to play the game on their current machine.

You are 100% clueless, and your arogance won't save you this time.

1. there's no such thing as a "map pack" other than for bsps themselves

2. phong is a rim shader variant applied on models, not maps

3. running the game under dx8 removes this visual effect

and finally, it gives no advantage whatsoever.

Phong shader on the minigun

Directx8 mode with the significant lack of shader on the playermodels

wow, you caught that I said Map Pack instead of Model pack. Good job. I will counter this by pointing out "AROGANCE". (see, it only takes me two sentences to point out a typo)

I have dealt with this before, and not only did running in DirectX8 still force my GPU to process the phong effect, but it removed a number of other optimizations compared to DirectX9 on LOW MODE that it made it horrifically worse. Hence the phong model pack's existence.