need help with specular map

so im trying to add a specular map to a wall texture ive made and when running in ldr it looks ok but when i use hdr everything turns completely shiny and my texture becomes plastic!

here are some screenshots:

with hdr:

[Blocked Image: http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1061/specproblemhdrpj0.jpg]

[Blocked Image: http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1061/specproblemhdrpj0.8823fdb149.jpg]

without hdr:

[Blocked Image: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7127/specproblemldrmk3.jpg]

[Blocked Image: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7127/specproblemldrmk3.546ecb6100.jpg]

as you can see the ldr version's specularity is barely visible so why does it turn into plastic in hdr mode? some help would be greatly apreciated

dont really know what kind of method your refering to but im already using the commands to lower the contrast and saturation.

here is my vmt file:

"LightmappedGeneric"

{

"$basetexture" "set01/brick01"

"$bumpmap" "set01/brick01_normal"

"$envmaptint" "[ 0.3 0.3 0.3 ]"

"$normalmapalphaenvmapmask" 1

"$envmapcontrast" 0.2

"$envmapsaturation" 0.2

"$envmap" "env_cubemap"

"$surfaceprop" "brick"

"%keywords" "set01"

}

dont know if it could be of any help but im not really sure if the hdr effect is the problem.

thanks for the help ill try to find the tag. i can probably find it on the valve developer wiki and ill try using a stronger envmaptint.

hmm i cant get that to work all i get when i replace the LightmappedGeneric tag with LightmappedGeneric_DX9_hdr is wireframe