cvar_t gl_texture_anisotropy = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texture_anisotropy", "1", "anisotropic filtering quality (if supported by hardware), 1 sample (no anisotropy) and 8 sample (8 tap anisotropy) are recommended values"};
cvar_t gl_texturecompression = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression", "0", "whether to compress textures, a value of 0 disables compression (even if the individual cvars are 1), 1 enables fast (low quality) compression at startup, 2 enables slow (high quality) compression at startup"};
cvar_t gl_texturecompression_color = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_color", "1", "whether to compress colormap (diffuse) textures"};
-cvar_t gl_texturecompression_normal = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_normal", "1", "whether to compress normalmap (normalmap) textures"};
+cvar_t gl_texturecompression_normal = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_normal", "0", "whether to compress normalmap (normalmap) textures"};
cvar_t gl_texturecompression_gloss = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_gloss", "1", "whether to compress glossmap (specular) textures"};
cvar_t gl_texturecompression_glow = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_glow", "1", "whether to compress glowmap (luma) textures"};
-cvar_t gl_texturecompression_2d = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_2d", "1", "whether to compress 2d (hud/menu) textures other than the font"};
-cvar_t gl_texturecompression_q3bsplightmaps = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_q3bsplightmaps", "1", "whether to compress lightmaps in q3bsp format levels"};
+cvar_t gl_texturecompression_2d = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_2d", "0", "whether to compress 2d (hud/menu) textures other than the font"};
+cvar_t gl_texturecompression_q3bsplightmaps = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_q3bsplightmaps", "0", "whether to compress lightmaps in q3bsp format levels"};
cvar_t gl_texturecompression_q3bspdeluxemaps = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_q3bspdeluxemaps", "0", "whether to compress deluxemaps in q3bsp format levels (only levels compiled with q3map2 -deluxe have these)"};
cvar_t gl_texturecompression_sky = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_sky", "0", "whether to compress sky textures"};
cvar_t gl_texturecompression_lightcubemaps = {CVAR_SAVE, "gl_texturecompression_lightcubemaps", "1", "whether to compress light cubemaps (spotlights and other light projection images)"};