The Mass Effect (PC) Discussion Thread

doodah · 15 Jun 2008 at 17:23

EDIT - Never mind

Robert · 15 Jun 2008 at 17:30

Because you have a hookie copy

Skyboat · 15 Jun 2008 at 17:51

smithy83 said:
sometimes when you pick something you want to say in the dialogue tree and it comes out in the totaly wrong way so the consequences from that messes up how your playing

If you read the manual, (or the in-game tutorial codex I think), the position on the radial menu dictates what kind of response you want to reply with. Generally the top-right is Paragon, right neutral, and bottom-right Renegade, etc. The left almost always means ask for more information, then there's the Charm/Intimidate options coloured respectively (or greyed-out) at the top-left and bottom-left on some critical dialogue. It isn't always the case (such as Charm/Intimidate) but 90% or so of replies work like that, although for some unimportant, trivial conversations there is no consequence as to which option you pick.

Weird as I've had no major bugs of any kind, and only seen about 1 obvious glitch through 2 playthroughs. AI is a bit poor overall though.

As for crappy shadows, change all instances of DepthBias in BIOGame.ini to 0.03

EDIT: Ohhhh, ME Tweakguides is up!

http://www.tweakguides.com/ME_1.html

XPE · 15 Jun 2008 at 18:17

The only bug Ive seen is the one where i is was thrown out the level.

smithy83 · 15 Jun 2008 at 18:38

just incase you think im geting errors/bugs because im using a illegal copy

another bug on the last fight my assault rifle gets stuck with its overheat so i have to swap weapons

i know im moaning abit with the bugs but i did enjoy the game

going to go the evil route when i start it off again next week and do the other missions apart from the main quest line and with some luck get form a 'relationship'

edit o thanx will have a mess around with the tweaks later

Robert · 15 Jun 2008 at 18:54

I wasn't meaning to offend you dude...it was just a known issue with the cracked copy.

XPE · 15 Jun 2008 at 19:05

smithy83 said:
another bug on the last fight my assault rifle gets stuck with its overheat so i have to swap weapons

I think that is one of his powers because it happened to me.

Skyboat · 15 Jun 2008 at 21:50

It's a known bug, hopefully the patch will fix it.

Robert · 15 Jun 2008 at 21:56

Has anyone managed to get any nookie yet?

So sad

m@rty · 16 Jun 2008 at 02:41

Fubsy said:
Anybody know how to fix the over pixelation of lights?

It's not a major issue, it's just ever so slightly annoying when the sun on Eden Prime looks like it's from a PS1 game.

I have this problem too, espeically annoying when using the sniper rifle, the scope is all pixelated and so is all the lighting that is in the distance. anyone know how to fix it?

SkeeterUK · 16 Jun 2008 at 03:17

I told everyone how to fix it ages ago in this thread.

Torquar · 16 Jun 2008 at 08:48

XPE said:
I think that is one of his powers because it happened to me.

I think I can say with confidence that this is the first time I've had to beat an endgame boss to death with my rifle butt

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Jumping · 16 Jun 2008 at 10:55

Man I loved this game. Only issue I have it's to short! I knew I was nearing the end so was doing as many side quests as I could before starting the end part.

Brilliant game and it ran very smooth and bug free on my computer. Can't wait for the addon to be released to get a few more hours of game play out of it.

colinuk · 16 Jun 2008 at 10:58

I seem to be stuck ina giant space city, scanning some upkeepers and now have no idea what im doing..

I was expecting more combat to be honest, but will carry on for a while to see how it goes in afew more hours. Hope i get more credits soon, cant even afford a new pistol!

ColiN

z0mbi3 · 16 Jun 2008 at 11:03

I was a bit peeved with Feros, I did all the side quests and did the main quest before returning to speak to the people who gave me the side tasks to begin with only to have them not be there after I got back!! Annoyed with that one since those quests are stuck in my assignment menu now!

Oh well, second time round I guess!

Vtec9k · 16 Jun 2008 at 12:02

colinuk said:
I seem to be stuck ina giant space city, scanning some upkeepers and now have no idea what im doing..

I was expecting more combat to be honest, but will carry on for a while to see how it goes in afew more hours. Hope i get more credits soon, cant even afford a new pistol!

ColiN

Go to the citadel tower and follow the main mission. Gets you out and about in your ship, plenty of combat

Shamikebab · 16 Jun 2008 at 14:28

z0mbi3 said:
I was a bit peeved with Feros, I did all the side quests and did the main quest before returning to speak to the people who gave me the side tasks to begin with only to have them not be there after I got back!! Annoyed with that one since those quests are stuck in my assignment menu now!

Oh well, second time round I guess!

did you kill them then?

Last Kronin · 16 Jun 2008 at 14:42

Also cash doesnt seem to be a problem when ** doing the side missions, think i have over 1 mill now at lvl 28-30 i think, could be more but im converting un-used armour into omni-gel instead of selling, as im getting the warning that i dont have enough inv space left.

A wee bit of a spoiler but get your decryption and electornics to the advance stage as you will need them to hack some of the stuff on the different worlds and also the same goes for charm or intimidate, depending if ** going for paragon or renegade.

Shamikebab · 16 Jun 2008 at 14:48

or just have a crew member with high decryption and electronics, i use garrus for that.

Last Kronin · 16 Jun 2008 at 17:02

None of my guys n gals would do it, proberly casue at the time they were low lvls so i decided just to max them out myself, of course that does mean my other stats have suffered like my pistol and sniper rifle are just at marksman and assassination and armour is only at the 1 before medium armour.