The Mass Effect (PC) Discussion Thread

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Hey guys,

Noticed we didn't have a thread for this game yet and official EU release day is tomorrow, so I thought I'd throw one up here as my pre-order copy just arrived early. I'm just installing it now, so I will be back with some screenies and no doubt praise for not having to use a gamepad anymore. :D

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Sorry for the horrible phone camera quality. :)
 
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Just loaded it up and had a quick poke around the Normandy and the menus, have to say it's definitely not "just a port" so far. It's definitely been completely re-worked for an optimal gaming experience in terms of controls and menu access.

Good points so far: -
- Graphics/textures noticably sharper than 360 version
- No pesky pop-in textures like on 360 version
- Higher resolution does the game proper justice
- Performance is fantastic for me with totally maxed out settings
- Controls are superb
- Menus are easy to navigate​

Bad points so far: -
- Tearing is terrible if you don't activate vsync, but it runs nicely with vsync on anyway
- Antialiasing doesn't seem to work at all from my drivers, no in-game AA options :(
- No in-game options to adjust the level of anisotropic filtering, default is 4xAF
- Unskippable cut-scenes are still the bane of my existence​



A few screenshots: -
Main menu [click]
Normandy bridge [click]
Navigator Pressly [click]
(Default) Shepard shot [click]
Pressly again [click]
Being saluted :cool: [click]
The doctor [click]
Improved inventory screen [click]

Tinypic resized them a bit. :(
 
Turn depth of field off if its pixelated and you get really bad lights in the game by going to.

Mydocuments/bioware/masseffect/config

Open engine.ini

Find depth of field and set it as false

Also for better shadows find min and max shadows leave min alone but set max shadows from 512 or whatever it was to 2048. Also depth bias to "DepthBias=0.030000"

Also for more stuff like AF to 16x use this as a guide (my config tweak)

[SystemSettings]
StaticDecals=TRUE
DynamicDecals=TRUE
DynamicLights=TRUE
DynamicShadows=TRUE
LightEnvironmentShadows=TRUE
CompositeDynamicLights=FALSE
ShadowFilterQualityBias=0
DirectionalLightMaps=TRUE
MotionBlur=TRUE
DepthOfField=FALSE
Bloom=TRUE
QualityBloom=TRUE
SpeedTreeLeaves=TRUE
SpeedTreeFronds=TRUE
OnlyStreamInTextures=FALSE
LensFlares=TRUE
FloatingPointRenderTargets=TRUE
Trilinear=TRUE
SkeletalMEshLODBias=0
ParticleLODBias=0
DetailMode=2
ShadowFilterQualityBias=0
MaxAnisotropy=16
ScreenPercentage=100
 
You can rename the .exe to UT3.exe and force AA. ATi users can use the Catalyst Ai in advanced, Nvidia users can user nHancer with forced compatibility.
 
Does catalyst ai to adv really work with ut3 games and could it work with my x1950pro agp? Do you have to rename the exe if so why?
 
It would be nice if my preorder also was sitting in the mail box at home. Guess I should see if they have shipped it or not....
 
mr.sly said:
No Hovis = Piracy!
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I don't have Hovis in the Netherlands :p.

Never the less though, I don't have mess effect yet. In fact I don't even know what type of game this is, read a lot of people praising it in the console forums, but what is it actually ?
SkeeterPSA said:
Does catalyst ai to adv really work with ut3 games and could it work with my x1950pro agp? Do you have to rename the exe if so why?
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ati/nvidia drivers have a unique profile for each game with some unchangeable settings& tweaks, it detects which profile it needs to use with the .exe , obviously aa is forced off by the drivers for masseffect.exe or whatever it's called, if you change the name you fool it into thinking it's another game, and force AA for that game. I don't think you can do this always though but UT3 and ME have the same engine so it should work fine.
 
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Picking up mine tomorrow. Really looking forward to it! I have an nVidia card, anyone know if I'll have trouble enabling AA? Looking forward to seeing some more piccies, the ship looks awesome!
 
Any comments on the copy protection. Already have this on the 360 so if it's still got something nasty on it i will be happy to boycott it.
 
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