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Mass Effect 3 PC Thread: Fixing Bioware's broke-ass console port, now with holstering
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Horse Armour
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Alright, so I'm ready to double my Effective military strength. I've got the Gibbed save editor. How exactly do I double my EMS using the tool?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Can't you just set your war asset number up high enough that even with a low EMS ratio you have enough? Or is that not something you can adjust?
MisterAnderson
Member
Is someone releasing high res textures? Is there a link to them all somewhere?
Also, is anyone else not able to get the FOV fix to work anymore since Origin just patched ME3?? It isn't working for me anymore. :/
Also, is anyone else not able to get the FOV fix to work anymore since Origin just patched ME3?? It isn't working for me anymore. :/
ColonialRaptor
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Use widescreen fixer.
Use widescreen fixer.
How the hell do I actually use the Widescreen Fixer tool? These are my options:
I start the game through Origin and the tool properly detects that and switches to Game Running: Yes. During the Bioware intro cinematic I press the designated hot key and the tool tells me Fix Enabled: Yes. Yet nothing has changed when I get into the game. Do I need to enable interface centering for it to actually apply the FOV fix?
I start the game through Origin and the tool properly detects that and switches to Game Running: Yes. During the Bioware intro cinematic I press the designated hot key and the tool tells me Fix Enabled: Yes. Yet nothing has changed when I get into the game. Do I need to enable interface centering for it to actually apply the FOV fix?
How the hell do I actually use the Widescreen Fixer tool? These are my options:
I start the game through Origin and the tool properly detects that and switches to Game Running: Yes. During the Bioware intro cinematic I press the designated hot key and the tool tells me Fix Enabled: Yes. Yet nothing has changed when I get into the game. Do I need to enable interface centering for it to actually apply the FOV fix?
It's funny, for me it only worked after I'd pressed the hotkey in-game again (which then technically disabled the fix) and then loaded a save again manually, after which I'd press the hotkey a THIRD time, thus enabling the fix once more. At that point the camera would immediately jump back and the correct FOV was enabled. Curiously, after I'd done this whole spiel once, the fix now always worked immediately after enabling it during the intro cinematic.
MisterAnderson
Member
That's what I'm using. It's not working for me since the ME3 patch.
Edit: I can't stand playing this game with the default FOV. If anyone has any tips on how to get this to work again for me, pleeeeeeeaaaase let me know.
It used to jump into the FOV setting after sprinting for a few seconds and rolling, now it doesn't ever jump into the proper FOV it's just stuck in the default. The Fixer says it's running though.
MisterAnderson
Member
Won't that risk me getting banned from the online server or something? Also I think doing it that way doesn't account for cutscenes like the widescreenfix does, but I could be wrong. People in this thread are also acting like widescreenfixer is still working for them despite the ME3 patch, are other people in the same boat as me or is it just me having this problem?
Bornstellar
Member
Just picked up ME3 from Amazon after finishing ME2 (again). Can I get a comprehensive list of essential mods or tweaks to make the game look/perform better?
The thread is only 6 pages long, you could try to read through it. In terms of mods, check Bioware's project site and sort by date updated. The texture mods for ME3 will show.
One person doing high res mods is this guy: http://smarteck.imgur.com/
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
It was awful in all three games. His face was so fucking blurry.
More textures from the same guy (smarteck). He takes some liberties with the original art, but at least it's at higher resolutions. Be prepared for jpg artifacts.
EDI
EDI ones are such an improvement. I can't believe how awful and blurry the original textures are even on PC.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Did he have to add a shitty sharpening effect to the screenshots he took, and save them with awful jpg compression?
The textures are okay I guess. Denim armour texture is balls, and little details like the EDI Alliance tag on her suit annoy me. Whats-his-face's work on ME2 was better.
The textures are okay I guess. Denim armour texture is balls, and little details like the EDI Alliance tag on her suit annoy me. Whats-his-face's work on ME2 was better.
Also, cameltoe.
Seriously though:
The problem with Smarteck's textures is that he reuses the same ones on different characters, besides already taking many liberties with the original art. The Garrus' armour is the same as the Normandy metals (and Liara's), the Liara textures are used again on Shep's armour (which looks awful), parts of the armours have not been fixed.
For example, take a look at this picture:
The "jean fabric" metallic texture on her left arm is used again
The dotted texture is used on Shep's helmet and Liara's chest texture
There are also severe light map issues with some textures. Liara's suit turns black in the Normandy cabin if viewed from a distance.
The left hand texture has not been fixed
The helmet looks atrocious
It's just "sloppy" texture work, especially when he/she is taking so much liberty with the original art. I wish JeanLuc (the guy who did textures for ME2) would return.
Seriously though:
The problem with Smarteck's textures is that he reuses the same ones on different characters, besides already taking many liberties with the original art. The Garrus' armour is the same as the Normandy metals (and Liara's), the Liara textures are used again on Shep's armour (which looks awful), parts of the armours have not been fixed.
For example, take a look at this picture:
The "jean fabric" metallic texture on her left arm is used again
The dotted texture is used on Shep's helmet and Liara's chest texture
There are also severe light map issues with some textures. Liara's suit turns black in the Normandy cabin if viewed from a distance.
The left hand texture has not been fixed
The helmet looks atrocious
It's just "sloppy" texture work, especially when he/she is taking so much liberty with the original art. I wish JeanLuc (the guy who did textures for ME2) would return.
There can be, since this is just one person's take on it.
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alysonwheel
Member
The Mass Effect games seem to stress my PC out way more than they should. Playing ME2 my GPU fan span up and the case got warm to the touch, to the point where I had to turn the exhaust fans up to max to keep it under control. I wasn't too worried about it since ME2 was weird (it had that bug where loading screens would take forever on a dual core unless you tabbed out and set the affinity to one core) but ME3 does it too.
The fan on my GTX560 doesn't normally audibly spin up even when playing demanding games like Crysis or Metro 2033. It's weird.
The fan on my GTX560 doesn't normally audibly spin up even when playing demanding games like Crysis or Metro 2033. It's weird.
Escape Goat
Member
is there a significant boost in performance for the PC version over the PS3? I thought about gifting my PS3 and getting the 30 dollar PC version from Amazon.
WrenchNinja
Member
Uh, yeah. A stable framerate and load times that last seconds instead of a minute.
Escape Goat
Member
Oh okay. Thats what I was hoping for. I loathe going around the ship because of those load times. Im so impatient
How good is your pc
Escape Goat
Member
Its pretty good. I upgraded it just last summer with the i5 2500 and raedeon 6900 and 4gb ram.
You are going to max it out and get well above 60fps. Never seen the ps3 version but i can almost guarantee pc version is better.
Escape Goat
Member
That was one of my complaints with PS3. The framerate gets so damn choppy during cutscenes and sometimes people don't even render. Its just invisible people talking.
CharmingCharlie
Member
You get that a fair bit on the PC too, it isn't so much the people aren't "rendering" it is a case of the characters are not standing where they are supposed to stand. These are bugs that Bioware will never fix I am afraid no matter what platform you play the game on.
Escape Goat
Member
Any idea why the game wont acknowledge my 360 controller? I downloaded xpadder and it has ME3 as the profile but when I get in game it doesn't work.
Gareth Bale
Member
I'm sure this isn't the problem, but Xpadder needs to be running
Escape Goat
Member
Yeah, I can even get the mouse cursor to move on my desktop. Not sure what I could be doing wrong.
Don't forget cameltoe!
I thought Bioware's character design couldn't get more creepy after Miranda and that pirate woman from Dragon Age 2, but apparently they could.
Bornstellar
Member
Please tell me that this is only from the fan textures and not the official ones. BioWare can't be that creepy.
yeah, this can't be Bioware's model.
TheForceWithin
Banned
It's from the official textures that shipped with the game. Check it yourself. Even on consoles.