Solideliquid
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Can you use an X360 wired controller to play Mass Effect?
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morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Solideliquid said:
No. Only mouse & keyboard.
I know, I know, K&M is superior, but it would have been nice for them to have kept the option in there.
If restarting didn't fix it you might try this advice from someone over on the Steam forum:TouchMyBox said:
Go to "My Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\Config" folder and back-up the BIOEngine.ini file. Then open up the original and search for "DetailMode=" (without the quotes). If it's set to 2, set it to 4. That should give you the most optimal texture settings.
Another thing to do while you're in there, search for "Trilinear=" (again, without quotes) and set it to TRUE.
Submarino Conversível
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Metalic Sand said:
It's fine here.
Actually, thanks for the heads up. I was thinking if I should or shouldn't buy Torchlight, now I can see for myself.
Lone_Prodigy
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xKilltheMx said:
I had no problems with it on my 8400, with only 2GB RAM and a slower processor. Can't remember the settings, but it was around lowish-medium I believe. Elevator crash happened once, and no other bugs/glitches occurred that I remember.
xKilltheMx
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Lone_Prodigy said:
Thanks dude, this may solidify me picking up Mass Effect.
I love GAF.
J Tourettes
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Tagging as I d/l Steam and Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines the other day and I'm intending to get into PC gaming a little more.
Submarino Conversível
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Argh demos!
Played the Torchlight demo and now I want the mofo.
Played the Torchlight demo and now I want the mofo.
speculawyer
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I almost bought Mass Effect but I was too buzzed to remember my credit card number. Trying to stay strong today.
graywolf323
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Submarino Conversível said:
I'm feeling that way after playing the Trine demo
but I'm holding out for a sale
Why is the valve backup thingy so crap >.>?
I live in Australia, we have download caps. And you have to be connected to the internet the whole time it runs. Not a problem, but it downloads gigs and gigs of data for some reason... wtf did I back up for if I still need to download so much crap >_>!?
Fix it valve!
I live in Australia, we have download caps. And you have to be connected to the internet the whole time it runs. Not a problem, but it downloads gigs and gigs of data for some reason... wtf did I back up for if I still need to download so much crap >_>!?
Fix it valve!
You can use SteamWatch to force Steam to try and download from your ISP's servers, so it will be unmetered. That is if your with Internode or Bigpond although you can add other servers to it by editing a file. There is also a similar program for iinet here.markot said:
I am in Canberra, outside of the range of the ADSL and have cable internet, and few ISPs use the cable here cause it sucks and there is a monopoly by one company and its terrible >.<
Also I dont want iinet or internode if I could use them cause their caps are so low beyond Steam that its a slap in teh face of my wallet. And doesnt reconstituate my main complaint! Steams backup thingy sucks!
Also I dont want iinet or internode if I could use them cause their caps are so low beyond Steam that its a slap in teh face of my wallet. And doesnt reconstituate my main complaint! Steams backup thingy sucks!
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J Tourettes said:
I can't think of a better way to get into PC gaming than that. However, you might want to look into the fan patches for the game as they fix a number of glitches and addd quite a few things that were cut from the game.
faceless007
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Good God, between Vampire: Bloodlines at D2D and Mass Effect on Steam my backlog just went up about another 100 hours or so.
cartman414
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So wait, backup involves ANOTHER download?
SapientWolf
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I'm conflicted because while the game was awesome buying it twice because of the new graphics makes me a graphics whore by definition. Are there any other extras?Teknoman said:
DodgyGeezerFella
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The backup thing downloads more ? You sure ? Pretty certain it just takes the game files, and compresses them into a few smaller files (thats why it takes awhile, the progress bar isnt a download bar).
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hamchan said:
Yes.
Looks like my 4670 aint gonna cut it for Mass Effect. So now I gotta buy a new graphics card to get the full experience. Thanks for nothing Steam and your unresistable deals.
Don't even know why I got it. I already bought Half Life and Left 4 Dead from previous sales and I haven't played through them yet.
Btw, would anyone recommend the 5770 over the 4870?
Don't even know why I got it. I already bought Half Life and Left 4 Dead from previous sales and I haven't played through them yet.
Btw, would anyone recommend the 5770 over the 4870?
brain_stew
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markot said:
You do know you can just flat our copy paste your Steamapps folder to make "backups" of your Steam games, right? Just install steam on your new install, copy the folder back over, run Steam, it'll do its magic and your games will all be playable within 5 minutes.
brain_stew
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squinters said:
It'll run it just fine, just cap the framerate to 30fps and you shouldn't have any problems whasoever. It'll run it much, much better than the 360 does.
squinters said:
I have bought a ton of games I never ended up playing, or played only a tiny bit of, all due to Steam sales. It's just hard to resist sales.
The 4670 can't handle Mass Effect? That's actually quite shocking. What problems are you having exactly? It could be another problem, maybe an old driver conflict or something.
The 5770 is around the same power as the 4870 but supports DX11 and uses less power. I think the 4890 is the best performance/$ at the moment though if you need to upgrade on a budget. If you can wait, wait for the HD5850 to drop to $200 early next year.
DodgyGeezerFella
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squinters said:
Would of thought the 4670 would have no problems running Mass Effect, its not like the games a system killer. What makes you think it wont play it ?
ClovingWestbrook
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So who here is getting ready for the Steam holiday sale? Its only about 6 1/2 weeks away folks, start saving those $$$.
DodgyGeezerFella
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LovingSteam said:
Dont remind me, far too much was spent last time........ far too much.
It's not that the card can't handle it, but that it can't run it at full settings (except no dynamic shadows, motion blur, or grain filter) with even a 1200 x 800 resolution. I played through the ship with some small, but tolerable stuttering. But once I got on the first planet, the fps dropped to 15-25.Zzoram said:
I'll try that, but like I said, the planet level made the game crawl.brain_stew said:
DodgyGeezerFella
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Whats the rest of your spec squinters ?
DodgyGeezerFella
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Ah deffinately not proccesor limited then :lol Thats quite bizzare really, i assumed the 4670 could comfortably eat pretty much anything. Could always try it with everything on medium i suppose. To be honest id would be good to hear from someone else with e 4670 and what there experience was like.
Edit - Guru3D seems to think its run ok'ish - http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-radeon-hd-4670-review/8
Edit - Guru3D seems to think its run ok'ish - http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-radeon-hd-4670-review/8
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
So i just found out i cant download any demo on steam. when i click to dl them nothing happens. I kept thinking it was MS security essentials since i recently installed that but removing that didnt fix it.
Never had a problem with steam before until this
Edit: apparently steam says i have other users settings changed even though its my computer and only has 1 Windows account. Go to check my settings and its showing one of the "users" as being on XP SP2 Compat mode. Its what was screwing everything up for me.
Never had a problem with steam before until this
Edit: apparently steam says i have other users settings changed even though its my computer and only has 1 Windows account. Go to check my settings and its showing one of the "users" as being on XP SP2 Compat mode. Its what was screwing everything up for me.
Yeah, it's weird. When I first get on the planet and look behind me on what I assume to be just a static background, I get a smooth 45-60 fps. When I turn around and view the environment, the game just laaagggs.Ogs said:
Oh well, I was planning to get a new video card after the holidays anyways. At least now I'll have a great game waiting. Thanks for all the help guys.
brain_stew
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Zzoram said:
Like all UE3 games, you can cap the framerate to whatever you like in the config file.
squinters said:
Try forcing triple buffering through D3DOverrider, should get you a significant fps boost compared to normal double buffer vsync.
Does the Dell PSU you have come with a 6 pin PCIe power connecter? I'm assuming no, so its going to be a bit of a hack to hook up external power as Dell don't include molex adpaters on their PSUs anymore either. I'd say check if it takes standrd ATX PSUs and if it does pick this up at the same time:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7341016&cm_re=ocz_500w-_-17-341-016-_-Product
brain_stew
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squinters said:
Seems you like a nice high framerate then, I'd go with a 4890 in that case. Fwiw I always found the framerate in Mass Effect to be very variable which is why I cap and 30fps and go insane with the settings. You're not forcing AA are you as it has a huge impact on performance like it does in all UE3 games due to the MRT setup the engine uses. I'd take this card personally:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161299&cm_re=4890-_-14-161-299-_-Product
See my advice about Dell and PSUs above before ordering.
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