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[Morwen Lagann]

I have this bizarre problem with Mass Effect 1 - no matter what graphics or resolution changes I make - setting it high or low - they remain crappy, smudged and of poor clarity. Quite frankly the game looks horrible. I know it can look considerably better than this because I've played it in the past (on a shittier PC even) with better graphics. Has anyone run into something similar and found a fix for it? This is really degrading my enjoyment of the game at this point.

Try making the changes directly in the config files. Also, use the launcher if you have it available. I had trouble recently getting ME1 to run at native resolution on my 1920x1080 display until I used the launcher, and I know I fixed the problem once before that by fiddling with the config file.

[Caellach Marellus]

ME 1 suffers from terrible graphic definition and more annoyingly a horrid UI.

I finally just finished the ME1 part of my playthrough (ok I'm 59 instead of 60 but fuckit) and starting ME2 just made me cry tears of joy as to how much better it is.

[BloodBird]

I have this bizarre problem with Mass Effect 1 - no matter what graphics or resolution changes I make - setting it high or low - they remain crappy, smudged and of poor clarity. Quite frankly the game looks horrible. I know it can look considerably better than this because I've played it in the past (on a shittier PC even) with better graphics. Has anyone run into something similar and found a fix for it? This is really degrading my enjoyment of the game at this point.

Try making the changes directly in the config files. Also, use the launcher if you have it available. I had trouble recently getting ME1 to run at native resolution on my 1920x1080 display until I used the launcher, and I know I fixed the problem once before that by fiddling with the config file.

I'll try this. Weird thing is, I can try to swap weapons in the manager page in-game and there is this brief moment just when the weapon changes when the graphics improves considerably to it's top capable setting - showing an amazing difference - and then drops back down to shit. I keep changing weapons back and forth and just gaze in dis-belief at the absurd difference. If altering configuration files won't change anything I'll just have to grit my teeth and bare with it until I hit ME2. One thing is sure though, if it don't change this will be the absolute last time I play through ME1.

[Z.Sinraali]

I used that fancy high-def texture pack, but I'm guessing your problem is something else...

(Interestingly, I only had to load it once...I got frustrated at how long it took to open and put the original .exe back in its place, but the textures stayed pretty.)

[Lyn Farel]

ME1 is a terribad console portage, very hungry in resources and not optimized at all. When I played it the first time it started by a systematic crash after 1 min of cutscene tied to a nvidia driver fatal error, that had to be fixed by using an EXTREMLY OLD version of the driver waiting for them to patch it.

[Caellach Marellus]

So I've been playing with the Multiplayer.

Oh god Krogan soldiers <33333

For me it's a Human Engineer...

...with an Avenger X. 

Carnage + Shotgun pretty much solves all situations. I can see Vega being my third person on my team with Garrus and Shep in single player, it's THAT good.

[Caellach Marellus]

For anyone in the UK who had an order through Game/Gamestation. They will not be stocking ME3, or any other new EA title after SSX this week.

Had to ring them up myself to confirm this, having to order elsewhere 

[Repentence Tyrathlion]

ME1 is a terribad console portage, very hungry in resources and not optimized at all. When I played it the first time it started by a systematic crash after 1 min of cutscene tied to a nvidia driver fatal error, that had to be fixed by using an EXTREMLY OLD version of the driver waiting for them to patch it.

Ah hah.  Hahahaha.  Hah.  Hah.

Sorry, I'm getting horrible flashbacks of Metal Gear Solid 2...

After the horror of trying to play that on PC, I'll forgive ME anything.  At least the controls work.

[Caellach Marellus]

Metal Gear Solid 2 had Raiden. EVERYONE gets horrible flashbacks.

MGS1 had a great PC port though.


(MGS 3D out in 2 weeks in EU! \o/)

[Milo Caman]

ME1 is a terribad console portage, very hungry in resources and not optimized at all. When I played it the first time it started by a systematic crash after 1 min of cutscene tied to a nvidia driver fatal error, that had to be fixed by using an EXTREMLY OLD version of the driver waiting for them to patch it.

Having played console ports like TFU (no mouse support, utterly, utterly unstable) and Halo 2 (lol newer versions of windows), I think Mass Effect is pretty good in the grand scheme of things.

[Ken]

Updated.

Also, only three more days.

[Gottii]

I've already told my boss I havent been feeling well recently in preparation for next weeks release...

[Ghost Hunter]

I've already told my boss I havent been feeling well recently in preparation for next weeks release...

I found you a stand in

[Gottii]

I've already told my boss I havent been feeling well recently in preparation for next weeks release...

I found you a stand in

He's far too cute to pass for me...

[Caellach Marellus]

My motherboard and graphics card conspired to self destruct together today.

I won't be getting that PC back till the 19th,  /repeat