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It's not relevant on which platform it was released first, it was released on PC too. I'm not saying the game is crap or that it's dumbed down, I think it's better than ME1. I'm just pointing out that such a screen would never have made it into this game if it was only developed for the PC. Hence the term "consolitis".
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Slizza
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:38 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | It's not relevant on which platform it was released first, it was released on PC too. I'm not saying the game is crap or that it's dumbed down, I think it's better than ME1. I'm just pointing out that such a screen would never have made it into this game if it was only developed for the PC. Hence the term "consolitis". |
i get ya,
I just completed a mission without exploring the rest of a base and it skiped to mission complete screen and i can't go back and explore now...
Point taken.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:39 Post subject: |
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Yep, if you take the wrong door in a mission, you're pretty much fucked :/. If I feel the mission end coming, I save so i can reload if it does end.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:40 Post subject: |
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I cant for the life of me hack the DATAPAD i can move the hilighter but cant select it
my current action key is LEFT ALT, when i set it back to defaults the spacekey dont work either
Any help?
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:40 Post subject: |
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That's my number one gripe with the "dumbing down" bullshit... it's so freaking linear! The only non-linearity to the game is when you explore stations (like the Citadel) - and even THEN they're not as big as they first appear.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:43 Post subject: |
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If we leave out the crappy planets in ME1, there wasn't much exploring there either. Sadly this series is not for people who like exploring and finding hidden stuff.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:46 Post subject: |
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Okay, now there's something potentially, seriously fubar here. It took me about 20 minutes to struggle through the intro video (slideshow) until I finally got in-game. But the whole thing statters like hell, so I quit. I was just about to uninstall it, acknowledging that my rig is indeed way too weak to handle ME2 (although I highly doubted it, seeing how I can run almost any game fine), when I found that someone with the following configuration:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2600Mhz / nVidia 8800GT / 4GB RAM
was having the exact same issue, with CPU load at 100% constantly.
Anyone else experiencing this, even on stronger comps? Could this be yet another 8800GT fuck-up as was the case with ME1?
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:51 Post subject: |
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Maybe the game is unable to fully use the GPU due to some kind of vague driver issue? Install Rivatuner and check if the game uses the GPU. Do you have any other games installed (preferably one using the UE3 engine)? Do those run fine?
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:59 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | Maybe the game is unable to fully use the GPU due to some kind of vague driver issue? Install Rivatuner and check if the game uses the GPU. Do you have any other games installed (preferably one using the UE3 engine)? Do those run fine? |
Thanks for the tip, I'll try that in about an hour when I come back home. The last UE3 game I had installed was Batman:AA demo, which ran quite fine with some minor stutters here and there, but nothing really disturbing. However, of latest games, both DA:O and MW2 ran flawlessly, maxed out @1024*768, which is fine by me. ME2, on the other hand, is unplayable even @800*600 with everything turned OFF.
Perhaps the latest nVidia drivers are to blame? I'll check that too.
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ClaudeFTW
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 17:59 Post subject: |
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| Blehza wrote: | | What does the single core fix do Claude? |
Replaces the HD videos displayed during loadings, that was the problem, apparently.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:12 Post subject: |
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 Spoiler: | Damn, Still can't find where to deliver the quest found forged ID in the citadel |
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:16 Post subject: |
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| DarkSkies wrote: | I cant for the life of me hack the DATAPAD i can move the hilighter but cant select it
my current action key is LEFT ALT, when i set it back to defaults the spacekey dont work either
Any help? |
I left my action key as space-bar. the ALT button has always given me problems in game. Why not choose a secondary key for action - if alt is working in all areas EXCEPT the datapad hacking, then just have one key specifically for those minigames.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:41 Post subject: |
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| kenny64 wrote: | | Spoiler: | Damn, Still can't find where to deliver the quest found forged ID in the citadel |
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I couldn't find it either.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:51 Post subject: |
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| r3dshift wrote: | Okay, now there's something potentially, seriously fubar here. It took me about 20 minutes to struggle through the intro video (slideshow) until I finally got in-game. But the whole thing statters like hell, so I quit. I was just about to uninstall it, acknowledging that my rig is indeed way too weak to handle ME2 (although I highly doubted it, seeing how I can run almost any game fine), when I found that someone with the following configuration:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2600Mhz / nVidia 8800GT / 4GB RAM
was having the exact same issue, with CPU load at 100% constantly.
Anyone else experiencing this, even on stronger comps? Could this be yet another 8800GT fuck-up as was the case with ME1? |
That should be fine to run it as I'm using an old ass intel E2140 (predates core2duo) which normally runs at 1.6ghz but is clocked at 2.4ghz now. And it runs ME2 smoother than ME1 ran. There are other issues at work here I think.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:54 Post subject: |
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If you are running Windows XP, try installing AMD Dual Core Optimizer.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 19:05 Post subject: |
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Meh, just found out the if you make a new character, it turns out you killed Wrex.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 19:07 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 19:24 Post subject: |
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How do you change armor? No, i don't mean customize. I mean, how do you put on new armor that you find/buy?
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 19:35 Post subject: |
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| Spoiler: | anyone done Illium: Liara: The Observer quest? I hacked 5 terminals, called Liara and tries all options, but no would satisfy her. |
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 20:02 Post subject: |
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| tolanri wrote: | | Spoiler: | anyone done Illium: Liara: The Observer quest? I hacked 5 terminals, called Liara and tries all options, but no would satisfy her. |
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| Spoiler: | it doesn't fit ... ( aka none of them ) |
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 20:05 Post subject: |
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| dodger2020 wrote: | | That should be fine to run it as I'm using an old ass intel E2140 (predates core2duo) which normally runs at 1.6ghz but is clocked at 2.4ghz now. And it runs ME2 smoother than ME1 ran. There are other issues at work here I think. |
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll keep digging into the issue as best I can. I've also had confirmation on a different forum that someone with the same CPU as I have but with a weaker GPU has absolutely no problems running the game on Win7. Could WinXP SP3 be the culprit, then?
Also, and this is for Mister_s: a guy having the same problem as I do (but with a much better computer, same Os, though) says he's checked the stuff using RivaTuner and came up with the following:
The game intro runs smoothly (high FPS, HW acceleration activated) up until the part where those holo-consoles come into the picture (so the very beginning of the intro, even the "sun sequence" runs fine), then everything goes into a stutter: the FPS drops down to 2-3, GPU temp goes back to the idle temp level and the CPU goes to 100% with HW acceleration still on, according to RivaTuner. I'm writing this down because I'm positive the very same crap is happening on my 'puter as well. I'm still trying to figure out how to use RivaTuner; will be back with more first-hand info (hopefully) soon.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 20:15 Post subject: |
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Dude, this might be the problem with XP and synchronizations of the cores on AMD, quit messing with RivaTuner and try Dual Core Optimizer. Windows 7 doesn't need this driver because this sync is implemented in OS level, so it might be why the game is running smooth on Win7 and crappy on your XP machine.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 20:18 Post subject: |
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I've got a single-core CPU...
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 20:27 Post subject: |
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small question please:
do oyu have to control your squad on this game like the in first ME or you can go lonley wolf all the way without to use your team members directly?
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 20:36 Post subject: |
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| pikachupi wrote: | small question please:
do oyu have to control your squad on this game like the in first ME or you can go lonley wolf all the way without to use your team members directly? |
They work on their own, there's no real way to directly control them except via Q and E (context sensitive; move here! attack this enemy!) or using powers (again, context sensitive) but you don't ever "have" to do it. You can just leave them to it themselves.
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How do you equip it on your team mates though? If i remember correctly, you could equip your team mates in the original game. Did they remove this feature in this game? |
They removed it completely. Welcome to the mainstream.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 20:50 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | The game intro runs smoothly (high FPS, HW acceleration activated) up until the part where those holo-consoles come into the picture (so the very beginning of the intro, even the "sun sequence" runs fine), then everything goes into a stutter: the FPS drops down to 2-3, GPU temp goes back to the idle temp level and the CPU goes to 100% with HW acceleration still on, according to RivaTuner. I'm writing this down because I'm positive the very same crap is happening on my 'puter as well. |
Yep, just as I foresaw: the exact same thing is going down here. The FPS just drops to zero when the holo-consoles kick in, and CPU load jumps to 100%.
Any insgiht on this?
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