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  • bloodatonementbloodatonement Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    So I fired up KOTOR this weekend. Decided to just see what it'd look like without any extra effort. My native resolution is 1680x1050, I'm running it full screen at 1400x1050 (I think that's what I picked) and it actually doesn't look that bad. I really don't even notice any stretching issues. My only problem now is particle effects. If I get too close to smoke, it chokes my computer. What visual setting is most effected by particle effects? AA? AF? Something else?

    Decided to roll a light-side Scout for my first playthrough. I figured light-side gives me alot more reason to be asking everyone about who they are and stuff instead of just telling everyone to fuck off. And I remembered someone told me not to roll soldier, and stealth really isn't my thing. So far it's fantastic. The VO is absurdly good. My save is standing right in front of the entrance to the Taris Sewers and I'm already hooked.

    I'm really trying not to read any guides. For my first playthrough I don't want to be worried about min/maxing. But if someone could tell me how important your point distribution is for attributes, skills, and feats? Is it more like DiabloII where if you're not careful you'll be completely boned later in the game, or is it more forgiving? Right now I'm just going on intuition but every time I spend a point I break out into cold sweats. lol

    You can make it harder by not staying in class with your build, but nothing too bad from what I've seen. My buddy swore he had jacked his build up so bad he couldn't finish the game. I was able, with a little extra effort than my playthroughs, finish off the game. I'm sure if you put an effort into making a hobbled character, you could, but you can't do too bad if you "trust your feelings."

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    So is it worth it to remove DAO from my 360 backlog and get it (and the expansion) into my Steam backlog?

    The original DA plays far better on the PC than Console. DA2 is where they made it pretty much the same, to many PC gamers ire.

    plus you can add mods to improve things like tactics, AI and graphics, its a no brainer if you ask me

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Has PC dragon age always had a console price tag? Does EA just roll like that?

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    No, EA bumped all the PC games up to console prices this year.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    So I fired up KOTOR this weekend. Decided to just see what it'd look like without any extra effort. My native resolution is 1680x1050, I'm running it full screen at 1400x1050 (I think that's what I picked) and it actually doesn't look that bad. I really don't even notice any stretching issues. My only problem now is particle effects. If I get too close to smoke, it chokes my computer. What visual setting is most effected by particle effects? AA? AF? Something else?

    Decided to roll a light-side Scout for my first playthrough. I figured light-side gives me alot more reason to be asking everyone about who they are and stuff instead of just telling everyone to fuck off. And I remembered someone told me not to roll soldier, and stealth really isn't my thing. So far it's fantastic. The VO is absurdly good. My save is standing right in front of the entrance to the Taris Sewers and I'm already hooked.

    I'm really trying not to read any guides. For my first playthrough I don't want to be worried about min/maxing. But if someone could tell me how important your point distribution is for attributes, skills, and feats? Is it more like DiabloII where if you're not careful you'll be completely boned later in the game, or is it more forgiving? Right now I'm just going on intuition but every time I spend a point I break out into cold sweats. lol
    You can make it harder by not staying in class with your build, but nothing too bad from what I've seen. My buddy swore he had jacked his build up so bad he couldn't finish the game. I was able, with a little extra effort than my playthroughs, finish off the game. I'm sure if you put an effort into making a hobbled character, you could, but you can't do too bad if you "trust your feelings."
    Yeah, it's really really hard to make a character that cannot beat KOTOR 1 (while still experiencing most of the game's content to boot) through just casual play.

    Unlike KOTOR 2 where rolling a Jedi Guardian means you get jack-all for skill points in exchange for combat prowess that's not that much greater than a Sentinel's. You could still beat the game, but it'd be about the least satisfying playthrough in the world.

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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Isn't it just the PC games that have console versions that are bumped up to $60?

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    korodullin wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    So I fired up KOTOR this weekend. Decided to just see what it'd look like without any extra effort. My native resolution is 1680x1050, I'm running it full screen at 1400x1050 (I think that's what I picked) and it actually doesn't look that bad. I really don't even notice any stretching issues. My only problem now is particle effects. If I get too close to smoke, it chokes my computer. What visual setting is most effected by particle effects? AA? AF? Something else?

    Decided to roll a light-side Scout for my first playthrough. I figured light-side gives me alot more reason to be asking everyone about who they are and stuff instead of just telling everyone to fuck off. And I remembered someone told me not to roll soldier, and stealth really isn't my thing. So far it's fantastic. The VO is absurdly good. My save is standing right in front of the entrance to the Taris Sewers and I'm already hooked.

    I'm really trying not to read any guides. For my first playthrough I don't want to be worried about min/maxing. But if someone could tell me how important your point distribution is for attributes, skills, and feats? Is it more like DiabloII where if you're not careful you'll be completely boned later in the game, or is it more forgiving? Right now I'm just going on intuition but every time I spend a point I break out into cold sweats. lol
    You can make it harder by not staying in class with your build, but nothing too bad from what I've seen. My buddy swore he had jacked his build up so bad he couldn't finish the game. I was able, with a little extra effort than my playthroughs, finish off the game. I'm sure if you put an effort into making a hobbled character, you could, but you can't do too bad if you "trust your feelings."
    Yeah, it's really really hard to make a character that cannot beat KOTOR 1 (while still experiencing most of the game's content to boot) through just casual play.

    Unlike KOTOR 2 where rolling a Jedi Guardian means you get jack-all for skill points in exchange for combat prowess that's not that much greater than a Sentinel's. You could still beat the game, but it'd be about the least satisfying playthrough in the world.

    Ok, thanks guys. You've put my mind at rest. The only out of character moves (for a Scout) I've made so far is a couple points in persuasion, (and to a lesser extent) I'm focusing my feats and attributes towards melee.

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    korodullin wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    So I fired up KOTOR this weekend. Decided to just see what it'd look like without any extra effort. My native resolution is 1680x1050, I'm running it full screen at 1400x1050 (I think that's what I picked) and it actually doesn't look that bad. I really don't even notice any stretching issues. My only problem now is particle effects. If I get too close to smoke, it chokes my computer. What visual setting is most effected by particle effects? AA? AF? Something else?

    Decided to roll a light-side Scout for my first playthrough. I figured light-side gives me alot more reason to be asking everyone about who they are and stuff instead of just telling everyone to fuck off. And I remembered someone told me not to roll soldier, and stealth really isn't my thing. So far it's fantastic. The VO is absurdly good. My save is standing right in front of the entrance to the Taris Sewers and I'm already hooked.

    I'm really trying not to read any guides. For my first playthrough I don't want to be worried about min/maxing. But if someone could tell me how important your point distribution is for attributes, skills, and feats? Is it more like DiabloII where if you're not careful you'll be completely boned later in the game, or is it more forgiving? Right now I'm just going on intuition but every time I spend a point I break out into cold sweats. lol
    You can make it harder by not staying in class with your build, but nothing too bad from what I've seen. My buddy swore he had jacked his build up so bad he couldn't finish the game. I was able, with a little extra effort than my playthroughs, finish off the game. I'm sure if you put an effort into making a hobbled character, you could, but you can't do too bad if you "trust your feelings."
    Yeah, it's really really hard to make a character that cannot beat KOTOR 1 (while still experiencing most of the game's content to boot) through just casual play.

    Unlike KOTOR 2 where rolling a Jedi Guardian means you get jack-all for skill points in exchange for combat prowess that's not that much greater than a Sentinel's. You could still beat the game, but it'd be about the least satisfying playthrough in the world.

    Ok, thanks guys. You've put my mind at rest. The only out of character moves (for a Scout) I've made so far is a couple points in persuasion, (and to a lesser extent) I'm focusing my feats and attributes towards melee.

    Yeah, definitely don't get a guide. It has a high likelihood of spoiling something eventually.

    As the others have said, you really can't go wrong. Just have fun, and if it really does get too hard, you can change the difficulty to easy. I played on normal my first run through and the sewers were a little tough, but after that, it got easier and more fun, once I got more abilities. I think I even went against my class on that run.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Isn't it just the PC games that have console versions that are bumped up to $60?

    Blizzard says no.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited May 2011
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    Jazz wins because I nearly pissed myself laughing at that shop. Accept my friend invite!
    If you guys can't stay on topic I'm going to forbid further running of contests in this thread. It's about Steam. It's not about "hey guys I'll buy you a game if you post images for three pages"

    I didn't intend it to be solely an image contest and I certainly didn't intend to start any sort of tangent. If this is how you want things to run I won't do any more giveaways, I didn't know you had a problem with them.

    Am I wrong in thinking that 25% off just isn't enough for DA2? Seems like it'll be a lot cheaper later in the year, and considering that I haven't even beaten DA:O or even started Awakening yet I should hold off, right?

    If you'd like to run a forum competition we'd be happy to oblige, but you should PM a moderator to clear it and use a seperate thread.

    Tube on
  • 143999143999 Tellin' ya not askin' ya, not pleadin' with yaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    ...so the DCS people sent me a review code for their A-10C sim, but the code they sent isn't working.

    ;_;

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  • TikhonTikhon Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I extremely hope that Crysis 1 goes insanely cheap this week. I really enjoyed the demo, but I'm a cheapskate.

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  • 143999143999 Tellin' ya not askin' ya, not pleadin' with yaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    Jazz wins because I nearly pissed myself laughing at that shop. Accept my friend invite!
    If you guys can't stay on topic I'm going to forbid further running of contests in this thread. It's about Steam. It's not about "hey guys I'll buy you a game if you post images for three pages"

    I didn't intend it to be solely an image contest and I certainly didn't intend to start any sort of tangent. If this is how you want things to run I won't do any more giveaways, I didn't know you had a problem with them.

    Am I wrong in thinking that 25% off just isn't enough for DA2? Seems like it'll be a lot cheaper later in the year, and considering that I haven't even beaten DA:O or even started Awakening yet I should hold off, right?

    If you'd like to run a forum competition we'd be happy to oblige, but you should PM a moderator to clear it and use a seperate thread.

    Is this a new/different thing? The Steam threads went absolutely contest crazy over the holiday Steam sales, and nobody seemed to be bothered by it then. Would a separate Steam sale-based contest thread be acceptable (/warranted/etc)?

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited May 2011
    Your first inclination re: discussing moderation in this thread was correct.

    Tube on
  • SoulGateSoulGate Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Heh, EA sales. Maybe Curlyhaired Boy will finally get some people to play with in Dead Space 2.

    He's only been begging since the game released.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    And since it's base price already fell to $40, the sale will probably actually be decent, unlike the DA2, or probable Crysis 2 ones

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Ooh, EA sale week? Guess I might finally buy Mass Effect 2!

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    SoulGate wrote: »
    Heh, EA sales. Maybe Curlyhaired Boy will finally get some people to play with in Dead Space 2.

    He's only been begging since the game released.

    Shit I'll totally play some DS2.

    Except I have it on 360.

    And I probably won't actually play it.

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  • DrovekDrovek Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    SteevL wrote: »
    Ooh, EA sale week? Guess I might finally buy Mass Effect 2!

    Maybe if they dared to reduce for my region the price of the damn things...

    Seriously, EA...

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  • CatalaseCatalase Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Dragon Age Ultimate...how much is it for you 'mericans? Still looking at $25 here.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I was excited for Dragon Age 2 sale until I realized it was still forty five dollars

    I want to play DA2, but not for near full price

    I am sorry BioWare!

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  • MyNameIsWalrusMyNameIsWalrus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Catalase wrote: »
    Dragon Age Ultimate...how much is it for you 'mericans? Still looking at $25 here.

    $19.99

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Olivaw wrote: »
    I was excited for Dragon Age 2 sale until I realized it was still forty five dollars

    I want to play DA2, but not for near full price

    I am sorry BioWare!

    Not near full price, boss; the game was originally sixty bucks on the pee-cee.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Still $45 even in USA? Bugger that

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  • Joe Camacho MKIIJoe Camacho MKII Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Drovek wrote: »
    SteevL wrote: »
    Ooh, EA sale week? Guess I might finally buy Mass Effect 2!

    Maybe if they dared to reduce for my region the price of the damn things...

    Seriously, EA...

    Off Topic: Where in México are you?

    On topic: Yeah! During the December sales I was waiting for ME2 to go on sale, then I saw the 50% price off, JUST before I pulled the trigger on the purchase, I wondered into this thread ahd saw that at the USA you could get it for 10USD! When I was about to buy it for 25 USD (WITH DISCOUNT)!

    Luckily, this forum is filled with classy gents and someone volunteered to gift me ME2 in exchange for a 10 USD game, I ended up giving him Darksiders (And after saving those 10 bucks, I managed to also buy Darksiders too).

    Also: I Already have both Mass Effect games (Without DLC, a whole other story all together) and from EA's steam games I'm only interested in Crysis, if it appears on sale, should I buy Warhead? Or is it ok just to get the standalone game?

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    SoulGate wrote: »
    Heh, EA sales. Maybe Curlyhaired Boy will finally get some people to play with in Dead Space 2.

    He's only been begging since the game released.

    YES>

    everyone who has a marginal interest in the dead space series MUST get Dead Space 2 if/when it goes on sale this week.

    it's worth full price just for the lengthy and involving singleplayer

    the multi is something that's pretty addictive as well

    most importantly, i want to play it with some PAers.

    if it goes on sale this week

    no excuses, you hear meeeee

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Lord Yod: friend request accepted! Sorry I couldn't get on earlier, had lots to do today. Also, woohoo! :) Also, which one got you laughing? ;-)

    - - -

    Hell yes EA week. Been hoping for this for a while. Sorely, sorely tempted by Dragon Age Ultimate. It'll go straight into the backlog, though, so I'm wondering if I should wait for another sale somewhere down the line where it's even less. Hmm, conundrum. Mulling this one over.

    Also looking forward to seeing how cheap Mass Effect 2 gets. I got the free one from EA last month, but the EA downloader didn't let me keep an installable archive copy and if I remember right, games you "own" on that thing actually expire eventually. After two years, was it? Something like that. So I'm hoping ME2 goes for $5 on Steam so I can keep the bloody thing. It's certainly possible... and it'll be my third copy of the game. :lol:

    Hopefully Mirror's Edge for pocket change too... could be a bad week for the wallet.

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  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I like dead space 1, and dead space 2 looks to be quite the improvement over it, but sadly, I won't be able to get it when it goes on sale. Plus, I'm not really sure how well I could RUN it. I mean, I know it's probably got the same requirements as the first one, but I cant run the first one INCREDIBLY well, so I don't know...

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I still haven't played Dead space 2. Could never get a good balance of responsiveness and v-sync

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  • CatalaseCatalase Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Catalase wrote: »
    Dragon Age Ultimate...how much is it for you 'mericans? Still looking at $25 here.

    $19.99
    Bah was hoping for something cheaper. I just had to replace my mouse on the weekend.

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  • gogglesgoggles Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Curly! You've got yourself a deal! I will get it and play with you if/when it goes on sale!

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This might be a silly question but, is Dragons Age worth it? I know it got good reviews and all but I never really heard from any first hand other than 'Its good'. I've seen a few videos and it looks like a Bioware rpg + fantasy. Am I wrong or is there more/less to it than that?

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    goggles wrote: »
    Curly! You've got yourself a deal! I will get it and play with you if/when it goes on sale!

    YAY

    @spoit: i assume you mean Dead Space 1. Dead Space 2 has none of the responsiveness issues; there's no lag in aiming mode, everything is fixed in that regard.

    v-sync is still a problem due to how well the game runs on PCs, though. leave it off in-game, turn it on in your graphics drivers.

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2011
    This might be a silly question but, is Dragons Age worth it? I know it got good reviews and all but I never really heard from any first hand other than 'Its good'. I've seen a few videos and it looks like a Bioware rpg + fantasy. Am I wrong or is there more/less to it than that?

    It's basically mass effect not in space. A typical bioware rpg with an uninspired story and mediocre combat. The dwarf section is also super long and tends to kill peoples interest.

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This might be a silly question but, is Dragons Age worth it? I know it got good reviews and all but I never really heard from any first hand other than 'Its good'. I've seen a few videos and it looks like a Bioware rpg + fantasy. Am I wrong or is there more/less to it than that?
    If you like RPGs at all, you need to play through Dragon Age at least once. It's a refinement of the Sword and Sorcery staples with a universe that oozes with depth. The characters banter with each other, sometimes teasingly, sometimes with barbed insults. This is what really makes me happy in roleplaying games, as it gives a sense that you aren't just there to battle the hordes of evil. It's Bioware's best RPG since Baldur's Gate II, and it certainly shows.

    Tycho talks about a small fraction of the universe in a news post as an example:
    In the game, Lyrium Elixirs of various kinds act as your "Blue Potions," to leverage a bit of Diablo nomenclature. But Lyrium isn't just some word they throw out, some context-appropriate cipher for a gameplay necessity. Lyrium is fundamental to the way the gameworld works. Have you noticed that in the Dragon Age character builder (or Dragon Age: Journeys, for that matter) it's impossible to create a dwarven mage? This has to do with Lyrium.

    An ore with mystical properties, trade between the Dwarven and Human kingdoms is practically based on it. Constant dwarven exposure to the substance - the mining, refining, and manufacture of magically augmented weapon, armor, and other goods - has given them a kind of immunity to magic. Not complete, of course - but enough to hinder their manipulation of it, even enough to offer some protection.

    It is the charter of the Order of the Templars to police magic use, and containing some blood mage or recalcitrant "free wizard" is their purpose. Every Circle Mage undergoes a test called the Harrowing, which I'd rather not go into, but understand that Templars (multiple Templars) are present to kill these students at the first sign of trouble. As part of their initiation and ongoing rituals, Templars literally eat Lyrium in an effort to gain some measure of the dwarves' resistance. Addiction is the inevitable result - the lyrium isn't being consumed with magic use, and (as dwarves are rare in their ranks) they're not genetically predisposed to manage it. The addiction compounds the paranoia and obsession of a person drawn to the Order.

    They're regular people, who with discipline and unswerving piety are charged with a more or less impossible task: to act as a bulwark between conscious beings and the demonic horde that roils in the Fade. They believe that any mage, at any time, could erupt in a fountain of blood and become host to a demon. They believe that people who are unwilling or unable to control their mystic connection to the Fade should have it forcibly stripped from them. They believe children who show even a glimmer of magic potential should be taken from their parents by force and handed over to the Circle. In many ways, in most ways, they are right. A Templar who stays his hand is not - strictly speaking - a Templar.

    In game terms, a Templar is an unlockable specialization for Warriors. Who knows what kind of Templar you'll be - you'll meet those who question the way that the order operates. You'll also meet people who don't have a lot of affection for the Order, though I suppose (from a purely technical perspective) you already have.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Ha, those two post back to back =p. I am generally a fan of the 'typical' bioware game. That said, I've only beaten two of them (kotors). Still on the fence. I imagine I might cave before the nights out.

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  • DangerbirdDangerbird Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I was THIS close to buying Dragon Age 2, it was in my shopping cart and everything.

    Then I realized I have a ridiculous backlog of games, like, 90+ games that I should get to first.

    Or at the very least, beat the AAA titles in my library. Still working on Metro 2033 afterall.

    I think I can hold out for an even better deal to roll around. Heres hoping its cheaper for the summer deal.

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Many thanks to Lord Yod for that contest prize... apparently I will be killing terrorists in Mount & Blade With Fire & Sword! Awesome, you classy fella, ta very much. :)

    Jazz on
  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    imma take the time to briefly post this guide i wrote on fixing some common dead space 1 and 2 issues

    feel free to ignore this post until you get the game and (hopefully not) run into problems
    The Dead Space series of games does not run on Unreal Engine 3. Instead, both games run on an internally-developed EA engine. This engine allows the complex geometry that we see in both games, and is in general a very, VERY highly-optimized piece of software.

    Sometimes, it's TOO optimized.

    Because of the way the engine works, game speed is tied directly to framerate. If your PC has anything approaching a modern video card, your uncapped framerate will be extremely high. This can lead to screen tearing, laggy mouse controls, wonky physics, and numerous control issues.

    Especially affected are the sequences where mashing one key over and over is necessary to throw an enemy off or succeed in some other way. If your uncapped framerate is exceedingly high, the game speed is similarly high, and the game expects a completely unreasonable rate to pass the sequence. This has acted as a roadblock for many PC gamers.

    The Solution:

    So, what's a PC gamer to do? Well, since the issues are caused by a framerate (and thus, a game speed) that's too high, it's logical that if you lower the framerate to something more reasonable, the game will start behaving better.

    The usual method for limiting framerate in video games is an option called V-sync. V-sync is short for Vertical Synchronization. It tells your graphics card to not push out so many frames per second, and to instead draw each new frame in sync with the refresh rate of your monitor. Both Dead Space games come with V-sync in their graphics options:

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    Unfortunately, the V-sync included in the graphics options caps the framerate at HALF of most monitors' refresh rate. the game renders at 30 fps instead of 60 fps (which would match the 60 Hz monitor refresh rate). So, turning V-sync on in the games introduces a whole new set of problems, namely, mouse lag and generally sluggish controls. It's fairly obvious why that is - by halving the framerate, you've slowed the game itself down by the same amount.

    So it looks like the V-sync in the game options won't help us. Now we need to find a way to make the game render frames at exactly 60 fps. That's the sweet spot that we're aiming for if we want the game to run at the right speed.

    Fortunately, two free programs are available that make this process fairly painless:

    Nvidia Inspector, if your computer has an Nvidia graphics card:
    http://downloads.guru3d.com/NVIDIA-Inspector-1.94-download-2612.html

    and Radeon Pro, if your computer has an ATI graphics card:
    http://www.radeonpro.info/en-US/

    Both programs allow you to tweak game-specific profile settings at the driver level. Now, I only have experience with Nvidia Inspector, not Radeon Pro (since I have an Nvidia card), so the instructions below are only for that program. I expect that both programs are similarly constructed, though.

    Step 1: Crawl into the dark machine (just kidding!) Actually, download Nvidia Inspector. It's not a conventional program that needs to be installed, as it runs straight from the program folder you extract it to.

    Step 2: Double click on the nvidiaInspector file in the program folder you extracted it to. You should then see this screen:

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    Obviously, your particular graphics card may have different stats. That's not the point, though. You want to click the button outlined in red. That will take you to the Elevated Settings part of the program. At this point, you may get a prompt asking if you want to allow this program access to your computer. Say yes.

    Step 3: Find the Dead Space 2 profile. When the Elevated Settings comes up, the top bar and search box will look like this:

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    Type in Dead Space in the search box, and a drop down auto-suggest menu should have Dead Space 2 as an option. Click it.

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    Now you're at the application-specific settings for Dead Space 2. There's a LOT of options here to mess around with, but you're going to ignore most of them for now. Scroll down until you get to here:

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    Click on the text that says "Use the 3D application setting" and a drop-down menu should appear. Select "Force On". Also, just above that, click the "Off" setting for Triple Buffering and change that to "On".

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    After that, look at the upper right top side of the window, and click the "Apply Changes" button. The window might flicker briefly. And that's it, you're done! The same steps work for the original Dead Space, if you have problems there.

    Hopefully this will address some of the persistent problems that the Dead Space PC playerbase has been experiencing.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Thanks for the guide curly, I'll give it another try

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