Mass Effect DRM detailed - Page 4

TQ · 06-21-2008, 04:33 PM

Just finished MEPC a few minutes ago. There's a lot of things to like about this game, but ultimately...it just wasn't as good as I'd expected it to be. I never really felt absorbed in it, though it is an entertaining game.

Time to go give BioShock a second run through...

ATINUT · 06-21-2008, 04:57 PM

I finished this game in 23 hours, and most of the side missions done.

TQ · 06-21-2008, 07:30 PM

I'd guess that was pretty much the amount of time I spent with MEPC, too.

TQ · 06-22-2008, 08:30 AM

By the way, in case ya'll haven't heard: hardware accelerated audio is broken in Mass Effect. Even though the game's audio control panel states that you're using hardware sound, you are not. I can personally confirm this.
The details are at Bioware's Mass Effect PC forum and the thread is here.

I've used the config file hack described in the thread to properly enumerate my X-Fi and it works. The difference in the game's audio before and after is night and day.

I suspect that this is one of the reasons why the PC version of "Bring Down the Sky" has been delayed, as this is a pretty serious bug made even more so by Bioware doing a current cross promotion with Creative.

Edit: this may be a Vista only issue, but I can't be certain of that. The folks who posted regarding the problem are apparently all Vista users.

traveler · 06-22-2008, 02:36 PM

Is there a patch in the works?

It would be nice to know that fix things.

TQ · 06-22-2008, 04:24 PM

A developer has posted in the thread I provided the link to, so they're aware of the situation.
So, I'd reckon yes.

*polonyc2* · 07-29-2008, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by traveler

Is there a patch in the works?

BioWare has released both the 1.01 Patch and the free 'Bring Down the Sky' Downloadable Content for Mass Effect...

Mass Effect Community - Game Information

Mass Effect Community - Bring Down the Sky - new downloadable content on your PC

WhiteEclipse · 07-30-2008, 09:37 AM

Played the new content. It was ok, but mostly more of the same.

The patch did help some low-talkers. There were parts of the game when I felt that I was in that Seinfeld episode - the patch fixed that for me.

06-21-2008, 04:33 PM	#46
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: Mass Effect DRM detailed Just finished MEPC a few minutes ago. There's a lot of things to like about this game, but ultimately...it just wasn't as good as I'd expected it to be. I never really felt absorbed in it, though it is an entertaining game. Time to go give BioShock a second run through... __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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06-21-2008, 04:57 PM	#47
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,255	Re: Mass Effect DRM detailed I finished this game in 23 hours, and most of the side missions done. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) Visiontek Radeon 3870X2 videocard HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows XP Pro 32bit Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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06-21-2008, 07:30 PM	#48
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: Mass Effect DRM detailed I'd guess that was pretty much the amount of time I spent with MEPC, too. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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06-22-2008, 08:30 AM	#49
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: Mass Effect DRM detailed By the way, in case ya'll haven't heard: hardware accelerated audio is broken in Mass Effect. Even though the game's audio control panel states that you're using hardware sound, you are not. I can personally confirm this. The details are at Bioware's Mass Effect PC forum and the thread is here. I've used the config file hack described in the thread to properly enumerate my X-Fi and it works. The difference in the game's audio before and after is night and day. I suspect that this is one of the reasons why the PC version of "Bring Down the Sky" has been delayed, as this is a pretty serious bug made even more so by Bioware doing a current cross promotion with Creative. Edit: this may be a Vista only issue, but I can't be certain of that. The folks who posted regarding the problem are apparently all Vista users. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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06-22-2008, 02:36 PM	#50
traveler Where to next? Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 18,038	Is there a patch in the works? It would be nice to know that fix things.
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06-22-2008, 04:24 PM	#51
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: Mass Effect DRM detailed A developer has posted in the thread I provided the link to, so they're aware of the situation. So, I'd reckon yes. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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07-30-2008, 09:37 AM	#53
WhiteEclipse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 840	Re: Mass Effect DRM detailed Played the new content. It was ok, but mostly more of the same. The patch did help some low-talkers. There were parts of the game when I felt that I was in that Seinfeld episode - the patch fixed that for me.
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