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[Arkwright99]

ELE08 wrote...

Overall, I think ME3 looks better, but certain things look much worse imo.  For example, the skin and eyes look a lot more lifeless and flat now, though that is more likely the result of lighting than textures.

I'd kind of agree with that assessment; although generally the graphics in ME3 are superior to the earlier games (unsurprisingly), one of the (little) things that bugs me are FemShep's eyelashes. I know that probably seems an odd thing but to my eye there's something decidedly 'off' about ME3's eyelashes imo.

From top to bottom, ME1, ME2, ME3:


I'd say the ME2 lashes are pretty spot-on perfect but the ME3 ones? I don't know how many people have longer lashes below their eyes than above, but not that many according to the mascara adverts. It's almost as if the designers (accidentally?) put the eye codes in upside down.

Modifié par demos99, 19 juin 2012 - 04:59 .

[CrazyRah]

laikabaws wrote...

In the meantime, I'll contribute by asking another question: if given a chance for shore leave (with limited time), what is the first thing your Sheps will do?

The very first thing Sarah would do is to pay proper attention and mourning for all her friends that died to save everyone else. They deserve to be honored and Sarah damn will do so. Ashley will be paid some extra attention since she was after all almost like a sister to Sarah. After that Sarah will, sleep and she will sleep a lot. She hasn't had a good nights rest for several years at least. Maybe sitting in the couch eating some ice cream and watching Kaidan install some stuff in their apartment's high up on the list 

[MizzNaaa]

MASSEFFECTfanforlife101 wrote...


How the hell can that be possible? It said 6 gig RAM. Even when I check the setiings, it says 6 gig RAM. My Laptop plays the Mass Effect Games well, and did I not just mention last night about this?


I said last night, "Ok! Never Mind! I'm doing what I did before: I'm keeping ME3 in the Highest Resolution (1600X900, which is the Native Resolution of My Laptop), but have the Game on "Window (No Borders)." It is still Fullscreen, but I can EASILY Switch from the Game to here on the Internet by using Alt+Tab. The FPS is Higher Too. The Lowest the FPS will go will Mostly Likely be 20-21 FPS, but BARELY now."

There's no reason to even worry about it now. There's no wrong way to play Mass Effect. Who cares it my FPS goes down to 20 in ME3 sometimes anyway? I honestly don't, not really, because for the majority of the time, ME3 plays between 30-40/50. Is that so bad? I'm not getting a new Laptop anytime soon. And with FRAPS hidden, I don't see the FPS Reading to deplete any distraction.

There isn't suppose to be a "In order to enjoy Mass Effect, you FPS must be at 50/60 or higher" rule. And I honestly don't like it when people brag about how there's goes from 100 FPS on up. Do they constantly switch to better computers each year or something? Sorry for having a Laptop. Geez....

*sighs*

Okay without ranting at me here's a break down to your specs.

 I have a 17.3 Inch HP Pavilion with ntel® Core™ i5-480M Processor 2.66GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.93GHz,
No argument here, you have a 2.6 Ghz i5 core.

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit - the version of your OS

17.3" diagonal High-Definition+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900), - Size and resolution of your screen

6GB DDR3 RAM - COMPUTER RAM NOT GFX Card memory.

750GB Hard Drive - size of your hard drive

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6550 graphics with 1024MB GDDR3  - See this right there? This is your GFX card memory. It's 1024 MB and 1024 MB means 1GB


with up to 3738MB total graphics memory. - This there means shared memory, it's not dedicated, it's SHARED. This is the amount of RAM your gfx card can 'borrow' from your computer's RAM if it's needed.

Modifié par MizzNaaa, 19 juin 2012 - 04:21 .

[MASSEFFECTfanforlife101]

But it still play games like Mass Effect well, so who cares? And no need to make me feel worse about myself with your gifs. 

Modifié par MASSEFFECTfanforlife101, 19 juin 2012 - 04:22 .

[MizzNaaa]

MASSEFFECTfanforlife101 wrote...

But it still play games like Mass Effect well, so who cares? And no need to make me feel worse about myself with your gifs. 

Nobody cares. If it runs your games to your liking then *thumbs up* 

We're just explaining to you a misconception you have. Is all.

but..butbut I like my gifs *curls*

[laikabaws]

@demos99 Ugh I agree with you. Other than my petty rant over that sexy hair do-over, I loved my Sheps' fabulous long lashes in ME2 (although some people may think that they are a tad bit too fabulous long). I often find myself staring at their eyes too long back then, not realizing that it was time to pick a dialogue option haha (well, I have this thing for pretty eyes so...).

@CrazyRah and MizzNaa I'm happy to see love for both VS. I adored Ashley in ME1 (my paragon Shep's soul sistah and my Sheploo's supposed LI) and visting an actual grave with the other VS is nice. I also truly understand the need to spend some sexy time with one's respective LI's and hopefully Bioware would make use of that apartment DLC sometime (romance DLC anyone?).

[MASSEFFECTfanforlife101]

I'm happy that the games play well. It's not like the smaller Laptops. I'm also happy My Laptop has a Quad Core Processor, whatever that means. My Laptop Also plays Blu-Ray. It came with the Blu Ray program. My Laptop is like a Portable PS3.

[MizzNaaa]

laikabaws wrote...

@demos99 Ugh I agree with you. Other than my petty rant over that sexy hair do-over, I loved my Sheps' fabulous long lashes in ME2 (although some people may think that they are a tad bit too fabulous long). I often find myself staring at their eyes too long back then, not realizing that it was time to pick a dialogue option haha (well, I have this thing for pretty eyes so...).

@CrazyRah and MizzNaa I'm happy to see love for both VS. I adored Ashley in ME1 (my paragon Shep's soul sistah and my Sheploo's supposed LI) and visting an actual grave with the other VS is nice. I also truly understand the need to spend some sexy time with one's respective LI's and hopefully Bioware would make use of that apartment DLC sometime (romance DLC anyone?).

Don't make me speak about the BW one, or I shall be shunned. <_<

(although a romance DLC would be adorable, but I hate them because EVERYBODY DIES D:, so what's the point. Anyway, I'm not gonna rant about how I didn't like ME3 as in the whole game or how I seriously seriously seriously want to stab fuzzy things when I think about it or about the endings, but if you want to pursue that discussion feel free to PM me.)

Modifié par MizzNaaa, 19 juin 2012 - 04:34 .

[laikabaws]

@MizzNaaa Ah, I understand the frustration about ME3; I have a lot of feels about it. I have this weird void in me for the longest time (like what's the point of even continuing to invest so much time or even DLCs afterall and yeah a lot of missed opportunities). But I don't want to fan any more flames; don't want you to become frustrated again with ME3 on my account. I guess let's just bask in the 'legacy' of our Sheps in the meantime (which is also why I'm asking silly questions randomly...to fill the void :'( ).

[Hadeedak]

What does Shepard do on her downtime?

Stalk Javik, James and Kaidan, of course. At least Yoshimi. I probably should have made her an infiltrator, because I get the impression she's toodling around the Normandy, showing up when NO ONE EXPECTS IT.



IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. WOULD YOU LIKE HELP?

I've been waiting for an excuse to post Yoshimi's "What, I'm not a total dork" face here. And I decided while I lack an excuse, I'm posting it anyway.

Esperanza probably does boring stuff like practice boxing and hanging with Garrus.

Modifié par Hadeedak, 19 juin 2012 - 05:09 .

[Arkwright99]

Hadeedak wrote...

Esperanza probably does boring stuff like practice boxing and hanging with Garrus.

Does he not find that a pain in the neck? Or do they practice their hanging skills on Cerberus prisoners?

[Hadeedak]

demos99 wrote...

Hadeedak wrote...

Esperanza probably does boring stuff like practice boxing and hanging with Garrus.

Does he not find that a pain in the neck? Or do they practice their hanging skills on Cerberus prisoners?

Picking on mercs, but of course. You have to respect the classics. And by hanging, I probably mean novapunting and midair sniping.

Mass Effect 3 had a tragic lack of hapless mercenaries.

[Tup3x]

demos99 wrote...

ELE08 wrote...

Overall, I think ME3 looks better, but certain things look much worse imo.  For example, the skin and eyes look a lot more lifeless and flat now, though that is more likely the result of lighting than textures.

I'd kind of agree with that assessment; although generally the graphics in ME3 are superior to the earlier games (unsurprisingly), one of the (little) things that bugs me are FemShep's eyelashes. I know that probably seems an odd thing but to my eye there's something decidedly 'off' about ME3's eyelashes imo.

From top to bottom, ME1, ME2, ME3:


I'd say the ME2 lashes are pretty spot-on perfect but the ME3 ones? I don't know how many people have longer lashes below their eyes than above, but not that many according to the mascara adverts. It's almost as if the designers (accidentally?) put the eye codes in upside down.

Apparently they messed up some eye types it seems. My Shepard doesn't really have that problem, upper eye lashes are longer.


I do like how lashes looked in ME2 too.

@MASSEFFECTfanforlife101
It sound like your GPU runs ME3 about as fast my Intel HD 4000 (tested running ME3 with it once, just to see how it runs). It is definitely playable.

[CrazyGreggy]

Aaand back from holiday. Toronto was nice and fun, but my PC isn't there

Moar Kira! Horizon done, on to the Cerberus base. For some reason I flubbed the FRAPS key so there's nothing from the Liara romance scene in which Aipex's nudity mod was used, so some might call that a good thing :innocent:

Talking humanity with EDI, sad thoughts about resistance camps


Getting the lowdown from Miranda on Horizon


Don't make me use this, Mr Lawson


Or these


Three shots from the final conversation with Javik. The lighting in his room is usually poor for taking screenies, but these came out pretty well.




Might run the romance scene again with FRAPs and just upload some non-nipplicious shots.

[lillitheris]

demos99 wrote...

ELE08 wrote...

Overall, I think ME3 looks better, but certain things look much worse imo.  For example, the skin and eyes look a lot more lifeless and flat now, though that is more likely the result of lighting than textures.

I'd kind of agree with that assessment; although generally the graphics in ME3 are superior to the earlier games (unsurprisingly), one of the (little) things that bugs me are FemShep's eyelashes. I know that probably seems an odd thing but to my eye there's something decidedly 'off' about ME3's eyelashes imo.

From top to bottom, ME1, ME2, ME3:


I'd say the ME2 lashes are pretty spot-on perfect but the ME3 ones? I don't know how many people have longer lashes below their eyes than above, but not that many according to the mascara adverts. It's almost as if the designers (accidentally?) put the eye codes in upside down.

Most eyes have the lashes the wrong way around. I also disliked the actual eye itself: in ME3, the iris looks like it’s on top of the white, whereas in ME2 it’s in the proper indentation. Although, of course, Eevs has the cybernetic eyes anyway.

Also, there’s no such thing as shore leave during ME…busy busy busy. But there’s the gym for a little weight training and the bike simulator. In more peaceful times, sightseeing and art museums were always nice in new places.

[Ottemis]

If the lashes are the wrong way round for some eyes, that can be sorted with texmod I reckon. Just have to flip the texture.
I reckon I'd have to investigate, but then I have such a backlog of things to do I REALLY shouldn't lol.

[Tup3x]

Eyeball looked better in ME2 to be honest.

[Sorael.A]

@demos99 I've concluded that shep never cries because her lower lashes catch all her tears XD

I think the skin bothers me the most, I remember how wonderful my shep looked in ME2 in Illium and now she just looks...dead. It's not as obvious to me though as it was until I saw Kasumi, Kasumi looked a little ill honestly.

I guess this is just further evidence that i need to upgrade my computer le sigh

[JamieCOTC]

Tup3xi wrote...

Eyeball looked better in ME2 to be honest.

yes it did.  The color looks flat in most of the scenes. There are some texmods that make them look much better, but they are texmods.  BW really cut corners on ME3 overall.

[razviolet]

 
   Something about ME2 eyeballs and facial gestures in general have always bothered me. Maybe it was the camera angles...but it just seemed shep's lips and eyes projected outwards every time she spoke and it was odd. That and eyelash clipping was the worst in my opinion. I did like the brighter eyes with more definition.

ME3 has superior light diffusion so I can actually see the colors of my shep's armor and eyes. In ME2 the color red seemed to bleed from everywhere in the environment. ME3 character models feel a lot smoother and more organic as opposed to their clay-like looks and animations of ME2. The lighter skin colors don't come out so well in ME3 though. White looks ghost white and way too washed out.

Modifié par razviolet, 19 juin 2012 - 08:35 .

[Tup3x]

JamieCOTC wrote...

Tup3xi wrote...

Eyeball looked better in ME2 to be honest.

yes it did.  The color looks flat in most of the scenes. There are some texmods that make them look much better, but they are texmods.  BW really cut corners on ME3 overall.

Aye. I hate BioWare's half-arsed attitude. When you do something, you should do it right and all the way. Whole series had these things that annoyed the heck out. Be it little texture issues, clipping, animation, plain bugs or whatever else that could have been fixed rather easily. They also fixed some things that clearly weren't broken (like iris).

I'm a bit of a perfectionist so these small issues that pile up really start to annoy me. When I do something I want to do it right and I want it to be well finished, polished. Patching is always possible when issues are found.

[MASSEFFECTfanforlife101]

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Modifié par MASSEFFECTfanforlife101, 19 juin 2012 - 09:19 .

[Rikketik]

The make-up looks a little bit underwhelming in ME3, but otherwise I had no problems with the eyes. Well, except that they always seemed to glow a bit in ME2. Not the creepy orange Renegade glow, but a soothing blue/greenish glow. Could've been a side-effect from being mostly Paragon with almost all my Shepards, but it's something I miss in ME3.

Nice shots, btw, GrazyGreggie, especially the first one. And welcome back of course!

I've been working on a new Shepard for when I'm (temporarily) bored of Arantxa. Her name is Caprice and I wanted her to look a bit more natural than my previous Shepards (the ones that used the face textures of default femshep). Here's how she turned out:



I like it. She looks... soft. Or does that sound weird? Anyway, I'm actually the happiest with her mouth because I discovered how to rotate the corners. Now she doesn't look so sad anymore.

(Here's how you do it. It's described somewhere around the middle, under "Offset Bones".)

Now I only need to come up with a backstory and a personality. Her name means "impulse", apparently, so maybe I can build something around that.

[MASSEFFECTfanforlife101]

I may delete my Mass Effect Albums, then recreate them, because the majority of the Screenshots have been mostly Quorra and hardly my Main Shepard, as if this is all about Quorra. No. The Albums must be a balanced mixture of both here on BSN.

Why do I have so many pictures of Quorra anyway? It's like a bad habit now. I feel like I have to document everything I see with Quorra in it. It's not right because she isn't my Main Shepard. I have to try and balance it all out somehow.

[Rikketik]

Haha, well, taking screenshots is addictive. Even when you have to do it with a camera. As soon as a cutscene kicks in, I immediately grab the camera so I shoot a few pictures. At least with a camera, you're forced to discard most of them because the shots simply don't look as good as they do ingame. So my screenshot folder isn't as filled as it could have been. But still.

I don't see it as a bad habit, though. It's fun taking screenshots, so why stop?