i am having issues with some of the textures ingame becomming exceedingly low rez durring dialogue scenes. i am wondering if this is because of the game engines built in LOD settings and if there is a way to force textures to always load at their highest resolution. any other game based on the unreal engine has texture quality settings available execpt it seems mass effect which forces players with good hardware to suffer through a low quality experiance
Blocky textures and shaders is LOD to blame ???
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Posté 14 septembre 2012 - 10:50
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Can you post a screenshot of what you are referring to?
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Posté 16 septembre 2012 - 12:58
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Posté 18 septembre 2012 - 09:16
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I am unable to see these images, would you mind using a different upload service?mikeloeven wrote...
any ideas ???
Perhaps, Tinypic?
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Posté 18 septembre 2012 - 10:27
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what browser are you using they work just fine on firefox ill try reposting thm using a img tag
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Posté 18 septembre 2012 - 11:24
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Nightly/Firefox.mikeloeven wrote...
what browser are you using they work just fine on firefox ill try reposting thm using a img tag
Much better. May I ask your computer's specifications?
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Posté 18 septembre 2012 - 11:33
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Processor Intel® Core™ i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Adapter RAM 2.00 GB (2,147,155,968 bytes)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Adapter RAM 2.00 GB (2,147,155,968 bytes)
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Posté 18 septembre 2012 - 11:41
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It's clearly not a issue with your computer specs.mikeloeven wrote...
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Adapter RAM 2.00 GB (2,147,155,968 bytes)
I'm going to do some more research on the topic.
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Posté 18 septembre 2012 - 11:46
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does the mass effect configuration utility change settings based on the experience index??
i keept tweaking my graphics settings i improved it a little bit but i cant figure out how to increase texture resolution >?
i keept tweaking my graphics settings i improved it a little bit but i cant figure out how to increase texture resolution >?
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Posté 18 septembre 2012 - 11:55
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Posté 19 septembre 2012 - 12:11
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the thing is i dont think it has anything to do with my driver settings since i play many games that use this same engine and none of them have this issue only me3
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Posté 19 septembre 2012 - 03:03
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Ok i have a new developement. the blocky distortions are present on both of my computers my desktop and my laptop both have two completely different chipsets and driver versions.
closer examination seems to indicate that the jagged black staircase effect seems related to shadows or lighting shaders blurring the texture and not a low res texture it'sself
BTW this is biowares official tech support forum so ... where are the bioware support agents :/
closer examination seems to indicate that the jagged black staircase effect seems related to shadows or lighting shaders blurring the texture and not a low res texture it'sself
BTW this is biowares official tech support forum so ... where are the bioware support agents :/
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Posté 20 septembre 2012 - 03:00
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Banning people for silly reasons.mikeloeven wrote...
BTW this is biowares official tech support forum so ... where are the bioware support agents :/
Lemme know if you find a solution.
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Paste this into your GamerSettings file located under:
C:\\Users\\\\[username]\\Documents\\BioWare\\Mass Effect 3\\BIOGame\\Config
[SystemSettings]
BorderlessWindow=False
Fullscreen=True
DynamicShadows=True
MaxCharacterCinematicLightingPasses=3
SHSecondaryLighting=True
MotionBlur=True
bAllowPostprocessAA=True
MaxAnisotropy=16
ResX=1920
ResY=1080
MouseSensitivity=75
UseMouseDampening=True
MPVoiceChatInputDevice=0
MPVoiceChatOutputDevice=0
MPVoiceChatVolume=100
MPVoiceChatMode=2
MPVoiceContinueOnLostFocus=False
DetailMode=5
[TextureLODSettings]
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Diff=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterNormalMap=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_Effects=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_LightAndShadowMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_RenderTarget=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Skybox=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_UI=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Vehicle=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleNormalMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Weapon=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponNormalMap=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_World=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_WorldNormalMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_AmbientLightMap=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Diff=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_512=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_256=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_128=(MinLODSize=128,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_64=(MinLODSize=64,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_512=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_256=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_128=(MinLODSize=128,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_64=(MinLODSize=64,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_GUI=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=2048,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_128=(MinLODSize=128,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_256=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_512=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Promotional=(MinLODSize=2048,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
Should fix the messed up textures. You'll also need to replace the original sections with the ones I've made. Anisotropic Filtering can make the textures look less blurrier as long as it's on 16 (MaxAnisotropy setting). There's also a setting in there for antialiasing (jagged staircase effect). It's kind of weak, but higher levels of antialiasing will crush your graphics card if it's not powerful enough (for example supersampling or sparse grid supersampling).
C:\\Users\\\\[username]\\Documents\\BioWare\\Mass Effect 3\\BIOGame\\Config
[SystemSettings]
BorderlessWindow=False
Fullscreen=True
DynamicShadows=True
MaxCharacterCinematicLightingPasses=3
SHSecondaryLighting=True
MotionBlur=True
bAllowPostprocessAA=True
MaxAnisotropy=16
ResX=1920
ResY=1080
MouseSensitivity=75
UseMouseDampening=True
MPVoiceChatInputDevice=0
MPVoiceChatOutputDevice=0
MPVoiceChatVolume=100
MPVoiceChatMode=2
MPVoiceContinueOnLostFocus=False
DetailMode=5
[TextureLODSettings]
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Diff=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterNormalMap=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_Effects=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_LightAndShadowMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_RenderTarget=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Skybox=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_UI=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Vehicle=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleNormalMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Weapon=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponNormalMap=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_World=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_WorldNormalMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_AmbientLightMap=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Diff=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_512=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_256=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_128=(MinLODSize=128,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_64=(MinLODSize=64,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_512=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_256=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_128=(MinLODSize=128,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_64=(MinLODSize=64,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_GUI=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=2048,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_128=(MinLODSize=128,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_256=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_512=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_APL_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
TEXTUREGROUP_Promotional=(MinLODSize=2048,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
Should fix the messed up textures. You'll also need to replace the original sections with the ones I've made. Anisotropic Filtering can make the textures look less blurrier as long as it's on 16 (MaxAnisotropy setting). There's also a setting in there for antialiasing (jagged staircase effect). It's kind of weak, but higher levels of antialiasing will crush your graphics card if it's not powerful enough (for example supersampling or sparse grid supersampling).
Modifié par magnetite, 20 septembre 2012 - 06:46 .
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Posté 20 septembre 2012 - 03:55
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This is not official tech support. As it says in the forum description, this forum is strictly user-to-user.mikeloeven wrote...
BTW this is biowares official tech support forum so ... where are the bioware support agents :/
Official tech support is at help.ea.com
Modifié par Fredvdp, 20 septembre 2012 - 03:56 .
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Posté 20 septembre 2012 - 09:36
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yeah but you only get to talk to ea support and they are dumber than dirt at least here you have a chance of a bio ware employee responding 
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Posté 03 octobre 2012 - 04:11
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well i have officially officially ruled out hardware as the cause and i have ruled out drivers. i was able to reproduce the same texture issue on multiple computers and i got the same issue even after pulling the discrete card out of my pc and running on internal intel graphics so it doesn't seem chip-set specific either.
i tried using the configuration posted above and while it does help some with characters i am noticing blocking in other areas too. i am getting block y distortions in effect textures like holograms explosions and non environment textures.
can you write another lot codeblock for me where min=max for all textures with the max lod also apply max to effect textures i dont want to try this myself because i dont want to break it further
i tried using the configuration posted above and while it does help some with characters i am noticing blocking in other areas too. i am getting block y distortions in effect textures like holograms explosions and non environment textures.
can you write another lot codeblock for me where min=max for all textures with the max lod also apply max to effect textures i dont want to try this myself because i dont want to break it further
Modifié par mikeloeven, 03 octobre 2012 - 04:29 .
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Posté 03 octobre 2012 - 08:04
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I had similar looking graphics with Mass Effect 2 yesterday. What I had done (trying to fix ME3, doesnt start 
) was that I had put everything in the ATI Catalyst Center to perfomance setting.
Took me a while to figure out, but then I put everything to Quality setting and ME2 looked again how it should. Cant promise this will work, but it's worth a try.
) was that I had put everything in the ATI Catalyst Center to perfomance setting.Took me a while to figure out, but then I put everything to Quality setting and ME2 looked again how it should. Cant promise this will work, but it's worth a try.
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Posté 04 octobre 2012 - 04:53
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not talking about changing game settings in the driver or the game config i am talking about the texturegroup settings in the config files
