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[Nineven]

BobjrDK wrote...

I have duo core and i still can't even get past selecting wether i want to import or start a new one..

Try the -nomoviestartup fix and see if that works.

You can play through the game a second time, (hopefully by that time they have a patch out), and see the cinematics then. You aren't missing much using that fix, but it does give you a chance to kind of experience the game again when you get to a second playthrough. That's how I think of it anyway

[Nineven]

Ikoshin wrote...

So the in game movies / cut scenes are causing us to be stuck on loading when trying to start a new game / import one from ME1? Bought the game yesterday and installed just to find out I couldn't play not too happy about that. I haven't tried the work around but I would rather play the game with the movies, the story is one of my favorite parts of the games. I hope a fix for this issue is being worked on. Played Dragon Age just fine not sure why ME2 is giving me problems.

Try the -nomoviestartup fix. Honestly, you aren't missing a lot of movies. I think there's only a handful that it cuts out. Conversations work fine, cutscenes (save for the high resolution ones I think...) work fine. You won't know the difference, and it's worth it to play the game. I had the same mindset as you, but as I stated above, I can just play through again when the patch is out and see them then.

Modifié par Nineven, 30 janvier 2010 - 06:41 .

[Anamorph]

i wont play the game either, before they fixed the .bik issue. I bought the game not to play it without movies...

Modifié par Anamorph, 30 janvier 2010 - 06:42 .

[Sakura88]

aah well...i've the same problem with loading screen. It's frustrating =_=

[T1l]

Anamorph wrote...

i wont play the game either, before they fixed the .bik issue. I bought the game not to play it without movies...

Totally up to you of course, but I think you're missing out a bit. I've been playing ME2 just fine for the past three hours or so and I've been having a blast. It's a shame that I can't watch the in-game movies, and I admit, the story does feel disjointed at times; but it's nothing major.

[killgannon1337]

my rig has two dvd drives i installed using both it never asked me to switch to disk two and i am still freezing up about 2 secs into the load screeen after i click new game hopefully bioware will patch this soon. it is the only bad experience i have ran into in one of their games


speccs

AMD athlon 64 processor 4000+ 2.41 ghz

2g ram

7800gtx geforce

runs ME1 on high just fine 45fps

[Nineven]

I am enjoying it too. I can understand people wanting to wait though. I am actually still playing Dragon Age as well. I am hoping they get a fix out before I get to the end of Mass Effect 2 though because I am guessing there will be more movies then.

[Nineven]

killgannon1337 wrote...

my rig has two dvd drives i installed using both it never asked me to switch to disk two and i am still freezing up about 2 secs into the load screeen after i click new game hopefully bioware will patch this soon. it is the only bad experience i have ran into in one of their games


speccs

AMD athlon 64 processor 4000+ 2.41 ghz

2g ram

7800gtx geforce

runs ME1 on high just fine 45fps

You might try a reinstall because I am pretty sure you need both disks for installation. You have about the same specs as me though and I am using the -nomoviestartup fix and the game runs as good as the original did.

[netclaw]

What is the"-nomoviestartup fix"? A command line or a patch fix? Where do I find it and how to use it?

[netclaw]

What is the"-nomoviestartup fix"? A command line or a patch fix? Where do I find it and how to use it?

[Danger Bird]

Nineven wrote...

killgannon1337 wrote...

my rig has two dvd drives i installed using both it never asked me to switch to disk two and i am still freezing up about 2 secs into the load screeen after i click new game hopefully bioware will patch this soon. it is the only bad experience i have ran into in one of their games


speccs

AMD athlon 64 processor 4000+ 2.41 ghz

2g ram

7800gtx geforce

runs ME1 on high just fine 45fps

You might try a reinstall because I am pretty sure you need both disks for installation. You have about the same specs as me though and I am using the -nomoviestartup fix and the game runs as good as the original did.

But you're still running into the stuttering problem that directly follows some bink cutscenes right?

I've been enduring the stuttering parts just to get to the sweet gameplay.  I've only encountered the problem 3 times so far, and I'm still enjoying the game immensely.  But since a patch is on the way, I've decided to stop playing and wait for the patch.

Props to Bioware for even making a single core compatability patch.  Its my own fault for trying to coast by on a 5 year old system, and for not reading the system requirements on the box.

[warham1]

all of you having issues and multiple cores is because you need to set affinity to use more than one core then the game will fine.  go into task manager and set the affinity for the game, select more than one core

[warham1]

all of you having issues and multiple cores is because you need to set affinity to use more than one core then the game will run fine.  go into task manager and set the affinity for the game, select more than one core.  or use this program


http://edgemeal.110m...inity/index.htm

Modifié par warham1, 30 janvier 2010 - 08:46 .

[Myliel]

I know it has been said time and again, but to the people that keep saying that the requirements stipulate you need a dual core or more, this is SIMPLY NOT TRUE.



Retail version : The box does list various dual core processors but nowhere does it say that this is a sine qua none condition and that the game will NOT work as it should should you not have one, so it is poorly stated at best.



Digital version : Most websites dont even bother specifying, the specs in that regard are vague at best, try this for instance : http://www.amazon.co.../dp/B001VJ4DHK/

[schwerttau]

netclaw wrote...

What is the"-nomoviestartup fix"? A command line or a patch fix? Where do I find it and how to use it?

check this thread: http://social.biowar...06/index/821113

Modifié par schwerttau, 30 janvier 2010 - 07:37 .

[Quidom]

Weak.



I am hoping EA/Bioware will do something to rectify this problem. We all paid good money for a game that should work right out of the box. I will not lessen my enjoyment of playing this game by skipping the cinematics and missing out on the story. ME is all about the story. If I wanted to play a game without a story I could just play TF2 (which, it looks like I'll be doing). So it looks like I will be shelving this game until the techies get this figured out.



As for Dragon Age...pass. Don't need another unplayable game.

[BobjrDK]

Myliel wrote...

I know it has been said time and again, but to the people that keep saying that the requirements stipulate you need a dual core or more, this is SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

Retail version : The box does list various dual core processors but nowhere does it say that this is a sine qua none condition and that the game will NOT work as it should should you not have one, so it is poorly stated at best.

Digital version : Most websites dont even bother specifying, the specs in that regard are vague at best, try this for instance : http://www.amazon.co.../dp/B001VJ4DHK/

Well steam lists it, thats why i always trust steam:

" Processor: 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD CPU "

[bjdbwea]

Again, there is some way you won't miss anything.

1. Get the unofficial loading bik "fix" (the loading movies are irrelevant).

2. Start the game normally and always save your game before going anywhere.

3. When a movie plays, watch it. Then when the annoying lag begins in the next 3D scene, just kill the game's process via task manager.

4. Start with -nomoviestartup and load your last save and continue as you were.

That way at least you don't miss anything, even though it's of course very tedious.

BioWare, please do fix this soon.

Modifié par bjdbwea, 30 janvier 2010 - 08:32 .

[Misterbill]

Myliel wrote...

I know it has been said time and again, but to the people that keep saying that the requirements stipulate you need a dual core or more, this is SIMPLY NOT TRUE. 

Unfortunately, my retail box *does* indeed show dual core under System Requirements. It is also in the readme file. I completely missed seeing it on the box--I just assumed that since my single core AMD ran both DAO and ME1 without a hitch, it would do the same for ME2. I'm not sure why some posters here with multiple core cpu are also having problems with the loading freeze though.

I am playing the game using the -nomoviestartup workaround, and it runs well--maybe better than ME1 did. BW did say they will patch this in the second patch, so I am getting used to the new combat system and enjoying the game while I wait. I would have played it through again at least once anyway, so at least the workaround allows me to enjoy the game while I wait for the patch. I understand that one mission late in the game is impossible and that going to the Citadel is difficult with the workaround, but I am hoping that the patches aren't too far away.

[Myliel]

actually BW said they'd try to fix it, no promises, unfortunately

[LuminousLupine]

Medhia Nox wrote...

Update -

LuminousLupine, I figured out what I was doing wrong.

Once in the Citadel system - save and log out. Restart the game with the original .exe - and not the - nomovie .exe. It'll stutter as you move through Citadel space - but then you can board the Citadel - it'll give you the movie - and then put you down on the Citadel.

Oddly - once I got onto the Citadel - it did NOT start chopping again (like it "should" have) - still, I did not stick around to see if it would start - I switched back to the - nomovie .exe.

I hope that helps Luminous.

Note: Switching back to the - nomovie .exe does not work on the Citadel I am finding. I'm gonna play on the regular one and hope that works.

Ineed, thank you.

(Of course, I'm still not sure why there are times I can see the X-Box control icons, or why the game started stalling when I do that and don't connect to Cerberus. I'm hoping the game just compiled builds oddly and not another DRM issue. The Citideal on Mass Effect 1 was a souce of greave for me with SecuROM crashing my system because some idiot thought they knew what they where doing in Ring-0.)

[bluewolf35948]

Der_Sittich wrote...

bluewolf35948 wrote...

Okay, normally I don't post in tech support forums but it seems like I am having exactly the same problem as most of you.

There are two freeze points that I can tell. The first is if I skip the introductory movie (the one on the "Press Any Key" menu). After skipping that menu, the game freezes when I select New Game >> Gender. The frozen screen is of the yellow holographic ship thing.

The second freeze point is a little weird. If I load the game and watch the opening introductory movie...I can actually get all the way to character creation. However, after creating a character and hitting accept, the game freezes again...this time with the screen stuck on the loading screen present immediately after the character creation sequence. I have not gotten past this point in the game...though I have not yet tried the movie bypass fix other people have been mentioning. What's the point of playing a story if you're going to miss all the plot points?, I say.

I've been reading that this seems to have some sort of association with single core processors...in this case my rig may raise some eyebrows in this forum.

My setup:
Processor: Intel Quad Core Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 cores, not 1)
Ram: 4gigs
OS: Win Vista, Business
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Interestingly enough...when I open the ME2 configuration utility and look at System>>System, the game is properly reading my processor name, but then it is saying that there is only one core, clocked at 1836MHz. I have a feeling this might have something to do with my BIOS, but I just got this processor and I'm not too sure how to futz with the BIOS to get it setup properly.

This problem has already been solved. You have to update your BIOS so that the system/game recognizes your CPU as a quad Core-processor.

Forgive my ignorance...but I just read through fifty-two pages of customer complaints and I have not found a single message that has "solved my problem".

For the Bioware devs that are reading this thread, my problem is as follows:

1) Two freeze points: a) if I do not watch the intro video the game freezes when I select Male/Female/Import ME1 Character or if I do watch the intro video, the game freezes immediately following the character creation sequence.

2) This is my rig, according to Control Panel >> System (in Vista 32) and Device Manager:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
4.00 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Also, under Device Manager >> Processors, it shows four items, all named Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz. Finally, the performance tab of my task manager only shows one green line under CPU usage. I'm not sure what this affects...I've never seen it display more than one (although I've found I can make a red line show up if I turn on "Show Kernel Times" under View...no idea what that's about). I've looked through my BIOS and I have not found any option that allows me to select single or multicore processing--then again I have not yet contacted my mobo manufacturer to look into this. In case you're wondering, I have a Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-S2H.

3) According to the ME2 Configuration Utility my specs are as follows:

System:

Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU    Q9550  @ 2.83GHz
Family 6, Model 23, Stepping 10
# CPUs 1, # Cores 1, Clock Speed 1829MHz

Display:
Acer X233H on NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Again, I'm sorry if I'm posting regarding a problem that has already been solved. If it has, before you slam me for spamming, please PM me a link to where this solution has been explained, or explain it to me. I'm not too keen on browsing 52 pages again...

[DashRunner92]

Nineven wrote...

I believe Mike has stated that it is a single-core issue, and this is why:

With multiple-core processors, developers are able to divide the game's workload onto different cores. This is simply in theory, but most likely; that is exactly what they have done here. While the load screen plays, the game was programmed to load textures, information, whatever; on another core. That is why is it freezing up, (this would explain CPU spiking in the Task Manager). As far as the problems people are having who have multiple-core processors, it is probably a bug within the configuration tool, or something simple that they didn't see on their internal testing systems.

If I am correct, and this is the case, then it would literally be hell to modify the game in the form of a patch to fix the problem on single-core systems. While games like Left For Dead 2, or Batman:Arkham Asylum (I.E., they aren't utilizing multiple-core processors) may run fine on a single-core, the minimum specs for both games include single-cores. Such is not the case for Mass Effect 2.

um, no, L4D2 requires dual core. Also that's obviously not how it works since all we need to do is watch the intro and we get past the loading screen. 

Modifié par DashRunner92, 30 janvier 2010 - 09:59 .

[DobryNETvor]

Ikoshin wrote...

So the in game movies / cut scenes are causing us to be stuck on loading when trying to start a new game / import one from ME1? Bought the game yesterday and installed just to find out I couldn't play not too happy about that. I haven't tried the work around but I would rather play the game with the movies, the story is one of my favorite parts of the games. I hope a fix for this issue is being worked on. Played Dragon Age just fine not sure why ME2 is giving me problems.

Just UPLOAD BIOS... like me... AND after that i will work... :innocent:

[DobryNETvor]

[quote]warham1 wrote...

all of you having issues and multiple cores is because you need to set affinity to use more than one core then the game will run fine.  go into task manager and set the affinity for the game, select more than one core.  or use this program


http://edgemeal.110m...inity/index.htm





JUST UPDATE BIOS!!!