Now LAA will work properly on 32-bit systems :)Ĥ) Run your game as administrator and also run it in compatibility mode with Windows XP (SP 2). "bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072" (without quotes) Make sure to run as Administrator manually even if you are an admin on the computer, it requires extra admin rights granted by right clicking and running as an admin AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!1). "Run Command Prompt in the Accessories program group of the Start menu. Here are the best Mass Effect mods to try out People continue to circulate rumors of a possible HD remake of the original Mass Effect in hushed tones, but we've yet to see anything concrete to indicate that it's going to happen. This will allow you the highest detailed normal maps the game can render without needing TexMod which allows me notĭepthBias=0.030000 or(0.012 if you restored to pre-official 1.2 patch values)ģ.1) If you have a 32-bit OS LAA can still help, but you need to do the following to allow 3gb usage "the 3.1 GB Mass Effect 1 is over 10 years old now, which means some PC mods are needed to keep the game fresh. TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0) TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=256,LODBias=0) TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0) TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Diff=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0) If you see that check for typos there is no other cause. Typos here will typically display an error message along the lines of "attempting to load unused mip #0 for texture2D" at crash. **Note any typos will break the game and cause crashes so be careful here**Īll mistakes can be fixed but if you avoid typos it will save a headache in the long run. X:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\BioWare\\Mass Effect\\Config Important: bioengine.ini tweak to fix many normal maps in the game without requiring TexMod.
Additional graphical improvements can be had with the following Bioengine.ini tweaks (these are not required to run the mod and these tweaks will work with vanilla Mass Effect)
So here it is with my comments, links and actual instructions))) ->ġ) Install SweetFX and MEUITM (you can skip these actions, but i recommend to do that - both mods make the game look AWESOME, trust me).Ģ) Make all necessary transformations with your BioEngine.ini as it is described in MEUITM-instructions here -> (MEUITM) Gameplay wasn`t smooth, despite my beloved notebook is a gaming monster) Everything works just great! (About those lags - I had a little lag every 10 ms, which looked like fps was dropping down.
Guys, if ANYONE who is seeking for some help with laggy ME will ever be here - I`ve made my own instructions on how to make a NON-laggy ME and tested it several times.