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Dyralvex
13 years ago
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Greetings,  I have played Mass effect 1 before on my system, through steam, which had no issues whatsoever. Recently I bought the Trilogy so I could have the third installment of the game together w...
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    DoctorShrimp
    13 years ago

    This Bug is known for CPUs with Bulldozer Architecture (like your FX-6100).

    The problem is not related to your graphics card or its drivers.

    You can try a workaround drescribed here:

    http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/131/index/7251342/7#14385018

    Basically you have to enable the Console first (Not for cheating, but for enabling commands),

    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/PC_Cheats#Enabling_The_Console

    Then in Peak 15 you have to type "viewmode unlit" into the console.

    This fixes the light-shading problem. You can undo the changes with "viewmode lit" after Peak15.

    __________________________

    I guess it won't be fixed like the PhysX Incompatibility Problem. The game is just too old.

DoctorShrimp's avatar
DoctorShrimp
13 years ago

This Bug is known for CPUs with Bulldozer Architecture (like your FX-6100).

The problem is not related to your graphics card or its drivers.

You can try a workaround drescribed here:

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/131/index/7251342/7#14385018

Basically you have to enable the Console first (Not for cheating, but for enabling commands),

http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/PC_Cheats#Enabling_The_Console

Then in Peak 15 you have to type "viewmode unlit" into the console.

This fixes the light-shading problem. You can undo the changes with "viewmode lit" after Peak15.

__________________________

I guess it won't be fixed like the PhysX Incompatibility Problem. The game is just too old.

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