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Fred_vdp
Hero+
4 years ago

[BUG] ME1 Framerate drop after killing docile salarians on Virmire

When killing the docile salarians in their cell on Virmire, the framerate is reduced to an unplayable level. Saving and reloading doesn't fix it. Shutting down the game and resuming also doesn't work...
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eggcess's avatar
eggcess
4 years ago

Same problems here, both with Dr. Heart and with imprisoned Salarians on Virmire. Hefty fps drop after the action finishes, with no way to remedy the problem except reloading an earlier save or leaving the area.

Ryzen 1700X

AMD Vega 56 - latest drivers as of today

Win 10 (latest)

PM961 NVMe SSD

Origin version of the game.

Please fix this.

I just lost a chunk of progress due to this, because I stopped hard saving at every corner and mainly utilized the quicksaves. Had to use an earlier Autosave.

edit: As RagnarokCzD said above, it's possible to kill the Salarians if you first clear the path until you reach the Beacon where you ...

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have the conversation with Sovereign.
Before triggering the conversation with Sovereign ...

...  go back the path you have cleared, then trigger the killing of the Salarians if you want the Renegade points, then endure the 5 fps-walk-of-shame back to the beacon. Somewhere along the way, the framerate will stabilize and everything is fine again.

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Ibn-Dragons
4 years ago
@eggcess "go back the path you have cleared, then trigger the killing of the Salarians if you want the Renegade points, then endure the 5 fps-walk-of-shame back to the beacon. Somewhere along the way, the framerate will stabilize and everything is fine again."

I think I'll try this. Thanks.

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