Lighting glitch in ME1

@Deyanire86 Thanks. I wonder, can you post a link to your dxdiag?

https://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

I take it that the game otherwise runs very smoothly? ME1 is quite old and could hypothetically run on your onboard intel chipset, but it might encounter issues. We instead want the game running on your rather meaty 970m card. 

https://help.ea.com/en/article/setting-up-a-graphics-card-gaming-profile/

Thank you. 

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@EA_David wrote:

I take it that the game otherwise runs very smoothly? ME1 is quite old and could hypothetically run on your onboard intel chipset, but it might encounter issues. We instead want the game running on your rather meaty 970m card.

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That is if the game isn't already running on integrated graphics, which sometimes happens with mobile Nvidia chipsets that forget to 'switch on'.

I've recently played one game that does indeed run better on my Intel HD 4600 than on my Radeon R9 390, and that was Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. That's because on modern Radeon GPUs the transparency on grass causes other objects to turn invisible as well, which is a bit annoying. Luckily there's a fix for that, because even a recent Intel IGP can't handle anti-aliasing well in KOTOR.

Thanks! 🙂

The game is running on GeForce 970M, not on the Intel chipset. I've cheked it twice on GeForce control panel. And, yes, it is running very smoothly - this is why I bought precisely that machine to not have any problems with gaming 😉
And ME1 might be old but it's still cool and my fav game 🙂

I'll send you dxdiag report if it's ok for you 🙂

Or better have this pastebin to my dxdiag 😉

http://pastebin.com/WcFPCXzr

@Fred_vdp Ah, good to know, and something worth keeping an eye on going forward, especially for a game like this where the min specs to get it running are so old. 

@Deyanire86 Thanks, that setup looks mostly fine. there is a slightly newer Nvidia driver available (364.72 as opposed to your 364.51), but I don't think it'll be a critical factor in a 8-9 year-old game. 

Are you using a Steam or Origin copy? 

If Origin can you right-click the game panel then choose the Repair option. After this finishes please check agian. 

If you're on Steam can you try the Verify Integrity of Game Cache step?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

If the issue persists, can you try swapping to Windowed mode and see if it does the same thing?

I am using Origin copy. I did repaired ME1 and unfortunately no change ☹️
I tried different screen res and windowed mode - still same glitch. Just to add - it is not like this light is constant, but it appears from time to time on scenes where it should not.

On the other hand I tried ME2 on my laptop and I had no problems with appearing out of nowhere lights, but when I have scenes where there is a lot of dark - the shadows start to be black and there is huge contrast between light and dark (eg. when you have scene with Miranda and Jacob in the shuttle in the begining of ME2 - everything is too dark) ☹️

I might exagerrated with buying this laptop - seems like it is too meaty ☹️

@Deyanire86 There's no such thing as "too meaty" 😉

Back on your issue, can you try a clean reinstall of your drivers? Corrupted/damaged drivers can be a problem, and they won't always be detected when merely updating them. 

Thanks. 

Hey guys,

I've got the same issue and also tried a lot of thinks. Also I opened a ticket at EA and all my Origin-stuf and dxdiag were fine. Also I just have a new installation of win 10 and so no old drivers.

My Hardware:

CPU: I5-6600k

Mainboard: Z170A Gamimg M7

GPU: MSI GTX 970

I made a short video from this light feature ;P

Here is a picture. Seems like he didn't take the video.

@Kreidler90 Thanks, that's interesting. I have a 970 at home, I'll be sure to fire it up when I get back and give it a test. That system is on W7 though, I'm not sure how much of a factor OS will be. 

Can I ask when you first noticed this happening? Or has this always happened on this setup for you?

Thanks.