ME1: Faster Normandy Elevator?
Hello, this is kind of a quality-of-life request, but when I played the original PC release of the first game, the elevator that went down to engineering was significantly faster than it was on conso...
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Edit: Though this is marked as a solution, results are a bit inconsistent. Check out the rest of this thread for more info.
Keep in mind that, while the elevator was faster in the original PC version, there was a loading icon once you reached your floor, which adds a few seconds. The Legendary Edition doesn't have that.
I looked up some Let's Play videos on YouTube of the PC version of ME1 and ME1LE, and timed it from when the player pressed the elevator button to the point where Shepard can move. It was approximately 16 seconds in the original and about 1 to 2 seconds faster in the Legendary Edition. I don't have specifics on these players' hardware, though.
It's about five seconds for me (from pressing the elevator button until I regain control), on both Xbox Series X and PC.
This is totally fine in my opinion. The only way this could be faster would be to entirely remove the animations and switch it to a fade-to-black loading screen.
It's 15 seconds, not 5. At least on PC.
However, Fred_vdp was correct about the loading screen in the PC version. I completely forgot about that. Guess I was looking at it with rose-tinted glasses.
I appreciate the clarification! A moderator can close this thread if there's nothing else to add.
Thanks!
@felker_s wrote:
It's about five seconds for me (from pressing the elevator button until I regain control), on both Xbox Series X and PC.
That's impossible, because it takes about 4 seconds for the door to close and another 4 seconds for it to open again.I was wrong about the door speed. I was thinking of original.
@Fred_vdp
Are we talking about the same thing...? It's sure as hell not fifteen seconds in the Legendary Edition. I did this capture on PC, but it is the same on XSX for me.
As for the OG game, I don't have it installed, so idunno how long it takes.@felker_s I played on PC (off a Samsung Evo 860 SSD), and both original and Legendary are significantly slower. If it really can be that fast, it may have been a bug.
I timestamped this part on a random playthrough. Look how slow it is: https://youtu.be/hjnmnnZ2MQY?t=793
I'll check it out for myself when I have the time. I did miss a patch version.
I was wrong about the door speed. That was the original. I thought that carried over.
