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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@Fred_vdp
Yeah, that's what I was thinking (slow doors / elevator ride being a possible bug), since both of you were talking about 15 sec.
I've had this 5-6 sec elevator time for both platforms since launch. Well, cannot confirm "since launch" on PC, I think the first patch was out by the time I bought it on Origin, but I'm sure I got it before the June 7 patch.
Edit: I checked out the video, holy crap that's horrible. :D Poor dude has to wait more for the Normandy elevator than I do when using the Normandy docks - C-Sec one, lol.
Could you guys check this topic out? We may have stumbled on an issue.
I just tried it. I also changed from and to windowed mode and tried different resolutions. It doesn't change anything, whether I play at 60fps or over 200.
I did get my SSDs mixed up and previously said I had a Samsung Evo 970. I only have an 860, which is a SATA drive, but in games that shouldn't cause that much of a difference in load times. All my other games have pretty quick loading.
I just timed how long it takes me to fast travel from Skyhold to the Hinterlands (outskirts camp) in Dragon Age Inquisition, which is only a second slower than loading just the hangar in Mass Effect 1 LE, despite having to unload a big area, load an even bigger area, and it's a more technically advanced game.
I just de-marked the solution. Sounds like the elevator times are very inconsistent!
I clocked 15 seconds from when Shepard pushes the button to when I regain control. I'm on PC.
Will definitely need someone like @EA_Mako to weigh in on this. Seems like a legit issue if everybody is experiencing different wait times.
EA_MakoCommunity Manager
Interesting, my load time is closer to what @felker_s has as well. I don't have the game installed on a SSD, and this is from a save close to the end of the game.
This elevator ride was always the one I'd try to avoid whenever possible in the original version because of the long wait, so it's definitely unfortunate this is so different for some people.
I'm assuming everyone meets the system requirements, right? Is anyone having the longer loading times hovering close to the minimum, out of curiosity?
Thanks for all the examples folks!
Yeah, this elevator is pretty slow here as well. It feels shorter than 15 seconds, but I'd believe 10. When you use this elevator, the game is preloading all the VO for the squad conversations that take place down there, but it still seems like it's taking a bit longer than it should.
For people on PC, it'd be interesting to see a video of the elevator with 'stat levels' enabled (shows all the internal level streaming activity).
@felker_s wrote:@Fred_vdp
Not only is DAI more advanced, it has INSANE load times by default, lol. I remember playing it on my old HDD PC, and Xbox One X, it was pain.Frostbite caching is insanely good, though. So it was mostly just "cold" loads that were long.
What hardware? (CPU, GPU, Hard drive)
- @holger1405
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 @ 8GB | 16 GB DDR4
The game itself is installed on a 3TB HDD 64MB Cache SATA 6.0 GB/s @DeltaTORSK @Fred_vdp @EA_Mako
I stopped 4.2 Seconds between activating the elevator until I could move again.
(i510600K@5GH, RTX3080, Game drive 970 Evo M.2, 32GB RAM)
While there is a difference in hardware, I doubt that it is good for over 10 seconds and the only feature I can think of that would make such a difference is Resize BAR, but afaik the game is not supporting it.
I was about to reply that anyone who complains about how slow the elevator is in ME1 has some kind of anxiety restlessness issues, but that's definitely not how slow mine is. Just 3-4 seconds, the walls are moving faster as well. So it's not just time but the velocity.
I have a good ol' Intel Core i5-4690K paired with a Radeon RX 5600 XT.
Could you test the game in a clean boot state to see if there is something on the software side that is interfeering?
Make sure your virus scanner and other security software and also Afterburner and similar software is disabled.
- @holger1405
Idk if I'm just not doing it right, but I attempted implementing the instructions in the link and, once I loaded my computer in a clean boot state (with networking, cause Origin won't let you launch games without an internet connection), the game was slower than ever and it added about 7 seconds to my elevator journey (plus a loading screen at the end).
I'll admit, I'm simply not confident enough in my software abilities to systematically disconnect each process one by one to check for what's causing the elevator issue.
BUT I just bought a 1TB SSD and will install the game on that as soon as it arrives to see if it solves most of the issues I seem to be having with it. It sounds like you booted into Save mode, that is in fact something different than a "clean boot".
Inside a Save Boot no drivers are loaded and so the entire game is indeed very much slower.
Inside a "Clean Boot" all drivers are loaded, but third party applications and services are disabled and virus scanners should be disabled additionally.
- @holger1405
Oh, you're right. That's exactly what I did.
I followed the instructions more closely (with some help from a friend) and managed to load my computer in a clean boot state as instructed.
Started the game, got on the elevator, and clocked 19 seconds on my phone's stopwatch from when I pushed the button to when I regain control of my Shepard. Unfortunately still slow...
I'm gonna update my status once I get the game installed on my SSD (it should be coming in the post tomorrow). Update: After transferring the game to an SSD, I now clock 10 seconds instead of 15... at least it's an improvement!
That is a rather good improvement. 👍
