ME1 (PC): A permanent working fix for 'black blobs' glitch on Noveria and Ilos.
Dec 12, 2017 14:48:36 GMT
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Post by ergates on Dec 12, 2017 14:48:36 GMT
Users of current-gen AMD processors will be all-to familiar with the ghastly glitch that turns your party, along with all enemies and static meshes in the game into fuzzy black blobs as soon as you enter Peak 15 on Noveria, or land on Ilos.
The only known 'solution' was to go into the console and turn all lighting effects off until the 'glitched' region was completed - but this made the game look horrible, overbright, flat, and one dimensional. It could be difficult to navigate areas, or spot enemies, because everything on screen was at the same glaring level of light with no differentiation in tone.
Now, I've found another solution, thanks to this guy pharago. It's actually been around since 2016, but was kept curiously low profile. I wasn't even aware of it myself until yesterday.
Basically, go to this link:
www.nexusmods.com/masseffect/mods/71/?
And download the FPS counter, install it (there's a stand-alone exe available, so it's easy) and launch the game.
BANG! Black blob glitch solved.
As an added bonus there's a whole range of new graphical features included too, that can really sharpen the graphics and make the old game look fantastic. SMAA antialiasing, olor Correction and tinting, image sharpening and SRBAO 2.0 ambient occlusion. All can be toggled, and controlled from the F12 console menu.
Issues I've found:
I sometimes get an error message when launching on Steam, telling that 'the game has been compromised'. If I just click OK and try to launch the game again, it starts without issues.
Pressing F12 in-game opens up the FPS Counter console, here you can adjust things to your liking, including removing the actual graph and counter (which I find intrusive). Closing the console sometimes causes Mass Effects in-game cursor to vanish. Restarting the game fixes this.
I once encountered a kind of 'ghost texture' effect, where overlapping graphics were visible on screen. I only ever saw this once, and restarting the game fixed it.
Hope sometime out there finds this of use. The black blob issue was really killing the game for me, to the extent I no longer wanted to play it. This is an absolute God send!
The only known 'solution' was to go into the console and turn all lighting effects off until the 'glitched' region was completed - but this made the game look horrible, overbright, flat, and one dimensional. It could be difficult to navigate areas, or spot enemies, because everything on screen was at the same glaring level of light with no differentiation in tone.
Now, I've found another solution, thanks to this guy pharago. It's actually been around since 2016, but was kept curiously low profile. I wasn't even aware of it myself until yesterday.
Basically, go to this link:
www.nexusmods.com/masseffect/mods/71/?
And download the FPS counter, install it (there's a stand-alone exe available, so it's easy) and launch the game.
BANG! Black blob glitch solved.
As an added bonus there's a whole range of new graphical features included too, that can really sharpen the graphics and make the old game look fantastic. SMAA antialiasing, olor Correction and tinting, image sharpening and SRBAO 2.0 ambient occlusion. All can be toggled, and controlled from the F12 console menu.
Issues I've found:
I sometimes get an error message when launching on Steam, telling that 'the game has been compromised'. If I just click OK and try to launch the game again, it starts without issues.
Pressing F12 in-game opens up the FPS Counter console, here you can adjust things to your liking, including removing the actual graph and counter (which I find intrusive). Closing the console sometimes causes Mass Effects in-game cursor to vanish. Restarting the game fixes this.
I once encountered a kind of 'ghost texture' effect, where overlapping graphics were visible on screen. I only ever saw this once, and restarting the game fixed it.
Hope sometime out there finds this of use. The black blob issue was really killing the game for me, to the extent I no longer wanted to play it. This is an absolute God send!
