Patch Notes and PC System Specs

Just a funny side note:

With i7 6700 + 32 GB RAM + GTX 1080 and most of the settings maxed out I had a pleasant and stable framerate and no stuttering while playing on FullHD screen. Unless my Ryder was on the bridge of Tempest.

And looked in the general direction of bridge e-mail terminal. Then the GFX fans would go apeshit and - BAM! - system restart.

Solution?
1) walking sideways while staring at starboard window.
2) Switching from 600W to 800W PSU. Not sure if it was the age of old PSU or just lack of optimization, but having new juicebox installed worked like a charm.

After the installment of patch 1.05 on my PS4 the lip-sync is worse than before.
I have not encountered any visually improvements so far. So for me the patch only worsened the lip-sync.

Nothing else. Since I do like the planet travel animations. I just wish space travel were more beautiful, that's all ...

But, ahem, they need more patches to make the game "suck less"

Anyone else getting Direct X crashes during the...2nd or 3rd (not sure which) SAM memory cut scene? I had no issues pre-patch, and no cutscenes until this one that were a problem.

Playing on PC, Origin, it's set to fullscreen but it becomes windowed from time to time. It starts windowed, then I click it and it becomes fullscreen. Then, after playing for a few minutes, it becomes windowed again and only returns to being fullscreen if I change to windowed and then fullscreen in the settings. Then, after a few minutes, small window again.

Anyone having the same issue? Any ideas how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

Not exactly the same issue, but mine does that when I tab out and go back

Yup, alt-tabbing sends it to windowed mode. You can get it back by going to the settings and making it fullscreen (you'll have to move the selection to another mode then back to fullscreen, then hit back and confirm when it asks if you want to apply the settings).

Other bugs I've noticed since 1.05 (on PC):
- Audio still cuts out at random (usually multiplayer). Only fixable by restarting the game
- SAM mentions new email in the strike team room of the Tempest even after I've checked the e-mail
- Announcer (the APEX radio guy) in multiplayer will occasionally stop talking for an entire multiplayer match. (fixed when starting another match, but has potential to go silent again)
- Enemies still target cloaked characters in multiplayer, even at a distance. Most noticeable with Outlaw Berserkers, as they continue to target and spam flak cannon

I'm also noticing that I'm getting a hell of a lot more framerate drops than I did in 1.04. Not 100% the cause, but I'm trying to narrow it down. Does anyone know if there is a developer console command to show the FPS in game?

Nevermind, I found it. The command is PerfOverlay.DrawFps

Since 1.05 I can't play at all. I had no errors until this patch. Now I'm getting the direct X error some people had since launch.

Every conversation results in a crash...and this isn't a game you can play without talking to people.

Extremely annoyed. Just going to shelve the game until they fix it. People on the EA tech boards have spent 4+ hours using their various "fixes" to problems this patch created and they still can't play. EA - YOU FIX THIS I don't have all day to get nowhere.

Let me run something by the hardware experts here.

Looks like my mobo's done for; nothing plugged into the graphics card slot is being recognized anymore, even though the slot's got power. I'm looking for a cheap stopgap to get me through a year or so.

There are a lot of Dell Optiplex 9010 MTs floating around in the used channels now, for less than $150. i5s -- a few i7s are around but cost a bit more. These will be min spec for ME:A, except for the GPU. The stock PSU won't drive a GPU taking more than 75W, but the MT will take a standard PSU if I want to swap that out.

Is this sensible? I was looking at doing a new build, but that's coming in a bit more expensive than I's like to go at this time, especially since it doesn't look like I'll be able to use anything from my old rig except the drives and maybe the vidcard.

Anyone else noticed the horrible texture change in Scott Ryder's skin? He went from a good-looking 20-something guy with clear skin....to an aged average Joe with age spots and acne

You mean picking up a cheap Optiplex and upgrading PSU + GPU? Yes, perfectly sensible.

Maybe they thought if they can't fix Sara, they should make Scott a little uglier?

75 hours on my first playthrough with no significant performance issues. Now with this new patch I'm constantly getting FPS drops. Lowering my settings doesn't seem to help at all.