Mass Effect 3 - severe FRpS (frame rate per second) wobble on PC: can one fix it?
My video card is GTX 980M.
I think it is of later issue than Mass Effect 3.
Yet the gameplay of ME3 is so jerky it infects combat, beyond the cut scenes of course.
I dropped the standards to the min but it did not help.
Anyone has a tip how ME3 might not suffer jerky graphics on later PCs?
I think it is of later issue than Mass Effect 3.
Yet the gameplay of ME3 is so jerky it infects combat, beyond the cut scenes of course.
I dropped the standards to the min but it did not help.
Anyone has a tip how ME3 might not suffer jerky graphics on later PCs?
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Frankly, this is the first time I've ever suffered this kind of dramatic FRpS drops, and fully understand now why it drives gamers up the wall!
I'd guess the only hope is that eventual ME 4 will renew interest in the prequels, and hopefully enough fans will complain if this would be a wide-spread problem. I did leave feedback to this effect when asked via Origin.
The ME series is the main reason I have not taken the free upgrade to Windows 10, as that is about the only think I use my PC for these days (having migrated to Mac). It might work, but it might not, and I am past the time when I was happy to run my own tech support to chase down and fix glitches, especially for out-of-support games.
As to a positive impact: Dragon Age 2 that I rate at par with Planescape just got the cool "mosaic" visual impact upon Win 10, on best graphics settings. I actually like it.
@Belanos - thx very much for posting! I tried, even going further into input files to pump down graphics, but it did not help me. Maybe some other gamer, though. The developer and/or publisher should ensure portability, as first responsibles for the product they released, I find.
Hope this helps someone else, though. And maybe in fulness of time Win10 updates will deal with this for me. Sigh.
(Sorry, very low tech by nature, unless forced to gimmics by gaming...)
All that's left is to locate where your Mass Effect 3 directory is. Since you're using Origin, open your file explorer and go here:
This PC > C: drive > Program Files (x86) > Origin Games > Mass Effect 3 > Binaries > Win32.
Look for MassEffect3.exe, right click on it, and select properties, then select the Compatibility tab.
I would suggest trying to run as administrator and to run in compatibility mode for Windows 7. If that doesn't work, try Windows Vista Service Pack 2
I wanted to test this straight away, so I located the application file, selected administrator, and then I chose "troubleshoot compatibility." (Right?) In my desperation I even tried XP and Windows 8 but no joy - it's still jerky when I tested the waters with a little run-around in the Citadel.
Maybe if I have a moment of mad community service spirit, I will take it upon myself to open a chat with EA service personnel - not because I think they can help me any better, just because EA deserves to be "trolled" on this issue as it is just quite annoying.
Here's hoping that Microsoft really does not push out another Windows version soon!
Run it, select video from the sidebar, and set dynamic shadows to off.
This is really the last thing I can think of that might help.
I think that with the kind advice received it is the best it can be - I must just hope there will be an eventual update for Win10 that eliminates the compatibility issue totally. But appreciate very much all advice offered!!
I actually upgraded to Win10 recently, but indeed had to revert back to factory settings before that because I could not restore my corrupted boot disk - so worse comes to worst, my drives date ...one and a half years. I'll downlaod pronto, and hopefully this was the issue rather than portability with Win10. Fingers crossed...
@Belanos - no joy, but thank you kindly in any case!
Feel frankly quite sour towards EA / BW about this because this still must be a flaw in game design somewhere, as the other games still work just fine.
That's not necessarily a good idea, at least if it will also install the drivers automatically. NVidia doesn't always release good drivers, sometimes they can be rather buggy. I've gotten into the habit of downloading them manually, while hanging on to the previous one that worked right just in case. If the new driver has some issues, then I'll still have the old workable one to roll back to. If the software just informs you about a new driver and leaves it up to you to download and install it, then it will be OK. You just don't want it to do everything for you.
I wasn't aware they had that option, I might have to look into the software myself. I already had a few bad experiences with their drivers when the utility first came out, so I've always avoided it like the plague.