Foxhull Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Actually I'm going to be getting the PC version here pretty quick, and I've been browsing the board for the PC version on Gamefaqs, and with some tweaks, the problem is easily fixed. So there shouldn't be any problems for me. Quote
Schwaltzvald Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Actually I'm going to be getting the PC version here pretty quick, and I've been browsing the board for the PC version on Gamefaqs, and with some tweaks, the problem is easily fixed. So there shouldn't be any problems for me. Cool then post those tweaks for those that did get it Quote
Foxhull Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 This is the best (most detailed) fix I've seen yet, but this is the general consensus: The mouse? When I first started playing it was so laggy, sluggish and felt wrong. You can fix this though by changing the resolution to higher than 800x600 (default) and disabling vertical sync. In game it may help to up your mouse sensitivity so your character doesn't turn so slow, (thus causing menu's to be a bit touchy, but still easily navigated!) and Bam! The game is working with PC controls and no issues. And then if you're having screen tearing issues, this is the rest of the fix: Whichever the case, apparently the program "Rivatuner" can activate V-Sync from the outside. Quotations I've found from different forum boards regarding so and then some."Try using D3DOverrider that comes with RivaTuner to get rid of page tearing while keeping vsync disabled. It works great for me in every game." or "The solution to vsync causing lag (other than disabling it), is normally to enable triple buffering, I wonder if anyone's actually tried that." If you need to use V-Sync, use the video card's v-sync because it works better than the game's. Those are the fixes that I could find. Hope they help! EDIT: After a bit of looking, the people who took the 5-10 minutes to get used to the controls said it plays great. So it's a matter of preference at this point. Quote
Foxhull Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Alright, got it this morning, turned on my gfx card's Vsync, turned off the game's Vsync, and turned the resolution up to 1280 x 1024 (my monitor's max), and the game works BEAUTIFULLY. Some people say the control scheme is awkward, but I haven't had any problems yet. Halfway through the third chapter and loving every minute. Great game. Quote
suzumebachi Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Some people say the control scheme is awkward you mean you can't change it? Quote
Foxhull Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 You can, it's just that everywhere else, the uninformed consensus is you can't. They seemed to have not look in the Options menu... I'm fine with the defaults though. Quote
Petara Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 This is the game I've been waiting for: a sci-fi space shooter dripping with quality. Be it a large budget and/or brilliant production team, they sure got this one right. Absolutely amazing. Quote
Atomic Dog Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 The comic prequel was pretty good. But admittedly, I'm a slut for anything Templesmith draws. I'm actually kind of psyched about the way they've set this up. Read the comic, watch the movie, play the game. That's a really kind of cool, interactive way to get into the whole thing. Edit: Also, lol - "there's just too much survival and way too much horror in Dead Space for these countries to handle." Quote
Zombie Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 Wow, that's ridiculous. I am having a blast with this game. However, chapter 9 has been giving me some crap... goddam fire room... Quote
JCvgluvr Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 So, I'm on hard. I just got to chapter 3, and I have no med pacs. I have 3 ammo for the plasma cutter. And I have less than 1000 credits. How screwed am I? Quote
Bigfoot Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 So, I'm on hard. I just got to chapter 3, and I have no med pacs. I have 3 ammo for the plasma cutter. And I have less than 1000 credits.How screwed am I? No idea. Do you need to work on your aim? I jumped right into the game on hard mode, and I'm doing pretty fine as far as ammo goes. I could use more health packs though, but I never buy any for some reason. Quote
JCvgluvr Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 I feel so frustrated... I've been pretty good at aiming. I might have wasted maybe 30 shots totally over the course of these chapters. Basically, those super-tough enemies in the morgue took almost my entire supply of PC ammo. But I have 9 nodes, so I can almost upgrade my PC's damage. If only this game was more like Resident Evil 4. In that game, even if I ran out of ammo, I could spam the knife on Las Plagas. But in Dead Space, Isaac can't melee or stomp for crap! It's far less dangerous for me to use 5 ammo on a Necromorph than for me to use 3 to remove it's leg, and stomp on it over 10 times before it dies. By that time, it will have unavoidably removed at least 2 notches of my health! Although I'm enjoying myself, this game doesn't screw around on Hard difficulty...' Quote
Bigfoot Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Yes, definitely use your nodes. Also, you're right, melee really sucks in Dead Space. I love the line gun though. Quote
JCvgluvr Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Okay, things have gotten much better. I wish I had better understood the upgrade system. I thought that since the PC's damage counter said 10 pts. that meant that I needed 10 nodes in order to upgrade. Needless to say, once I realized my mistake, I've now upgraded my damage twice, and my stasis energy once. I've almost upgraded my suit's health as well. I'm also finding a lot of ammo for other guns, but since I'm just going to stick with the PC, I'll just sell it all and get a ton of credits. About 3 rooms after I started, I found enough ammo to keep me going. What really helped was to use 3 shots to take out one leg, then to stasis the necro on the ground so I could have enough time to stomp them to death. But 2 enemies are really making life tough: 1) Those bat thingies (I think they're called Infectors). THEY WON'T DIE! It takes almost 20 shots to put them down. I've tried using stasis and stomping it to death, but there isn't enough time! It wakes up before I can kill it, and it removes a TON of health if it latches on to me. 2) The tiny bug enemies. I can only seem to kill them one at a time with the PC, and that wastes far too much ammo. But if they latch onto me, I lose lots of health AGAIN! Quote
TehDonut Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 This game is more fun than scary, really...I was prepared to shit and piss my pants at the same time, as i was expecting something along the lines of F.E.A.R., but i ended up having a blast shooting limbs off of every monster i saw. No disturbing surprises in this game...so far. Yeah, monsters pop out of vents every now and then, but it's all fun blowing them up, not enough to lose control of my bowels. Quote
Bigfoot Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Try the Flame Thrower or the Force Gun for those swarms of tiny enemies. Quote
JCvgluvr Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 I'm doing a PC only run. (I figure it'll be easier to do on my Hard playthru, rather than my Impossible playthru). Quote
Vivi22 Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 I'm doing a PC only run. (I figure it'll be easier to do on my Hard playthru, rather than my Impossible playthru). If this is your first playthrough then you'd be much better off waiting to do a PC only run on a second playthrough since upgrades carry over into a new game (but not to other difficulties). Yeah it'd mean playing through the game again, but that's not so bad if you really want that achievement. Quote
JCvgluvr Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 I only plan on playing this game twice: 1st time - Hard difficulty, PC only, buy regular RIGs 2nd time - Impossible, use all weapons (I'll try the best and ditch the rest), use the free DLC suit on 360. So no, I don't plan on doing a 3rd playthru. I've got tons of other games I need/want to play, and I don't have nearly as much time as I did before College started. Besides, I often have to force myself thru a second playthru of any game, let alone how annoying a 3rd playthru would be. Quote
Zombie Posted November 2, 2008 Author Posted November 2, 2008 Finally beat the game today. It pretty much rocks my life. Amazing game. The ending was awesome. Quote
wiredzombie Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 i liked bioshock so i think i'll take a gander at this game when i get my 360 fixed damn those three red rings Quote
Zombie Posted November 4, 2008 Author Posted November 4, 2008 the member kittykar actually offers a service to fix 360's in the sell/want thread. Quote
The Orichalcon Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 just finished the game. great fun. Love the enemy design. Quote
wiredzombie Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 the member kittykar actually offers a service to fix 360's in the sell/want thread. i think i might just have to look into that Quote
Bigfoot Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 So I start a game on Impossible difficulty. Then, I go and accidentally save over my other file where I almost had everything upgraded for that achievement on. /facepalm Oh well, lol. I'm doing a One Gun/Impossible run. Quote
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