Not surprising, the stutter was due to the game loading assets mid-level. That ini tweak makes it load EVERYTHING in that level at the very beginning so as to eliminate mid-level loads, so of course it'll make the initial loading longer. But I'd rather that than the game going crazy in the middle of a sneak or, as happened to me, in the middle of the helicopter battle - FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUMulti-headed Cow said:
Lots of faggottry in that thread, but some useful info too. I'm going to try some of the tweaks and see what they do. Surprised the game supports AF but there's no way to turn it on in-game.Phage said:
Did you do both UseBackgroundLevelStreaming=false and OnlyStreamInTextures=true ? Because first one by itself didn't solve it for me, both did.Multi-headed Cow said:
Not always, it sometimes happens. Either just reload again (I've read reports of this working), or do what Roguey suggested and reload from main menu (I'd actually quit the game entirely, just to flush everything out of memory)
Yeah, sure did. And the weird camera flipouts certainly are less, but I did notice it a few times while playing.Sceptic said:
The invisibility is extremely silly at the highest level, even if it's expensive it's just game-breaking. The lowest ain't so bad, it's so short that you can't really use it for more than just a SHITSHITSHIT in extreme cases. Most maps are linear, but some have multiple ways to go through, one stealthier and one more combat-oriented. I like that.Multi-headed Cow said:
Stealthing, or at least mixing up stealth and brute force, is definitely much, much more fun. As far as I could tell there are 3 different levels: alarms, killing civilians (security guards and CIA operatives count), and being noticed (ie someone knowing that you've been through, whether from seeing you, an alarm going off, or just seeing one of the bodies). Not being seen can be pretty tough in some cases. Also, it seems killing civilians does have a potential effect on what happens in the last mission.
Who knows, DS3 may be to DS what NV was to FO3... though yeah I wish they'd drop it entirely. But with AP flopping I doubt we'll see another original IP anytime soon.
It's a fun game, for sure. I maxed Stealth and Pistols on the first playthrough and had no idea how broken they were until half way through the game. Shadow Operative for grunts and Chained Shot for bosses? Goodnight. To compound that even further, pumping points into Technical Aptitude mostly for the bonuses to armor and weapons only to see how insane Brilliance was. I don't think it's possible to make a bad build in this game, which is one downfall, but I found the NPC interaction very fulfilling.Multi-headed Cow said:
Well, I for one hit a wall in my second playthrough when I realized how much character skill mattered for picking locks and hacking. I wasn't even in the fourth op yet and I knew I couldn't handle the stuff ahead. This posed a huge problem to me, since I'm obsessive about picking every lock in a game.The Ninth Circle said:
Yeah, unfortunately I suffer the same affliction. Must. Discover. Everything.Vaarna_Aarne said:
Multi-headed Cow said:
That level annoyed me because I ghosted through it, then not only did Albatross contact me but I still got the red text at the end about how I was detected, as if I had failed an optional objective. I thought it was a bug, but it seems they just forced it. Do not like.Multi-headed Cow said:
At least it's better than the Embassy mission, where the flag for stealth/violence is reversed, and factors directly into what ending you receive.Sceptic said:
hehe so after Arcanum bored me to death yet again, I'm installing this game. I know nothing about it. Should I get some fixes or patches and shit before playing?