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Mass Effect: Andromeda releases Patch 1.05 Thursday, details more changes for future
- Thread starter Garrett Hawke
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John Petrucci
Member
I'm really curious about what teams/animators they have working on these animation fixes. Are they the same people who originally did the animations, or did they kinda tell those people "Step aside, we're having '_______' fix this" ?
Sure we'll never know, just curious.
What a difference. Makes me really excited to play the game in the near future. Feeling a bit fortunate I only played the first 5 hours or so so far.
Yes!
Sure we'll never know, just curious.
What a difference. Makes me really excited to play the game in the near future. Feeling a bit fortunate I only played the first 5 hours or so so far.
Yes!
Facial animations look better too. Is that the case?
Question is, did they hand tailor that scene/character in the patch or across the board.
Because I'll be less impressed if they simply did that one since it's so obvious, early on and most talked about.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Intrigued:O
wumster3000
Member
I would like confirmation on duck lip removal.
Edit:
Watched the video and duck lip is still present.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Very excited to play this once they get more fixes in place. Seems like they are coming along very nicely. Already a huge difference here.
jakonovski
Member
It can also be real bad if you ingest too much of it at once.
Via Purifico
Banned
The performance on the pro doesn't seem to be improved, still have large dips at times. Has anyone done a framerate analysis of the patch yet?
The performance improvements were a part of the long term roadmap. It runs exactly the same for me
However I do think that DoF is a bit improved on the Pro now, at least during conversations. It's still a strange implementation of the Effect but doesn't look quite as wonky any more.
Tenacious-D
Member
Lexi's "not bad" face is gone, it seems.
Why didn't the game just launch like this? I'm glad I waited.
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[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/uqpIETQ.jpg[/IMG]Why didn't the game just launch like this? I'm glad I waited.
I firmly believe that it took the release of the game before Bioware would let the Edmonton team come and fix the issues that Montreal had. 5 years and the eye fix, which probably took no time, improve the look immensely. That's not a question of enough time, that's a studio that was in over they're heads and poorly managed.
EA delaying this 6 months was going to do nothing unless Bioware's big guns came in to give it the expected level of finishes.
Really nice of them to fix the worst offenders animation wise already. Addison still looks bad but the new animation coupled with the improved eyes and make-up removal improves her a lot. Weird that it shipped like that in the first place. The talent is there at the very least.
Zombie James
Banned
The Addison "my face is tired" scene is completely different. A lot of the dialogue has been cut and rearranged in addition to the improved animation.
Pre patch:
Post patch:
This is a huge difference.
Via Purifico
Banned
This was their statement a week ago "This Thursday, well release a new patch that addresses technical fixes (crashes, improved performance)"
I guess I was expecting too much, honestly it's dissapointing to see so many devs just slap on a res bump for the pro patch. Rise of the tomb raiders excellent pro support shouldn't be the exception. I'd take a stable framerate over an increased resolution any day.
It's almost like they forgot to implement animations and mocap and they just realized lol
Tenacious-D
Member
Here's another comparison. They've added more subtle movements for sure. Characters are still fairly stiff in my opinion, but it's a hell of a lot better than what it was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS2XTXhfuAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS2XTXhfuAc
SirMossyBloke
Member
I did, yeah. Thought thats what fixed it, but nope.
I won't lie, I liked that face haha. It was so odd that it made me laugh, but I understand why they fixed it
OmegaDL50
Member
An apology for what? Apologies don't fix games. Patches do.
Still I don't really blame Bioware Montreal considering the improvements made in such a short time from release to the initial patch, would give good reason that a bunch of QA and passing inspections still needed to be done on the game.
March being the end of Q1 probably didn't help either because that is goes in hand with profit reporting for many companies, so Bioware Montreal's hands were likely tied in a rush to meet the before end of Q1 release deadline.
At least they are trying to fix the issues. I do recall quite a few folks were touting that EA would simply drop the game and move on and nothing would ever get fixed, or statements along the lines of animation fixes are "beyond the scope" of a patch. It's interesting in retrospect with what has happened with this update.
Looking forward to seeing where future updates proceed from here on out.
theifofdreams
Member
This is exactly why this game shipped the way it did, and these big fixes so quickly implemented.
Yeah less sleepy bored Ryder, his face got more expressive during squad conversations.
Mammoth Jones
Member
No but the game still crashes when I put the game in background, suspend xbox. Come back later and attempt to resume.
I have some weird issue since that patch on PC where whenever I alt+tab and try coming back, the game is not fullscreen anymore and only take a corner of the screen. I have to change some graphic setting(doesn't matter what it is) for it to come back in fullscreen mode.
Running this in 4K, but auto 1080p resolution scale.
Running this in 4K, but auto 1080p resolution scale.
Alt + Enter, easier and faster.
OmegaDL50
Member
I didn't even finish with Eos. I only put 14 hours into the game (According to Origin's play hour counter at least). Persona 5 kind of dragged my attention away to be honest.
It will be nice to come back to this game with substantial improvements after I'm finished with Persona 5.
Probably better off just starting completely new. I can wait.
Actually Edmonton had to help crunch since last year to get this done for March. It's even delayed work on their post DA:I game. Bioware isn't as big as people think , only around 200 people helped make andromeda compared to the 600+ that worked on something like Witcher 3. Sure they have 3 studios but the one in Austin is mostly The Old Republic. Now that it's been kicked out the door (an EA decision) some of the final bits of polish can be released and as they stated in the open address to fans/detractors alike - they'll actually finish the game and tweak things over the next 3 months or so. This will all be Montreal though , Edmonton is hard at work on something else. A game that I can only assume is a 2018 title at best.
Zomba13
Member
Wow, that whole "face is tired" scene looks so much better. The line is still odd, like, just say "Sorry, It's been a long day and I'm tired." or something like that. "My face is tired" just makes me think you've been watching a bunch of comedy specials on Netflix and laughing all day.
It really is, thank god for the fanbase snubbing the game right? Otherwise this would have been ignored. Vocal minority my arse.
Ive settled with the fact its not a good game but i'll pick it up for Scorpio, hopefully on EA access as i LOVE ME, its one of my favourite gaming franchises. Its completely unacceptable that we've have had to mock them mercilessly to get them to realise this isn't how you release a game, especially when its so cherished.
BLAUcopter
Gold Member
More pics! Wtf GAF you're letting me down!
Captain Zyrain
Member
Looking better. Thinking I'll still wait for a few more patches to iron out stuff, but getting closer.
I wonder how long till it hits EA Access? Fall?
I wonder how long till it hits EA Access? Fall?
SolicitorPirate
Member
This is kinda my feeling as well. I had this whole headcanon where everyone who went to Andromeda was a fucking weirdo and that's why they all moved so strangely
MiamiWesker
Member
PC players, did the patch change the colors of the game? My game looks like a different shade, not as vibrant. My tv hasn't changed. Strange.
bigboss370
Member
the power of rendering good eyes. who woulda thought