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LucidViolence Game Owner Mass Effect PC Joined: 23 Oct 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 09:12AM
	That Mass Effect almost has a tunnel vision thing going on? I noticed this on both Xbox and PC. What I mean is the corners of the image are darker compared to the center. Is it just me?

Meistr_Chef Game Owner Mass Effect Mass Effect PC Joined: 23 Oct 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 09:35AM
	It's a post process filter meant to simulate a camera lens vignetting (dark corners) effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting On the Xbox 360 version, this filter is optional (it's called "cinematic" IIRC) , but the game looks really flat without it. The thing is the filter includes more than just vignetting; it also adds anamorphic lens flare etc. I think the game's visuals were basically designed with these effects on. Edited By Meistr_Chef on 11/07/09 09:37

LucidViolence Game Owner Mass Effect PC Joined: 23 Oct 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:02PM
	Any way to disable it on PC? just to see how itr looks?

Meistr_Chef Game Owner Mass Effect Mass Effect PC Joined: 23 Oct 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 07:45PM
	You could try setting all instances of the bUsePostProcessEffects variable to false in the BioEngine.ini file. I think it will rid the game of the vignetting and other effects. see here http://www.tweakguides.com/ME_7.html

LucidViolence Game Owner Mass Effect PC Joined: 23 Oct 2009	Posted: Sunday, 08 November 2009 10:40PM
	Thanks ill give it a try, just wanted to make sure i wasn't crazy and that it was something going on.