Dead Space PC controls suck balls

In Chapter 10 and have only used the Plasma Cutter (100% upgraded). It's not bad, just is weak vs large groups but that's why you run away and turn back to fire. I wish there was a bonus for filling all power node slots though, there are like 3 left that are empty. No reason to fill them? In 4 RE, if you fully upgraded something it gave it 1 free rank on everything.
 
when you have run through it once can you travel anywhere on ishimura on the second run? there was some basket ball minigame or something that I didn´t feel I had the time to do.
 
Yeah SO I got my PSX2 controller to USB converter, (works great btw love it)

I have the right-stick messed up, when I push up, the camera goes left, when I push left, the camera goes down or vice versa, I tried fiddling with the joypad.txt but it doesn't seem to do anything.

Here's my joypad.txt

Pad.RightDPad.Left = Button.4
Pad.RightDPad.Down =Button.3
Pad.RightDPad.Right = Button.2
Pad.RightDPad.Up = Button.1

Pad.Trigger.LeftTop = Button.7
Pad.Trigger.LeftBottom = Button.5
Pad.Trigger.RightTop = Button.8
Pad.Trigger.RightBottom = Button.6

Pad.Start = Button.10
Pad.Back = Button.9

Pad.LeftStick.Click = Button.11
Pad.RightStick.Click = Button.16

Pad.LeftStick.X = X-Axis
Pad.LeftStick.Y = Y-Axis.Inverted

Pad.RightStick.X = Z-Axis
Pad.RightStick.Y = Z-Rotation
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bigdogchris said:
In Chapter 10 and have only used the Plasma Cutter (100% upgraded). It's not bad, just is weak vs large groups but that's why you run away and turn back to fire. I wish there was a bonus for filling all power node slots though, there are like 3 left that are empty. No reason to fill them? In 4 RE, if you fully upgraded something it gave it 1 free rank on everything.
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I upgraded teh plasma cutter and the assault rifle and the rest on suit upgrades. No need to do much else shoot I havent even used several of the guns sadly.
 
I finished it with just he cutter. I never felt like it wasn't enough, even on the later enemies it only takes a couple of limbs to kill them. I'm sure on Hard it's not possible to beat it with just that though.
 
I haven't read this whole thread but can you not change the controls at all? Because the way I play I use the right-mouse button to move forward and use the arrow keys to move back and strafe.
 
Azureth said:
I haven't read this whole thread but can you not change the controls at all? Because the way I play I use the right-mouse button to move forward and use the arrow keys to move back and strafe.
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how can you play a shooter like that?
 
Yes you can change the controls don´t know whta problem you got?

I finished it now. The Plasma cutter is designed so you could finish the entire game with it. I can´t see a single boss it would totally suck in. But I guess you need to buy a lot of ammo or do you only get plasma energy if you doesn´t buy any other weapons?

When I got 4 weapons ammo got scarce on it so I had to rely on mainly the ripper. Most because well I am cheap and I love money and the ripper is the most ammo conservative gun out there :). two blades at the most on a single enemy and you get much more ammo then you get with the Line Gun which also is a max 2 shot kill for pretty much everything once upgraded anyway.

I didn´t upgrade the plasma cutter as much but I suspect it would need 4 shots at least on some enemies even if upgraded.

But well I only used 4 weapons guess I will try the other 4 if I ever replay it :)
 
cannondale06 said:
how can you play a shooter like that?
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You can use the arrow keys. Use GlovePie. Works a treat. See my earlier post for info

Nearly finished the game, up to Chapter 10 and the invincible monster is still after me. Absoloutely terrifying - especially when waiting around for a security door to be unlocked.
 
spicey said:
Nearly finished the game, up to Chapter 10 and the invincible monster is still after me. Absoloutely terrifying - especially when waiting around for a security door to be unlocked.
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Meh...in terms of scariness the marines campaign from AVP2 shits all over deadspace.
 
And guess how much Shalebridge Cradle in Thief 3 owns the entire AVP 2 marine campaign ;)
 
Scariest game for me was Condemned Origins, I felt uneasy from from start to finish.
 
loafer87gt said:
A couple of others like myself have experienced weirdness with the mouse speed changing depending on the detail levels of the scene you are in. For example, if you are in a low detail corridor space, the controls would respond VERY sluggishly, and when in a more detailed area, the mouse controls would move quite quickly. Turning on the ingame Vsync helped this somewhat, but caps the framerate at 30FPS and also introduces a huge amount of input lag to the game. After playing around with the game again this evening, I finally found a fix and am now enjoying the game in high resolution goodness on PC using the mouse / keyboard combo. The fix is forcing Vsync on under your Nvidia control panel, and then turning Vsync off ingame. Doing this caps the frame rate at 60FPS, and the mouse speed when moving and aiming is consisent through all areas! Just thought I would pass this on to anyone else having the same problems. One thing I have noted is there is still slight lag when navigating the ingame menus, but once in game this doesn't seem to be noticeable.
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Thank you sir you just fixed my only beef with this game. I'm using a 360 controller and playing it on my 42'' plasma so I don't know about the mouse issues but vsync capping the framerate to 30 when my computer can keep it above 60 all the time with vsync off is just fucking retarded and the guy at EA who thought this would be a good idea should be fired. Now I can enjoy this game at 60fps on my 1080 plasma and not have to put up with the terrible tearing.
 
This is my Playstation controller config:

Pad.Back = Button.9
Pad.LeftStick.Click = Button.10
Pad.LeftStick.X = X-Axis
Pad.LeftStick.Y = Y-Axis.Inverted
Pad.RightDPad.Down = Button.3
Pad.RightDPad.Left = Button.4
Pad.RightDPad.Right = Button.2
Pad.RightDPad.Up = Button.1
Pad.RightStick.Click = Button.11
Pad.RightStick.X = Z-Axis
Pad.RightStick.Y = Z-Rotation
Pad.Start = Button.12
Pad.Trigger.LeftBottom = Button.5
Pad.Trigger.LeftTop = Button.7
Pad.Trigger.RightBottom = Button.6
Pad.Trigger.RightTop = Button.8

I have the 360 version and compared buttons to make this config similar. The button to display your path is on the right analog stick; I can't remember which stick it's on for the 360 but I had it on the left analog stick and managed to hit it a couple times while running away so I moved it to the right side.

This game looks pretty good on the PC. I've been playing it on the 360 on a 1080p 52" television but I bet the game is probably barely running at 1280×720 because the jaggies are heavy on the 360 compared to the PC running it at 1680×1050.
 
djoye said:
This is my Playstation controller config:

Pad.Back = Button.9
Pad.LeftStick.Click = Button.10
Pad.LeftStick.X = X-Axis
Pad.LeftStick.Y = Y-Axis.Inverted
Pad.RightDPad.Down = Button.3
Pad.RightDPad.Left = Button.4
Pad.RightDPad.Right = Button.2
Pad.RightDPad.Up = Button.1
Pad.RightStick.Click = Button.11
Pad.RightStick.X = Z-Axis
Pad.RightStick.Y = Z-Rotation
Pad.Start = Button.12
Pad.Trigger.LeftBottom = Button.5
Pad.Trigger.LeftTop = Button.7
Pad.Trigger.RightBottom = Button.6
Pad.Trigger.RightTop = Button.8

I have the 360 version and compared buttons to make this config similar. The button to display your path is on the right analog stick; I can't remember which stick it's on for the 360 but I had it on the left analog stick and managed to hit it a couple times while running away so I moved it to the right side.

This game looks pretty good on the PC. I've been playing it on the 360 on a 1080p 52" television but I bet the game is probably barely running at 1280×720 because the jaggies are heavy on the 360 compared to the PC running it at 1680×1050.
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Thanks for this too, but I found possibly an easier solution, http://tocaedit.com/forum/dload.php?action=file&file_id=124.
This made Windows and G4W think I'm using a 360 controller, when it's actually a PSX controller. Works with each and every Games for Windows game that support gamepad.

Here's the .ini I used for it,

[PAD1]
Left Analog X=1
Left Analog Y=-2
Right Analog X=6
Right Analog Y=-3
D-pad POV=1
A=3
B=2
X=4
Y=1
Left Shoulder=7
Right Shoulder=8
Back=9
Start=10
Left Thumb=11
Right Thumb=12
Left Trigger=5
Right Trigger=6
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Finished the game at the weekend. Outstanding game from start to finish.

The last level with the Marker was excellent. Great ending too, didn't see that coming!

I wonder if there will be a sequel? It left me wanting more...
 
spicey said:
Finished the game at the weekend. Outstanding game from start to finish.

The last level with the Marker was excellent. Great ending too, didn't see that coming!

I wonder if there will be a sequel? It left me wanting more...
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EA Redwood is now working on Dante's Inferno from what I read somewhere. So no Dead Space sequels for awhile.
 
I didn't feel like reading the whole 15 pages but I just got the game and was trying it last night.
Was pretty scary, and it felt ok, but I think the over the shoulder view really bothered me big time.
I guess there is no way to turn it into a FPS...
Did the poor view and the slow moving require some getting used to? or am I doomed and will not be able to enjoy the game because of it?
 
Gigantism said:
I didn't feel like reading the whole 15 pages but I just got the game and was trying it last night.
Was pretty scary, and it felt ok, but I think the over the shoulder view really bothered me big time.
I guess there is no way to turn it into a FPS...
Did the poor view and the slow moving require some getting used to? or am I doomed and will not be able to enjoy the game because of it?
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It takes some getting used to especially as I played it right after Fallout 3. But soon you will feel right at home with it and completely immersed.

Remember to disable vsync in game and force it through the control panel (if at all) In game the vsync is borked. It will set it to 30FPS and the mouse is incredibly laggy.

Also I upgraded my mouse to so I could adjust the dpi on the fly. My old mouse at 400dpi was painfully slow even with max in game acceleration
 
Ok so I have played this game on normal pc controls and I loved it.

I also got a ps3 recently so I decided I would try it on the ps3 controller.... None of the joypad.txt stuff I have used seems to give the right configuration. Ideas?


edit: oh and is it possible to skip the intro?
 
any ideas? It's not a big deal, but I'd like to see what its like with a console controller.
 
I can't help you with the ps3 controller but I did try Dead Space with an Xbox 360 controller on the PC and I think that a keyboard and mouse work much better, but I only play PC games so coming from me that's no surprise.

The the keyboard and mouse work fine, no not the greatest control system in the world but if you take a few minutes and just go with it it not so bad since its such a high quality game.
 
The game is fine if you have a mouse that you can adjust DPI on the fly. No problems with my MX518.

I also turned off v-sync and the game runs so much better, along with better mouse movement. Only drawback is flickering above refresh rate, but better than running like crap.
 
KevanB said:
The game is fine if you have a mouse that you can adjust DPI on the fly. No problems with my MX518.

I also turned off v-sync and the game runs so much better, along with better mouse movement. Only drawback is flickering above refresh rate, but better than running like crap.
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Force V-Sync through the driver. This will fix this, (and not cause the same issues as the in-game setting.)
 
J3RK said:
Force V-Sync through the driver. This will fix this, (and not cause the same issues as the in-game setting.)
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Thanks for the tip. Damn game runs really good besides that, sounds like it'll work perfect now.
 
Bump for google searches for "How to fix deadspace controls"

For those who didn't read through this thread...and use ATI card like me (4890) here's the fix:

1. Install the game and launch it. Go to Options, Visuals, and disable Vsync and hit Accept. Go to Options, Controls, and adjust your mouse sensitivity. I put mine at 90% max. The game will run smoother/faster...but still not quite perfect so next...
2. Alt TAB out to windows and right click on your system tray ATI icon. Go to ATI HDxxxx series, 3D Settings, and enable the following options:
Wait for vertical refresh - Always On
Anti Aliasing - 8x
Anisotropic Filtering - 16x
4. Optional step - Lower the in-game brightness, caused by the tweaks above, for a scarier artistic effect.
5. Enjoy the game without feeling like your character is weighed down (which was the designers original intent btw) ;)

Sorry for the bump but i reinstalled XP and took me about 20 mins of google searches to figure this out again. Figured someone else might find this useful in the year 2010.
 
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