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Sentient_Toaster Jan 13, 2014 @ 12:06pm
Reload canceling; any other useful but undocumented stuff?
For the uninitiated:

For a number of weapons (hello, Claymore...), the reloading-sequence animation actually continues long after the weapon is considered reloaded.

Taking certain actions -- such as using a power, or moving into or out of cover, or using medigel (*) -- will interrupt your existing animation. If you interrupt ASAP after the weapon is reloaded, you can effectively raise your DPS by a fair bit.

(*) Handy in ME3MP, for instance; tapping the medigel button is a reliable way to reload cancel that won't cause you to leave cover, or to expend a power, or in fact to use any medigel unless you're downed. It'd probably work in ME2, but there may be times when using medigel would be expended to revive a squadmate and you'd rather wait.
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primislas Jan 13, 2014 @ 1:08pm 
Skipping dialogue/cutscenes with spacebar and not hitting a yet invisible dialogue option.
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/PC_Tweaks
(Keywords to Ctrl-F with - skip cutscene)

Another major thing about ME2 is that all the loading happens quite quickly. However the 15sec loading screens play for full 15sec every time. Why? Because video length (and BioWare's idea that you HAVE to watch through the whole shuttle landing schematics every time). The one solution I've encoutered was about replacing all the videos with a short 3sec ME2 logo ones.
http://social.bioware.com/173070/blog/3198/
I haven't tried it personally though.
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Sentient_Toaster Jan 13, 2014 @ 8:50pm 
...it wasn't technically necessary to sit through the loading screen videos?

RAAAAAAAAAAAGE. :D
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Jimmy McGill Jan 14, 2014 @ 8:51am 
Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:
...it wasn't technically necessary to sit through the loading screen videos?

RAAAAAAAAAAAGE. :D
I am pretty sure they changed it. For PC, at least.
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primislas Jan 14, 2014 @ 9:54am 
Originally posted by Sinnaj63:
I am pretty sure they changed it. For PC, at least.
My "quickloads" still take full 15 sec on PC.
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Jimmy McGill Jan 14, 2014 @ 9:56am 
Originally posted by vukodlak:
Originally posted by Sinnaj63:
I am pretty sure they changed it. For PC, at least.
My "quickloads" still take full 15 sec on PC.
Then it could just be your PC.
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b4ds33d Jan 15, 2014 @ 6:42pm 
Originally posted by Sinnaj63:
Then it could just be your PC.
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Ophelia Orchana Jan 15, 2014 @ 7:22pm 
Originally posted by vukodlak:
Skipping dialogue/cutscenes with spacebar and not hitting a yet invisible dialogue option.
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/PC_Tweaks
(Keywords to Ctrl-F with - skip cutscene)

Another major thing about ME2 is that all the loading happens quite quickly. However the 15sec loading screens play for full 15sec every time. Why? Because video length (and BioWare's idea that you HAVE to watch through the whole shuttle landing schematics every time). The one solution I've encoutered was about replacing all the videos with a short 3sec ME2 logo ones.
http://social.bioware.com/173070/blog/3198/
I haven't tried it personally though.

.......how the hell did I never find this before?
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