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Anyone else sadly disappointed and upset with the selection system? it is buggy at best... Between playing "Catch that selection" with your mouse and space bar, to the sometimes not appearing options, the selection system is truly a pain in the ass. I post here not only to vent, but to see if anyone has encountered a fix for this? I already have the 1.02 patch, so please don't suggest that.

Thanks.

Explain "selection system".

open doors, activate objects Talk to people, (IE The scientist in tech lab, and sometimes Kelly) as well as certain objects, etc. I found something in the Coalesced.ini file to help that a bit. Sadly other than affecting the recognition range,it goes by angles so i have to clue as to how to fix it.

[Edited by crsojo, 11/17/2010 10:29:48 PM]

Anything?? only cure ive found is pressing escape then return and as soon as i click return press space.


Would love a permanent fix, or if anyone else has this problem

I honestly do not have a clue where to look for that in the coalesced file. I have not had any problems at all when using that command.

if you be so kind as to look in the Coalesced.ini file, and search for Selection you should see where it says "SelectionRange , SelectionAngle" etc would you be so kind as to tell me what values, you have in them?. I've tried re-installing and for some reason that doesn't fix it either.

[Edited by crsojo, 11/26/2010 11:00:47 PM]

I have not changed those values at all, as much as I have modded that file for various purposes, I simply didn't do that one because it was anything to do with weapons, looks and shooting/powers mechanics. I can list them if you want. But I would suggest downloading and installing the coalesced editor and looking at the values yourself, because what works for me may not work for you (I am wondering if it has to do with graphics power and settings??). Anyhoo, here are my values:

BIOGame
[SFXGame.BioPlayerSelection]
SelectionFarRange=3200
SelectionFarAngle=10
SelectionCloseRange=1500
SelectionCloseAngle=30

I hope this helps

after searching extensively, I did find that apparently it comes down to the user's gfx card. Apparently if you are below the recommended requirements, you need to run the game 800x600 to be able to select things without issues.

Later on it was claimed the patched fix this, but it did not for me, so yeah .

Anyway, i changed the values, compiled the .ini. Hopefully it works, thanks again for posting the values.