And the game ran so fast that it became unstable for me. In sections with flashing lights (of which the game has many), my screen was splintered into frames cut many times across many different light states, an unpleasant jagged mess. It's an impressive number, and a nightmare. Out the box, with vsync off, Dead Space ran at around 600fps on my fancy modern PC. Vsync (or other form of framerate cap) is important This will pop open a separate config window where you can hit Community Layouts and download deadzone fixes made by players.įor non-Steamers, the PCGW recommends using the Durazno XInput Wrapper to minimise the deadzones. Then once you start the game, open the Steam Overlay (shift+tab) and select Controller Configuration in the top-right corner.

Here, click on the override drop-down menu and select Enable Steam Input. Right-click on the game in your Steam library, select Properties, then go into the Controller tab. With Steam copies of Dead Space (on non-Steam copies, the easiest way to fix this is by downloading a player-made fix through Steam. Not a huge issue but does feel a bit rubbish. By default, the gamepad controllers have giant deadzones, meaning you need to move thumbsticks a fair amount before it recognises the movement. If you'd rather use a controller than mouse and keyboard, you might want to tweak a bit. But you will want vsync, or some other form of framerate cap, as we'll get to later. By default, turning on vsync makes the input problems worse and caps the framerate at a lowly 30fps. This stops your mouse from feeling like it's dragged through treacle, slow and delayed.Įven if you play on controller, you still want this fix because it handily also stops vertical sync from being a trash nightmare.

Hit the PCGamingWiki to download this tiny file and extract it into your Dead Space folder. Install the unofficial Dead Space Mouse Fix Thankfully, technical problems are easy to address, and some of the solutions are shared.

A modern PC's mega-high framerate is unattractive and unstable.

Upon loading Dead Space for a few times after reinstalling, a few things become immediately apparent: Comfortably familiar, but excellent nonetheless.

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