Key points
- Saves can be imported from Mass Effect (see Import Mass Effect saves).
General information
- Official game site
- Official forums
- Mass Effect Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
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- DLC can be bought on the Bioware Social Network and through Origin by right clicking Mass Effect 2 and "View Game Details"
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Mods
Higher Resolution Character Textures
A set of high resolution textures has been made available on the official forum by modder JeanLuc761.
Improved loading times
- Independant on your system's loading speed the game will always wait for the loading screen's animation to end.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- For the folders used for importing saves see Mass Effect.
- DLC files are saved in
<path-to-game>\BioGame\DLC
; an explanation of the folder names and which DLC they represent can be found here.
- Importing saves can be done through the game's launcher.
- The save importer may not work. In this case, move your Mass Effect into a
ME1
folder inside your ME2 folder.[1]
Import Xbox 360 Mass Effect 2 saves
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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Issues fixed
Editing Coalesced.ini
- Some of the fixes for this game require you to modify this special file, but editing it in the normal way will cause the game to crash.
Installation interrupted
Black screen when entering/exiting planets
Long loading times with patch 1.02
- There are three possible solutions to this issue.
Unable to save any more games
- The game has a limit on 50 game saves.
Dark lightning in cutscenes
Game freeze on Illium
- Walking through the ground level corridor, that connects to the other side of the map, under Liara's office may cause a black screen and CTD.
Clipping into walls/objects
- This method involves Coalesced.ini file. Make sure you have read what this means.
Cerberus Network autologin failure
Game won't launch from Origin
"Unable to authorize the listed DLC" error
Other Information
Increase shadow resolution
Disable Post-Processing Effects
- Some of the post-processing effects can be disabled in the game's GamerSettings.ini file. These effects include light bloom, and motion blur.
- A longer list of options that can be added and altered under [SystemSettings] can be found here.
System requirements
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Recommended |
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XP |
Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or equivalent
| Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6+ GHz or equivalent |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7) |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
ATI X1600 Pro NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB of VRAM
| ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM |
- AMD video cards below minimum system requirements: ATI Radeon HD 3200, and HD 4350
- NVIDIA video cards below minimum system requirements: GeForce 7300, 8100, 8200, 8300, 8400, and 9300
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References