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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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Retail |
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Steam |
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DLC and expansion packs
- DLC can be bought on the Bioware Social Network or through Origin by right clicking Mass Effect 2 and View Game Details or Amazon.
- DLC from the Bioware Social Network has to be installed separately and manually for non-Origin versions; the Origin version can install this DLC automatically.[1]
- For some time now Origin will overwrite any installation of the game, including Steam, with a stand alone client independent version of the game with all bought DLCs. Autorization for the DLCs still is dependent of ingame login but it'll work without Origin or Steam.
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Aegis Pack |
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Alternate Appearance Pack 1 |
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Alternate Appearance Pack 2 |
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Arrival |
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Blood Dragon Armor |
Requires Dragon Age: Origins to be registered on same account |
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Cerberus Arc Projector |
Requires Cerberus Network |
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Cerberus Network |
Free. Gives access to free DLCs |
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Cerberus Weapon and Armor |
Requires Cerberus Network |
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Equalizer Pack |
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Firepower Pack |
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Firewalker Pack |
Requires Cerberus Network |
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Genesis |
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Kasumi - Stolen Memory |
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Lair of the Shadow Broker |
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Mass Effect 2 Digital Art Books |
Included in Digital Deluxe |
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Mass Effect 2 Documentary |
Included in Digital Deluxe |
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Mass Effect 2 Soundtrack |
Included in Digital Deluxe |
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Normandy Crash Site |
Requires Cerberus Network |
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Recon Hood |
Free on Origin. |
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Overlord |
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Sentry Interface |
Free on Origin. |
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Terminus Weapon and Armor |
Free on Origin. |
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Umbra Visor |
Free on Origin. |
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Zaeed - The Price of Revenge |
Requires Cerberus Network |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Shorter loading screens
- Regardless of the speed of your system the game will always wait for the loading screen animation to end
Patches
- Patch 1.02 is a cumulative update. The Steam version is already patched.
HD Texture Pack
- The A Lot of Textures or ALOT for short is a re-texture community project that brings extra details for the game if you are playing in super resolutions like 4K (easely achieveble with modern GPUs). The installation process can take a lot of time to finish as it has to be done manually but it is well known to bring worth results.
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.[2]
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
- This mod brings full XInput controller support to the game with haptic feedback support. This mod is currently complete (see official thread).
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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UI |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Changing language
VR support
Issues fixed
Installation interrupted
Physx Error on Startup
Cerberus Network autologin failure
Black screen when entering/exiting planets
Dark lightning in cutscenes
Clipping into walls/objects
- This method involves Coalesced.ini file. Make sure you have understood what this means.
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.
Unable to save any more games
Long loading times with patch 1.02
Conrad Verner claims player has pointed at him
"Unable to authorize the listed DLC" error
Importing ME1 character still launches the interactive story
- This happens if you have installed the Genesis DLC (You can un-check it during download on Origin)
- Can invalidate your ME1 character's decisions in place of new ones
Forcing Anti-Aliasing causes heavy geometry flicker and other artifacts
- This can potentially happen if you force AA from control panel
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
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Direct3D |
9 |
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Shader Model support |
3 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Middleware
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.
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.
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