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Mass Effect 2

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Mass Effect 2
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Developers
BioWare
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows January 26, 2010
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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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Can be activated on Origin
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Steam
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Can be activated on Origin.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Origin
Origin
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
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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

Instructions

Patch 1.02

Mods

Higher Resolution Character Textures

A set of high resolution textures has been made available on the official forum by modder JeanLuc761.

Instructions

Improved loading times

On middle-end computers and higher especially on little areas, the game usually loads resources faster than the loading animation and it will wait till this finishes

A user patch replace animations and decrease times needed by some seconds

An included readme file lists unique loading screens you may not want to remove.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24980/pfx/[Note 1]
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.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Import Mass Effect saves

In essence you have to run the importer that is found in the ME2 launcher. However, this often crashes. If this happens you have to find your Mass Effect 1 character save file and transfer it into a newly create ME1 save folder in your ME2 folder.[1]

Import Xbox 360 Mass Effect 2 saves

Instructions

Video settings

External video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Controller support

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

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.
Instructions

Installation interrupted

When installing, some people get an error message saying: "Installation Failed!: The Installation of Mass Effect 2 has failed. A data error occured." This can be solved by using a second computer. Put the Mass Effect 2 DVD in another computer on the same network, set the DVD drive up for sharing, and then connect to it from the computer you wish to install it on. It takes time but works. The only trick is that when ME2 asks for the second DVD you have to first stop sharing the DVD drive, eject disk1, insert disk2, set the drive for sharing again, and continue with the installation.

Black screen when entering/exiting planets

Instructions

Long loading times

Instructions

Unable to save games any more

There is a limit to the number of save games you can make on the PC. After 50 saved games you will no longer be able to save any further progress.

Instructions

Dark Lighting

Instructions

Game freeze on Illium

When on Illium, some users experience a black screen and CTD while walking through the ground level corridor under Liara's office, connecting to the other side of the map. To fix this issue, change the settings from fullscreen to windowed, or windowed borderless. This will solve the issue. Once through the corridor, fullscreen mode can be enabled. This process must also be repeated when crossing from the other direction.

It is recommended to enable windowed mode after passing through the corridor, as leaving the game in windowed or windowed borderless can cause an additional freeze during startup.

Clipping into walls/objects

This method involves Coalesced.ini file. Make sure you have read what this means.
Instructions

Cerberus Network autologin failure

Go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows Features on/off -> Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1. Make sure that both Windows communication foundation HTTP Activation and Non-HTTP Activation are checked and then click OK.

Game won't launch from Origin

Instructions

"Unable to authorize the listed DLC" error

Instructions

Crashing after finishing the Kasumi DLC

Instructions

Other Information

Increase shadow resolution

Instructions

Disable Post-Processing Effects

Some of the post-processing effects can be disabled in the game's GamerSettings.ini file.
These effects include depth of field, light bloom, and motion blur.
Instructions
A longer list of options that can be added and altered under [SystemSettings] can be found here.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI X1600 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
256 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. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References