Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2

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Developers
	BioWare
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3

Mass Effect
Mass Effect	2008
Mass Effect 2	2010
Mass Effect 3	2012
Mass Effect: Andromeda	2017
Mass Effect Legendary Edition	2021

General information

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Steam Community Discussions

Social.bioware for game series

Availability

DLC need to be bought through Social.Bioware.com, website uses BioWare points.

Improvements

Mods

Higher Resolution Character Textures

A set of high resolution textures has been made available on the official forum by their creator, JeanLuc761. They have been used on Deadendthrills.

An unofficial .torrent with high resolution textures for both Mass Effect 2 and 3 is available on MediaFire by sempus. Instructions and TexMod included. Keep in mind that these textures will take some time to load during the launch of the game. The screen will go black but will go normal after the game exceeds a 2GB RAM requirement. A way to keep track is to open Windows' Task Manager.

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

Import Mass Effect 1 Save Files

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.

Import Xbox 360 Mass Effect 2 Save Files

Instructions

Video settings

File:Masseffect2 config utility.jpg

Config utility settings

Field of view (FOV)

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

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

Mouse acceleration

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

Instructions

Controller support

Instructions

Editing Coalesced.ini

A lot of the fixes regarding the game requires to modify this special file, but you can't edit it in the normal way otherwise game will crash.

Instructions

Issues fixed

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

Specific missions unable to launch

There is a tweak that will replace the majority of loading screen in the game by replacing the load_f(xyz) in Mass Effect 2/BioGame/Movies/. This tweak is minor and will barely change the loading time during most occasions. Restoring the original files will make the missions able to launch.

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB free
Video card (GPU)	256 MB video card with Pixel Shader 3.0 support	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, or better