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figure since there wasnt 1 for the 1st 1 i would combine the 2 together. since the 1st 1 was a great game and i played it threw about 4 times i think which i kept increasing the weapons and armor for me and crew.

and now for the new ME2 check this out they got some real nice vids on it here 4 of them
http://masseffect.bioware.com/

Well I thought I had something here about Mass Effect 1 but it may have been under the Win 7 compatibility thingy.

I also loved ME1 played it thru twice. But the Direct 2 Drive version won't even start under Win 7 RC and the Steam version runs o.k. except for the damn missing lava textures. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. Steam blames Bio Ware, EA and Win 7. Bio Ware blames Steam and Win 7. EA doesn't give a shit.

I'll try again when I install my free Win 7 Ultimate this weekend. Chris.

wow that suck Chris hope it goes well with the full version for ya since ME1 is a great game yet. i may play it some yet. but wow this ME2 looks even better and now some weapons that go BOOM hot dam im in for sure this game will be on my get list thats for sure.

yeah i look threw the forum before i even started this thread Chris. but i only look here in gaming though no where else.

Fixed it all yesterday. Almost by accident. Game is running fine, lava textures and all. Chris.

NEW PATCH OUT FOR MASS EFFECT! Yeeeeeeeeeeeee Hawwwwwww! Who would have thought! Patch v.1.02: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/15062/M ... 1.02+Patch Downloading it now!

Change log:

"Quote: Mass Effect Update 1.02

Mass Effect
===========
Added Feature:

-Added the SecuROM activation "revoke" ability which is automatically run during uninstallation.
*When Mass Effect is run on a new computer for the first time an "activation" will be used.
*Mass Effect allows activations on up to 5 different computers.
*users will now regain a used activation upon uninstallation of Mass Effect or after manually using the SecuROM activation "revoke" ability.
To manually use the SecuROM activation "revoke" ability, follow the steps below.
1) Install the 1.02 update to your current version of Mass Effect
2) Navigate to the ‘Binaries’ subfolder of your copy of Mass Effect
3) Run the command: MassEffect.exe -ead_gl_remove

There is a known issue where some users will encounter an incorrect error during uninstallation stating "There is a problem with verifying ownership of your game".
In the majority of cases this error can be ignored as uninstallation will have completed successfully.



Update Notes
- The player will no longer become stuck in the Feros elevator
- Quickslot abilities are now disabled in elevators
- The pixilated bloom and DoF on Radeon x1650 and x1950 cards has been addressed
- GPF crashes when playing Quasar have been addressed
- The player's weapon will not auto fire if the fire button is released as an active loading screen appears
- Low LOD on Garrus' face has been addressed
- Reconfiguring the PRIMARY INTERACT key (Default set to E) to any other key will no longer make the ENTER key interact TWICE when used.
- Player will not become stuck in his action station in elevators (primarily occurred in the Peak 15 elevators)
- Occasional crash when encountering Rachni on UNC_73 has been addressed
- Using the enter key to add and remove talent points will function properly
- GUI: Pressing U when first getting control of Shepard and then pressing ESC to close it will not cause the player to lose all input functionality
- Romance confrontation conversation will fire after 3rd planet complete
- The player will no longer become stuck when using the Enter key rather than the primary interact key to initiate conversation with certain followers on the Normandy
- Audio skipping during conversations has been addressed
- Addressed cases where Realtec HD audio users were experiencing issues with cut off / crackling audio after patching the game to version 1.01
- The issue regarding dynamic character shadows appearing grainy has been resolved.
- Nihilus and all Turians are no longer missing their face markings
- The issue of Garrus having no lighting on his face until a save is loaded has been addressed
- The game will now create save files when "My Documents" is set to the root of a drive

Misc.:

-The issue where PCs with NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx and above video cards were experiencing random General Protection Fault crashes appears to have been fixed with the GeForce 182.06+ drivers
Please ensure when playing Mass Effect that all PC drivers are up to date"

Hah! As if the patch wasn't enough I found this, too! http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60194 "Pinnacle Station" Downloading it now! Chris.


Ahhhhh, no, it's not compatible with the Steam version. Plus, they want $5.

wow that sucks i never got a chance to uninstall my game rofl! since i had to reformat cause of a bad choice! when running raid never ever try and set your raid drive to dynamic ! you will have to reformat !!

lesson learn and will be never forgotten!!

so uhm yeah .......

uhm i never had 1 problem with the game when i did play it when it 1st came out
hey Blue i can do this to lol


but ya this game sure does rock i may have to install this but i am not sure of how many times i installed it though. i just wish i had my saved games for it though. cause i am gonna have to start all over from the beginning which sucks in a way. but it is still fun and maybe i will remember how i got threw stuff.

I think I'll join the Steam Forums just to bug them about adding the Pinnacle Station DLC. It adds 3 to 4 hours of more game play! 13 new missions at an orbiting space station that you can dock at. Sounds sweet.

I'm finally on Ilos. This is a long segment. Thank the Gods this game has Quick Save.! Chris.

Was reading the Mass Effect Forums this morning and they have fixed the issue with installing the new Pinnacle Station DLC into the Steam version of the game. So. Looks like I'll be getting the DLC maybe tomorrow. Chris.

Both Bio Ware and Steam issued patches yesterday, so last night I went to EA's site and got the Pinnacle Station DLC. It installed just fine. But, since I just started the Ilos mission, I'll have to go back to an earlier save game to try out this new content.

Man, I tell you, EA is seriously messed up. I thought I had my old account info straightened out, tried to log in last night to buy the DLC but it kept refusing my user name and/ or password. WTF? Can they make it any more difficult? I mean, I'm spending money here! So I had to set up a new account with my Gmail addy since they said the Net Zero addy was already in use. D' Oh! I know that! Oh, well. Life as we know it will continue.

I'll post some screenies later from Pinnacle Station! Chris.