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Mass Effect PC Patch 1.02 Released

by Nick Breckon, Aug 24, 2009 7:19pm PDT

Related Topics – Mass Effect, xbox 360, PC

The long-awaited 1.02 patch for the PC version of Mass Effect was released tonight by BioWare.

The 70 MB patch addresses various crashes and problems, and is fully compatible with the Steam version of the game. Grab it now on FileShack.

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By: Fighting_Dairy_Farmer x Show Full Post

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The good news: Your saved game will be used for MassEffect2

The bad news: Now that the gfx power of my PC > consoles I will want to play MassEffect2 on my PC. (I switch over from one to the other as my primary platform ~every 5 years)

The even worse news: I played and replayed the fuck out of MassEffect on Xbox360 and the idea of doing it all over again on PC just to prepare for MassEffect2 is not a fun one.

Aug 25, 2009 12:52am PDT

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- Then don't! Video games are for fun (they certainly have no other use) : spacerumsfield

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"* -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. "

8xxx GeForce, only the most popular line of cards at the time of the game's release.

Hope that whoever argued that the game was fine feels like an idiot now.

Also hope BioWare burns to the ground for releasing a patch almost a year later to a substantially broken game.

Before I waste my download limit, can anyone who hasn't had the game working before confirm that it's fixed now?

Aug 25, 2009 5:05am PDT

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i hope they fix the 360s file system where i can actually delete game saves. i have so many and i've brought it up more than once and no response. i dont know which character i want to play with anymore.

Aug 25, 2009 9:07am PDT

i hope they fix the 360s file system where i can actually delete game saves. i have so many and i've brou... : Bboygorge

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By: Aesir Rising x Show Full Post

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Shack says that the patch is "..fully compatible with the Steam version.." and Bioware says that it is not. I hope folks catch the mistake before borking their install.

http://meforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=691254&forum=127&sp=0

Aug 24, 2009 9:58pm PDT

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Shack says that the patch is "..fully compatible with the Steam version.." and Bioware says that it is no... : Aesir Rising
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"Low LOD on Garrus' face has been addressed " YAY

Aug 24, 2009 11:39pm PDT

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"Low LOD on Garrus' face has been addressed " YAY : strawfake
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- hahaha I had the community fix : Mondo
- Only fixed on the model, not fixed in close ups (cutscenes) and in squad menus. Grrr. : Frraksurred

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Garrus texture only partially fixed. Looks better on the model, but still not fixed in cutscenes and squad menus.

Shadows look to have been improved, but nothing too dramatic.

Aug 25, 2009 7:01am PDT

Garrus texture only partially fixed. Looks better on the model, but still not fixed in cutscenes and squ... : Frraksurred

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Good to know. I loved it, but I had to stop playing this game because of the constant crashes it'd have on my otherwise flawless system. Time to reinstall, I guess.

Aug 25, 2009 6:35am PDT

Good to know. I loved it, but I had to stop playing this game because of the constant crashes it'd have o... : zehh

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By: JackAxe x Show Full Post

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I've played this through 3 times and it has never crashed. Watch now that I'm downloading this update, that it causes issues after I install it. :S

I didn't have any problems with GRID until after an update, then it would give me an error on exit --not a big deal I guess.

Aug 24, 2009 7:26pm PDT

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I've played this through 3 times and it has never crashed. Watch now that I'm downloading this update, t... : JackAxe
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  Oh nice! A bunch of my friends (all with 8800GTS 640's) had massive problems with random crashing that I ... : xsoulbrothax
  - I never even came close to finishing this game, it crashed and fucked up so much. Also, I have that exa... : Liquid
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    I asked which cards were crashing for the few that had issues on the ME forum months back and the 9800 G... : JackAxe
    - I have a 9600 GT too, and it used to crash a lot. Nvidia drivers calmed it down, but apparently, this pat... : gzubluck
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  Mass Effect has been practically unplayable for me. I hope this solves my problems so I can play through ... : frenziedbadger
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    Yeah now maybe others, like me, can actually buy it and know it will work. : rjklevels
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      OK, so you don't own the game, but yet you're making this comment. I'm not the only one that's had no i... : JackAxe
      
      Didn't look much like a minority especially when more than a few had the same video card. : rjklevels
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    I hope it resolves it. This is one of my favorite single player games in recent years. By chance are... : JackAxe
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      Nope, I'm not overclocking anything, and my stuff is up to date. I love the game, and actually played thr... : frenziedbadger
      
      That sucks, but cool that you got one play through. Here's hoping for the best. For reference, I pla... : JackAxe

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Ok, my cd-key does not work after the patch O_o [got the original]

Aug 25, 2009 4:37am PDT

Ok, my cd-key does not work after the patch O_o [got the original] : strawfake

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Did they ever remove the DRM from this game? Ive been wanting to try it but can't bring myself to buy it.

Aug 25, 2009 1:07am PDT

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Did they ever remove the DRM from this game? Ive been wanting to try it but can't bring myself to buy it. : Saleck
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- I'm guessing that they're not going to "remove" it (i.e.: release a version without DRM), but there was a... : the archvile

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The only issue I had was the stuck overheat bug. It was annoying, but I just compensated by being more careful to not overheat my weapons.

Aug 24, 2009 8:36pm PDT

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  If you saved and reloaded the bug went away. : kahoona1
  - It only went away when I reloaded the game. Yeah, it takes like 30 seconds and happens about once an hour... : TheIneffableBob
  - or if you waited until your gun stopped beeping before switching to another weapon it never happened. : panbient

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* The pixilated bloom and DoF on Radeon x1650 and x1950 cards has been addressed

what about x1800xt !!! :( going to reinstall the game and check it out

Aug 25, 2009 12:47am PDT

* The pixilated bloom and DoF on Radeon x1650 and x1950 cards has been addressed what about x1800xt !... : hanged_man

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Heh, this just made my morning. I bought Mass Effect for the PC the moment it got our, played it for one full evening and got stuck on some stupid bug on some planet and ragequit.

Well, I dug up the game just 2 days back and while I've enjoyed it, many of the bugs listed in the fixes there have bothered me. Also got stuck a second time, this time around luckily had a relatively fresh backup save.

So... better late than never I guess.

Aug 25, 2009 12:19am PDT

Heh, this just made my morning. I bought Mass Effect for the PC the moment it got our, played it for one ... : ramshot

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I wonder if they ever fixed the weapon staying overheated bug.

Aug 24, 2009 8:17pm PDT

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I wonder if they ever fixed the weapon staying overheated bug. : oakae
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- holy fuck that was so annoying. thats why i never finished the game : mega man
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  First time I played the game, that bug happened when I was facing Saren. And I thought "OMG, he overheats... : Anir
  - Oh wow, the same thing happened to me. I thought it was part of the game. : Jobos

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By: Syclone x Show Full Post

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I assume since this is so late it probably gets released now in preperation for the DLC that info has been leaking about on the Xbox side.

Aug 24, 2009 9:20pm PDT

I assume since this is so late it probably gets released now in preperation for the DLC that info has bee... : Syclone

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Oh yes! I really hope this fixes my FPS stuttering I get. Please, I really enjoy this game but it's unplayable for me. Going to install this tonight.

Aug 24, 2009 8:21pm PDT

Oh yes! I really hope this fixes my FPS stuttering I get. Please, I really enjoy this game but it's unpla... : ovrlrd

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Stealth patch release!!! Only roughly seven months late but I'll take it.

Aug 24, 2009 7:28pm PDT

Stealth patch release!!! Only roughly seven months late but I'll take it. : grabbie

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