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Suggestion:New Mass Effect
Hey everyone, fellow Mass Effect fans! I've had an idea floating around in my head for a while now and I'd love to hear what you all think about it. It's about connecting the Mass Effect 3 endings with the new game and the potential return of Shepard. My thought is that BioWare could allow us to import our saves from ME3 with any ending, but the dialogue options related to romantic relationships and full Shepard continuity would only unlock if you chose the "Destroy" ending where Shepard survives. This could be explained by the nanotechnology from the Lazarus Project. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think it would help BioWare elegantly bridge the story and also respect player choices? Let me know in the comments. Thank you!New game Mass Effect
Hello BioWare Team, As a long-time and dedicated fan of the Mass Effect series, I would like to contribute an idea regarding story continuity in the upcoming game. Given the various endings of Mass Effect 3 and the teaser with Liara and the N7 armor, it's clear that addressing this will be crucial for many. I propose the following approach, which would respect player choices while allowing for a strong continuation of the story: * Allow save imports from any Mass Effect 3 ending: Enable players to transfer their saved game regardless of which ME3 ending they chose (Destroy, Control, Synthesis, Refuse). This would honor their investment and emotional decisions. * Canonicalize the "Destroy" ending (with Shepard's survival) through additional content: * For players who import a save from the "Destroy" ending (under conditions where Shepard survives), the new game would unlock special dialogues, side quests, and deeper interactions related to Shepard's return and their romantic relationships. This would serve as a direct continuation of their story. * Explanation for Shepard's survival: This could be simply linked to the nanotechnology and enhancements Shepard received through Project Lazarus in Mass Effect 2. If Shepard survived such an ordeal, surviving the final explosion, supported by these enhancements, would make sense. * EDI's fate: Similarly, if the Normandy could be repaired (as suggested by the scene after the Destroy ending), EDI, as its integral digital component, could also be restored in some way, perhaps in a different form or requiring reactivation. Her deep connection to the ship could serve as a bridge. * For other endings: If a player imports a save from another ending (Control, Synthesis, Refuse), the new game could assume that Shepard did not physically survive and became a legend. Dialogues and the story in such cases would focus on Shepard's legacy and its repercussions, but without directly continuing their personal relationship storylines. Players would still be immersed in the world, but would be subtly motivated to try the Destroy ending if they wish to experience the "complete" narrative. I believe this approach would allow BioWare to continue Shepard's powerful story (as hinted by the teaser), while respecting the diversity of player choices and providing players with clear motivation. Thank you for your consideration! Lapso123 A loyal Mass Effect fan❤️
ME3 multiplayer randomly crashes
I bought ME3 a few months ago for the multiplayer. It's been a lot of fun - a very well-made game. However, I have an issue where the game randomly crashes with no warning. Here is a 15-second YouTube video showing how it goes down. https://youtu.be/db0zWS2X-54 I didn't post that video, but it is identical to the crashes I routinely get. I'm playing on an Asus laptop I bought last fall - it's basically brand new. I know many other people have this issue as well, as I found a Reddit thread about it (https://www.reddit.com/r/MECoOp/comments/18ysl2s/me3_mp_crashing/). I've tried the fixes some people have posted there, but to no avail. Here are a couple of crash dump files if anyone knows how to analyze them: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fotur4rb10by3t2ujfbpp/MassEffect3.exe.17372.dmp?rlkey=xf3i966vc167ydbe6v8y2usbf&st=97f9zcyj&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3rpco2rejrvuf8y2e8wz5/MassEffect3.exe.20244.dmp?rlkey=2b64ahihuhkfaby348ove0qc5&st=opnf3xfb&dl=0 A few things I have noticed about my own experiences with this issue: Drone escort waves seem to dramatically increase the likelihood of a crash. When I host, it seems to crash very commonly in the first 60 seconds or so of wave 3. Having people in the game who are physically far away (i.e. in Europe) seems to increase the likelihood. The crashes seem to come in clusters. Some sessions I can play 5+ games with no issue, while other sessions I crash virtually every game. Does anyone know how to solve this?
Suggestion: EA collaborate with Discord on a Mass Effect Profile Collection
What if EA reached out to Discord to license them out the branding of Mass Effect for a new store collection. Personally I'd really love a N7 background effect or nameplate on Discord. Some ideas I have: Quarian Helmet Avatar Decoration, Reaper (Attached/clutching the side of the avatar) Avatar Decoration, Liara (Asari) Avatar Decoration, Turian Armor Avatar Decoration, Paragon/Renegade Profile Effect & Nameplate, N7 Profile Effect & Nameplate, Mass Relay Profile Effect, Normandy SR2 Profile Effect, Omni Blade Nameplate Would be nice for those of us who want to display our love for the series on our Discord accounts. I see other games up there :) What do you think?
Mass Effect Andromeda repeatedly crashing due to 0xc0000005 error
I just reinstalled Andromeda following a Legendary Edition run, and cannot make it even INTO the Prologue; the game crashes, without fail, during the shuttle sequence from Ark Hyperion to Habitat 7. I disabled all mods, deleted the ModData folder, deleted settings and all saves from my Documents folder and reinstalled the game from scratch for a 100% clean build. Even completely vanilla, the game still crashes. I was able to play on launch and back in 2021 just fine. It cannot possibly be a hardware issue- my laptop exceeds the specs of what I had in both 2017 and 2021. It's not from mods, as stated. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out what it is. DxDiag attached. The latest crash log .dmp is: (Apologies for the long text, but I can't attach the .dmp file) ******************************************************************************* * * * Exception Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1 Key : AV.Type Value: Execute Key : Analysis.CPU.mSec Value: 312 Key : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec Value: 876 Key : Analysis.IO.Other.Mb Value: 0 Key : Analysis.IO.Read.Mb Value: 1 Key : Analysis.IO.Write.Mb Value: 23 Key : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec Value: 578 Key : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec Value: 16116 Key : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb Value: 148 Key : Analysis.Version.DbgEng Value: 10.0.27871.1001 Key : Analysis.Version.Description Value: 10.2505.01.02 amd64fre Key : Analysis.Version.Ext Value: 1.2505.1.2 Key : Failure.Bucket Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE_c0000005_MassEffectAndromeda.exe!Unknown Key : Failure.Exception.Code Value: 0xc0000005 Key : Failure.Exception.IP.Address Value: 0x1418a04c3 Key : Failure.Exception.IP.Module Value: MassEffectAndromeda Key : Failure.Exception.IP.Offset Value: 0x18a04c3 Key : Failure.Hash Value: {6c6255bc-d97d-5c28-9468-c31f00b4fa08} Key : Failure.ProblemClass.Primary Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT Key : Timeline.OS.Boot.DeltaSec Value: 419931 Key : Timeline.Process.Start.DeltaSec Value: 92 Key : WER.OS.Branch Value: ge_release Key : WER.OS.Version Value: 10.0.26100.1 Key : WER.Process.Version Value: 1.0.0.0 FILE_IN_CAB: CrashDump_2025.07.20_01.10.12.171.dmp COMMENT: Frostbite MiniDump. Address: 00000001418A04C3 (In Windbg type: .ecxr) [EOF] NTGLOBALFLAG: 0 CONTEXT: (.ecxr) rax=00000000330ef118 rbx=00000001b38fd120 rcx=00000000000087a0 rdx=00000000330ef350 rsi=00000000330ef610 rdi=0000000000000002 rip=00000001418a04c3 rsp=00000000330eefb0 rbp=00000000330ef0b0 r8=00000000330ef6f0 r9=0000000009b472b0 r10=00000000330ef6f0 r11=00000000330ef660 r12=0000000009b472e0 r13=2aaaaaaaaaaaaaab r14=0000000140000000 r15=000000001f8b0090 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc cs=0033 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010206 MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xaea4a3: 00000001`418a04c3 490309 add rcx,qword ptr [r9] ds:00000000`09b472b0=???????????????? Resetting default scope EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1) ExceptionAddress: 00000001418a04c3 (MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0x0000000000aea4a3) ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation) ExceptionFlags: 00000000 NumberParameters: 2 Parameter[0]: 0000000000000008 Parameter[1]: 00000001598a04c3 Attempt to execute non-executable address 00000001598a04c3 PROCESS_NAME: MassEffectAndromeda.exe EXECUTE_ADDRESS: 1598a04c3 ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%p referenced memory at 0x%p. The memory could not be %s. EXCEPTION_CODE_STR: c0000005 EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 0000000000000008 EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2: 00000001598a04c3 STACK_TEXT: 00000000`330eefb0 00000001`418a0897 : 00000000`330ef660 00000001`b38fd120 00000000`330ef6f0 00000000`09b472b0 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xaea4a3 00000000`330ef120 00000001`418a09ed : 00000000`330ef660 00000001`b38f9e40 00000000`330ef6f0 00000000`09b472b0 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xaea877 00000000`330ef290 00000001`418a0897 : 00000000`330ef660 00000001`b38f97e0 00000000`330ef6f0 00000000`09b472b0 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xaea9cd 00000000`330ef400 00000001`4189cc3b : 00000000`330ef660 00000000`1f8b0150 00000000`330ef6f0 00000000`09b472b0 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xaea877 00000000`330ef570 00000001`418953af : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000001`1fad0000 00000000`00000000 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xae6c1b 00000000`330ef7f0 00000001`41897015 : 65ccdc5a`3efe76c9 00000000`afee81e0 00000000`bc2f9680 00000000`00000002 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xadf38f 00000000`330efa20 00000001`41880439 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00001bd0 00000000`23bad480 00000000`be00feff : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xae0ff5 00000000`330efc80 00000001`418801a6 : 00000000`23bad480 00000000`00000000 00000000`000000ff 00000000`000000ff : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xaca419 00000000`330efcc0 00000001`4187ff18 : 00000000`22a51b00 00000000`23bad480 00000000`22a51dd0 00000000`22a589c0 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xaca186 00000000`330efd10 00000001`41881946 : 000003d1`be5d98e7 00000000`22a58a60 00000000`00000000 000003d1`be5da0b8 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xac9ef8 00000000`330efd90 00000001`4184e328 : 00007ff9`ff407f9a 00000000`00000003 00000000`00001000 00000001`443373d4 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xacb926 00000000`330efdc0 00000001`4184cc70 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xa98308 00000000`330efdf0 00000001`4184e417 : 00000000`248c2800 00000000`248c27c0 00000000`00000000 00000000`22a58a60 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xa96c50 00000000`330efe50 00000001`40e3169d : 00000001`44337300 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000001`44337388 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xa983f7 00000000`330efe90 00007ff9`270a4f6b : 00000001`44337388 00000000`22a58a60 00000000`00000000 00000000`02e30470 : MassEffectAndromeda!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0x7b67d 00000000`330eff00 00007ff9`270a5098 : 00007ff9`2715cb80 00000000`02e30470 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : msvcr120!_callthreadstartex+0x17 00000000`330eff30 00007ffa`005be8d7 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : msvcr120!_threadstartex+0x88 00000000`330eff60 00007ffa`01e1c34c : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 000004f0`fffffb30 000004d0`fffffb30 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x17 00000000`330eff90 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x2c SYMBOL_NAME: MassEffectAndromeda+aea4a3 MODULE_NAME: MassEffectAndromeda IMAGE_NAME: MassEffectAndromeda.exe STACK_COMMAND: ~13s; .ecxr ; kb FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE_c0000005_MassEffectAndromeda.exe!Unknown OS_VERSION: 10.0.26100.1 BUILDLAB_STR: ge_release OSPLATFORM_TYPE: x64 OSNAME: Windows 10 IMAGE_VERSION: 1.0.0.0 FAILURE_ID_HASH: {6c6255bc-d97d-5c28-9468-c31f00b4fa08} Followup: MachineOwner
Andromeda multiplayer "you have lost your connection to the session" (PC)
So I have been playing Andromeda for quite some time, but now that I tried to join multiplayer i got the error "you have lost you connection to the game session". it pops up more than 80% of the time. I might only play a game or two in 3 hours because its almost impossible to join a game, and no one would be able to enter if I host. very few times I get to join a lobby, but most of the time the error appears and kicks me out of the lobby. Is there any way to fix this issue ? thanks in advance !EA App PC Mass Effect 3 "Redeem/Purchase Online Pass"
I bought the game 2 or so years ago and played the multiplatyer and everything was fine, now i reinstall the game and it tells me i need to purchase an online pass, I can't find that dlc in the EA Store and i have the other dlc. I have tried deleting my temp files and deleting the files in the liscenses folder but no joy. Also when i click on downloadable content i get told it is under maintenance?
[PC] - MELE 2 ACT 3 UNPLAYABLE!! Can't enter Omega-4 Relay!
Hello! I am a new Mass Effect player who is about to finish MELE 2 with an imported Custom Female Shepard (was modded with cosmetics and textures, but I had restored the game back to vanilla). I am playing the game on Steam. I had just finished all the assignments I could possibly find along with finishing all the missions, including the completion of installing the Reaper IFF. After the last cutscene of the Normandy Assault where we played as Joker, I realised that the interactable NPCs (Kelly, Doctor Chakwas, and Mess Sergeant Gardner) were still present in the Normandy despite the mission stating that ALL crew members were abducted by the Collectors. I already felt that there was a problem upcoming. As soon as I clicked on the Omega-4 Relay on the map, it had no option to land. My only option available was to press the back button, but the Journal stated that I need to enter the Omega-4 Relay for my next mission. Basically, the game became unplayable after the Reaper IFF installation. On another note, another small bug's been lingering in my game, and I wonder if it has contributed to the existence of the Omega-4 Relay bug. I have Dossier: The Assassin still marked incomplete in Journal, even though Thane has already been recruited and became loyal. It says I have to go to Dantius Bridge but it's practically impossible since I already completed the mission. I assumed it was because my game was modded, so here's a list of what I've tried to fix the game: Restored my ENTIRE MELE game to back to vanilla. Deleted game progress until I was back to the mission where I obtain the Reaper IFF and replayed from that point onwards in vanilla. Still same result. Replayed Thane's recruitment mission, but I still have his mission marked incomplete in Journal. Got Steam to verify file integrity but no corrupt files were found after I restored the game to vanilla. I will attach the related files here. Hopefully I can get my game fixed! I would like to get to this issue as soon as possible as I want to get my Shepard imported to MELE 3 and obtain the Long Service Medal achievement!! Thank you :]! *Note, I found a user on Reddit with my exact same issue (Dossier: The Assassin bug included). They stated that they are also playing MELE on Steam with no mods, so I assume mods may not be the issue for the bug?
achievements are not unlocked
I just finished Mass Effect 2 via Steam, and I got a romance with Miranda and completed it on Insanity. When I did this, the respective achievements were not unlocked. I clarify that I never touched anything about the difficulty. I spent 42 hours playing to get the Platinum, and this is happening to me.😢😢
Mass Effect 3 online pass key error
its been almost 3 years now since ive been trying to play mass effect 3 multiplayer and every time i download it again because i hope things are fixed im met with the same error when i click the multiplayer option. Error online pass key is needed to play multiplayer. where i can find this i have no clue ive searched the EA app for it ive tried searching online how to get it, im running in to a brick wall here... i bought this game many years ago and when it was owned by Origin i was able to play online happily now since the change of ownership im unable to play online and i have extreme difficulty in finding a way to even purchase an online pass key so that i can play multiplayer. i know ill be told by people to troubleshoot the issue, beleive me i did this all to many times. i have fiber internet 300upload 300download and even whilst i right this im having two games running plus streams running on twitch , i have a very good computer i need to have one and good internet because im a streamer on twitch. so my computer or internet is not the issue.. the issue is finding a way to purchase the online pass key which i cant find anywhere. can i have someone tell me please. thanks in advance
Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Invites only from lobby
I am sure the people at EA already know about this but I think it is worth repeating how bad is the parity between Origin and EA App. Here is a reminder of feature "parity" of Origin and EA App at least when it comes to Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer: What Invite Join Where Friends List Chat Window In-Game Overlay Friends List Chat Window In-Game Overlay When Lobby In Progress Lobby In Progress Lobby In Progress Lobby In Progress Lobby In Progress Lobby In Progress EA Desktop N Y N N EA Origin Y Is there any chance that this can be improved?
N7 HQ cannot sync my account.
I played Mass Effect 3 multiplayer a lot when it released on the 360. Under the same account/gamertag but a different email connected to the EA Origins website. Last year I changed my gamertag/psn and email across all of my consoles, games, and accounts under one email, Just to make things easier for me. After I done that, I deleted all of my old emails. which I believe 1 was still connected to my first and only Mass Effect and EA Origins/Play account. I don't know if that is the reason N7 HQ cannot sync my ME3 Multiplayer data to my new email/gamertag or find it, but it more than likely is the reason. But if you all know a solution for this, please let me know. I want to play ME3 multiplayer again without starting over from the beginning. That is the last resort.
Mines barrier mission
Hi, i have a problem with Ps4 ME Legendary Mass Effect 3 Omega DLC mines mission. I get stuck after defeating waves of mechs while defending Aria. She just stands there with hands in barrier and nothing happens. I dont want to reinstall game, tried resetting mission, killing myself, loading saves and autosave and i dont know what to do anymore. Is there a patch or something to fix this? Thank you