Anyone? It seems to be a case of getting the installer to know that Mass Effect is installed, and where the origin installation directory is. Then it could go on to install it, theoretically.
So is there no fix for this? No upcoming mini patch so that origin installation of mass effect can be detected by BDTS?
Come on guys, this is pretty bad tech support and EA needs to do a fix if this significant extra content cant detect an origin based installation of Mass Effect.
A bit late, but... Have you played and made sure the content isn't in game? Pretty sure it's just included in the game now (I had an old, old physical copy of ME1 and clung to my BDTS and key for years, went to reinstall this year and found I couldn't, then discovered it was no longer necessary).
@BVargas78 Have you contacted EA tech support? If so, what was their response?
Answers HQ is community driven, which means if your fellow players don't know the solution, you won't get an answer. The game is eight years old now, which means this forum doesn't get much attention anymore. I drop by the Mass Effect forums now and then, but I don't know the solution to this problem.
I havent played it through yet, whilst its possible that Origin installs BDTS by default, I ended up uninstalling it for the time being due to not knowing.
What i'll probably do though (as i know this method works) is install it through Steam, then apply BDTS, then Origin tends to detect the steam installation, and the other expansion Pinnacle Station which i bought from Origin becomes playable too. It's a bit long winded but this worked the last time i played the game which was late 2012. Ideally though, it would be nice to have had it all under the Origin 'roof'.
I never purchased Pinnacle station (had no means of buying things online back then... Or money 😛 ), but when I reinstalled ME through Origin earlier this year, Pinnacle station was included (as well as BDtS). New stuff to do, bonus! 😛
Hmm, in that case maybe they do all come with BDTS and Pinnacle Station for free now, which would make sense. Makes sense.
From my experience they don't come with it. I had my physical ME 1 copy registered to Origin this saturday and when I tried to load my savegame after installing the Origin version, it said that I didn't have BDtS installed so I can't load my save. I only had the free version of BDtS (the one where you don't need a key) but it still sucks that the installer won't detect the installation.
I had an ancient physical copy of ME1 (which I played before Origin was a thing), and a free version of BtdS which did require a key (I kept the installer and key for many, many years). Despite multiple attempts to install last year after downloading ME1 through Origin (I didn't re-purchase it, it just recognised that it was a game I owned and so was available to download), I couldn't get the BtdS to install, so I gave up. I then discovered while playing the game that it was already included, along with Pinnacle Station (which, as far as I remember, I never had previously). I didn't try to load any old saves, though, so perhaps that is the source of your issue, @smintili ?
If you continue to have issues, you can contact EA about it here. If you choose the live chat option, you may have to wait a while, and the estimated wait time isn't always accurate.
Well, I contacted support, at first I was prompted to try the regular installer (although I'm almost certain the guy on the phone didn't understand that I already tried that and it was just the go-to solve attempt) and then he said he had forwarded my request to the technical support specialist. Whatever that means, he said I'd have to wait three days. And I certainly won't restart the playthrough I am currently at, mostly because it is part of a Let's Play series spanning all Mass Effects.
I have a feeling the technical support people are probably more up to date on current games than older ones such as the original Mass Effect, which may explain the 'go-to solve attempt' response you got (and often the 'specialists' aren't very helpful, and take quite a while to get back to you, just a heads up).
Perhaps one of the EA accounts on these forums could be more help (they're all called EA_<name>, so easy to spot, but I don't know which ones are active on this particular board), they're often knowledgeable about such things.
It would be a pity to miss the BDtS on your playthrough if you're doing the entire trilogy, since there are some consequences (depending on your choices) throughout the rest of the trilogy if you do play it.
Well if I could continue my save, then that would be okay, but it seems I would have to start all over again. It just says that my save contains BDtS content and that I cannot go on playing that save whilst BDtS is not installed...🤔
@Leora85 wrote:I never purchased Pinnacle station (had no means of buying things online back then... Or money 😛 ), but when I reinstalled ME through Origin earlier this year, Pinnacle station was included (as well as BDtS). New stuff to do, bonus! 😛
Ooh free stuff, sounds good.
Can you tell me a little about what they are?🤔
Bring down the sky, is Asteroid X47(IIRC) and is going to crash into a planet unless Shepard can get on it and shut down some Engines that were moving it around for future mining. It is a nice little side mission set, that can give you some decent gear if for tech people as well as option for good Armor at the end of it.
Pinnacle station is a base you can visit to run battle simulations, arena Horde mode. If you get top scores you can get a small home base out of it.
Both are fun, but BDtS is my favorite of the two, and is one of my favorite side missions in ME1.
