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Anonymous
9 years ago

Black Screen after Mass Effect Title Screen

 So this is what happens exactly. I open the game. It goes through the initial screen and stops at the Title Screen. After I click a button to move to the next part it goes to a black screen with the music still playing.

It also gives me a Message if I go back to windows that says "ReadFile beyond EOF 137+4/137 for file C:\Users\Sampson\Documents\Bioware\MassEffect\Save\Profile.MassEffectProfile"

Crazy thing is I was playing ME last night no issues and all of a sudden today came the issue. 

This is what I've tried so far.

I am running Mass Effect 1 through Origin. I have gone right to binaries and try to run it straight from there as well.

Direct X installed both the new and the old

Compatibility mode is activated for Windows XP Service pack 3 it is also preset to be run as Administrator.

Uninstalled and reinstalled the game 3 times 

Uninstalled, downloaded and installed Origin itself twice.

Ran repair on the game through Origin. As well as checked to see if there are any updates I am missing.

I have gone into Biogame-Config-DefaultEngine and changed that sound setting to False.

Nothing seems to work. I have submitted a ticket to EA but that is probably useless. I have spent hours trying to get this game to run and trying different options

over and over again just hoping something would work. Been working on this since like 3 today...

Does anyone have any suggestions? 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Probably should post my Specs

    Intel Core i7-6820HK, GeForce GTX 980M with 4GB GDDR5, 12GB DDR4 RAM at 2133MHz

  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    Hero+
    9 years ago

    @sampson2doc

    - Make sure Origin and the game are not running

    - Move the "Profile.MassEffectProfile" file from your "C:\Users\Sampson\Documents\Bioware\MassEffect\Save" folder to another location. 

    - Restart Origin and test the Game.

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