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Duzkwolf
11 years ago

[Bug?] SMG Ultralight Materials (SP, Mars)

Hi guys.

I’ve played through ME1 and ME2 and I absolutely love them, never had any issues. Now, I have a lot of free time on my hands over Xmas so I decided to bunker down and jump into ME3. I imported my old ME1 -> ME2 character to ME3 and everything works just fine. Game is running smooth, I’m excited and having a good time… and then I run into this weird bug on the first mission (Mars.) I can’t loot the “SMG Ultralight Materials” mod for some unknown reason. I’ve been looting everything up to this point but this one just won’t work. I can target it, click it, and it even plays the animation but it won’t pop up in the corner confirming I looted it, and it won’t show up when I use the weapon bench in the very same room. The scope is there but not the Ultralight Materials.

I’ve been browsing around and the only solution I can find involves editing my character in a 3rd party program which is something I really don’t want to do. Is there really no other solution? Not that I’ll ever use a SMG but I’m one of those people who explore and loot –everything- and this bug really annoys me. Will I run into more stuff I won't be able to loot? At this point I’m not sure if I want to continue, I might have to find something else to play, sadly.

This is the PC version (Mass Effect 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition 1.05)

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  • Duzkwolf's avatar
    Duzkwolf
    11 years ago

    I reinstalled the game (removed everything including save games) and started over with a new ME2 import. This time I could pick up the SMG parts so I kept playing but 5 minutes later I reached the room with the sterilizer controls where I found the “Shotgun High Caliber Barrel” and “Sniper Rifle Extended Barrel” mods. I tried to pick them up but guess what? It doesn’t work. It doesn’t matter how many times I reload a previous save, it just won’t work.

    This pisses me off. The game is what, 2 years old now? I can’t believe a game breaking bug lite this is still around, especially not in such a successful and popular franchise. Do they even care anymore or are they too busy with ME4? I know for sure I’m not buying ME4 if I can’t play through ME3 because of this bullsh*t.

  • Duzkwolf's avatar
    Duzkwolf
    11 years ago

    I still can't force myself to play the game because of this. I want to, but I just can't. I can't be the only one experiencing this. Please click the "Me too" button in the first post if you're having this problem.

    I paid for the game, I expect it to work. This is total bullsh*t.

  • JigglyPenguin's avatar
    JigglyPenguin
    11 years ago
    @Duzkwolf wrote:

    I paid for the game, I expect it to work. This is total bullsh*t.

    Having this exact problem too, completely agree with this comment. I don't understand why they just leave it in, going from bug reports here it's been known for 2 years, no comment from Bioware or EA, no bug fix, apparently they just don't care. Really nice to know the company I've given money to views us all with such blatant contempt.

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