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DarkTankHunter
8 years ago
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can't authenticate mass effect 3 dlc

I have recently purchased all DLC for Mass Effect 3 as I want to play through everything before the Andromeda part. After downloading and installing all DLC on Origin, I started the game to get a mes...
  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    8 years ago

    @DarkTankHunter

    @DarkTankHunter wrote:

    The Binkw32.dll idea was actually your idea: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mass-Effect-3/Unable-to-Authorize-ME3-DLC-s/td-p/5439424 


    Yea, I thought so, the funny part is, this should allow you to play the single player DLCs.

    • Disable automatic game updates in Origin. (Origin menu > Origin > Application settings > Application > Client update > Automatic game updates > off
    • Close Origin completely.
    • Go here and download the two dlls again.
    • Put both in to your "<drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\Binaries\Win32" folder (overwrite)
    • test.
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DarkTankHunter
8 years ago

@holger1405

Called my ISP but their lights already went out when I tried to explain the situation. They revered to their Community forum to find a solution of there. I was the first one to post an issue with EA server and ME3.......☹️

Multiplayer won't start as well, I get the error msg that the ME3 server is not available, pls try again later.

The Binkw32.dll idea was actually your idea: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mass-Effect-3/Unable-to-Authorize-ME3-DLC-s/td-p/5439424 

I'll now research Google DNS and DNS Watch

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holger1405
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8 years ago

@DarkTankHunter

@DarkTankHunter wrote:

The Binkw32.dll idea was actually your idea: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mass-Effect-3/Unable-to-Authorize-ME3-DLC-s/td-p/5439424 


Yea, I thought so, the funny part is, this should allow you to play the single player DLCs.

  • Disable automatic game updates in Origin. (Origin menu > Origin > Application settings > Application > Client update > Automatic game updates > off
  • Close Origin completely.
  • Go here and download the two dlls again.
  • Put both in to your "<drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\Binaries\Win32" folder (overwrite)
  • test.
  • DarkTankHunter's avatar
    DarkTankHunter
    8 years ago

    @holger1405

    I'm convinced that there is a routing issue going on, my ISP got the relevant info and hopefully they will dig into it.

    Thank you for the Binkw32 link, if its the same files I used earlier this week then I'm affraid it won't work for me as well (or I did something wrong).

    I found a newer version of those files here, maybe usefull for the future. It's working for me (just single player) so I'm happy enough.

    Past week I've been reading a brain dump on info all you people come up with to help others with their issues and I really respect and appreciate the time and effort all of you put into sorting things out. Thank you very much @holger1405 for taking the time to help me out.

    Have a good one.

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    holger1405
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    8 years ago

    @DarkTankHunter

    @DarkTankHunter wrote:

    Thank you for the Binkw32 link, if its the same files I used earlier this week then I'm affraid it won't work for me as well (or I did something wrong).


    I'm not sure, the other version of the DLLs should have worked too. I changed the link in my post regardless.

    I also changed the accepted solution because there are some information (game updates) in my post that are necessary for the DLLs to work in the long term.

    @DarkTankHunter wrote:

    Past week I've been reading a brain dump on info all you people come up with to help others with their issues and I really respect and appreciate the time and effort all of you put into sorting things out. Thank you very much @holger1405 for taking the time to help me out.

    Have a good one.


     You're welcome.

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    DarkTankHunter
    8 years ago

    @holger1405

    Update: I got it working!! 

    Feel stupid actually but I played a bit more with my router. Turned the firewall and UPnP off or to low and got it working. Routing issue.

    I only did this on Norton Security, not on my router, feel really stupid.

    Eventually UPnP didn't make a difference and I set my router firewall to low (reboot router and PC). 

    Thx again for all the help Holger1405.

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    holger1405
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    8 years ago

    @DarkTankHunter

    That is good to hear!

    Strange that the Router still blocked the connection despite the port forwarding.

    Well, dosen't matter now, have fun gaming!

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