hey,
thanks for your response.
first of all i somehow managed to make ME2 work! with imported characters!
wu-*-hu!
i had so much problems during this time. in the meantime i gave up and started with a new character. then i noticed after 2 hours playing that the game wont save. it just refused to create save files... it was like a really bad joke. then origin didnt even started it anymore when i tried to import the files through the config.exe in a last desperate attempt after reinstalling/redownloading literally everything... again...
but then i felt like making a joke myself and just simply deleted the WHOLE save folder of ME2. (the ones from ME1 where there too) let origin repair the whole game. after that i let the config.exe do its job (knowing that it wont work) then deleted the files and just manually copied the "char_...." files which are located in the saves folder from ME1. then i created a sub folder called "ME1" in the save folder from ME2. then i pasted the files right into that sub folder. closed everything and started ME2
and there it was! the magic happend!
it worked.
the "import character button" wasnt dead anymore. i was able to magically start the game with imported characters. the game was also able again to create save files.
to sum up some facts that could help anybody out there who encounters similiar problems like i did:
using the config.exe somehow corrupts something in origin or whatever leaving origin unable to start the game. just dont use the config.exe!
to play with imported characters just manully copy the "char_" save files from ME1. (located in documents -> bioware -> Mass Effect) and i mean ONLY the "char_ " files
somehwere on the road i deleted the config.exe too and let origin repair it. i let origin repair the game so many times i forgot if i did it the last time before it started working. just try, you cant do anything wrong since origin downloads every missing file in order to repair the game so you wont * up anything.
if the game is not saving, it helped my cause to simply delete every save folder the game created (located in documents) and to let origin repair the game.
i hope i made sense above and that it could be useful for anybody who has the same problems.
in the end,
i just want to say thank you EA_David for your persisting attempts in helping my cause and not just giving up on me.
great support work!
thank you a lot.
with regards,
Richard
