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Claymix93
7 years ago
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Mass Effect 1 crashes whenever I load any save game

I have Mass Effect 1 through Origin. It's run fine for awhile now. All of a sudden, the game crashes everytime I click Resume Career or Load Game. No save files work. All the save files appear, but ...
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    holger1405
    7 years ago

    @Claymix93 

    • Make sure Origin is closed.
    • Go to your "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect" folder.
    • Move the "Save" and the "Config" folder to your desktop.
    • Start ME and close it again after it is fully loaded.
    • Move a single Save file back the "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect"
    • See if this save works. (Try with a few different save files if the first don't works.)
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holger1405
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7 years ago

@Claymix93 

  • Make sure Origin is closed.
  • Go to your "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect" folder.
  • Move the "Save" and the "Config" folder to your desktop.
  • Start ME and close it again after it is fully loaded.
  • Move a single Save file back the "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect"
  • See if this save works. (Try with a few different save files if the first don't works.)
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Claymix93
7 years ago
@holger1405 I moved the saves, launched the game, quit, moved one save over and... it worked. So then I moved them all over, launched the game, and all the saves work now. Then I synced with the cloud saves again and it's all bueno!

I don't get it. These are the exact same save games that didn't work earlier, and now they work fine. Does that mean the config files got messed up somehow?
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    holger1405
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    7 years ago

    @Claymix93 

    vspr417GPXpohf  schrieb:

    I don't get it. These are the exact same save games that didn't work earlier, and now they work fine. Does that mean the config files got messed up somehow?

    Yeah, that's the most likely conclusion.

    Have fun gaming!

    • YourPunkPrinces's avatar
      YourPunkPrinces
      6 years ago
      @holger1405 Any other possible solutions? I've had this problem myself and none of my saves work (neither manual, auto, or quick) after trying this method
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        holger1405
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        6 years ago

        @YourPunkPrincess 

        First it would be of interest if both, the "Save" and the "Config" folder are on their destined location and filled with the right data.

        Cold you provide a screenshot of your "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect" folder and the subordinate folders?

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