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Seasoned Rookie

9 years ago

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Mass Effect 1 Crashing after 10 mins

{The Overall Problem} The game crashes and is unplayable. {The Problem in detail} After about 10 minutes of play, the game switches from smooth gameplay to stuttering until 2-3fps, really choppy m...

holger1405
9 years ago
Ok, @ZethRyder the DxDiag shows that Mass Effect exe is crashing.

First, go to your "<drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect\DirectX" folder and run the "dxsetup.exe" > restart and test.

If that not helps, download the patch 1.02 from here and install it > restart and test.

ZethRyder

Seasoned Rookie

9 years ago

@holger1405 wrote:
Ok, @ZethRyder the DxDiag shows that Mass Effect exe is crashing.
First, go to your "<drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect\DirectX" folder and run the "dxsetup.exe" > restart and test.
If that not helps, download the patch 1.02 from here and install it > restart and test.
I did both of those and that seems to have fixed it! The stuttering is gone along with the crashing and the game is playable again! Thank you for your help!