Mass Effect 2 - Shadow Broker DLC Crash

OH. MY. GOD. THANK YOU!! I have been banging my head on a freaking ROCK for the last few hours on this!

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So, a couple of points:

1) If you DO NOT see the bomb explosion in the beginning of the Shadow Broker DLC after going with Vasir to the hotel, RESTART your mission. I don't know if picking different squad members helped or not, but if you do not see that explosion, you'll get to the Liara/Vasir shootout and Liara will just be standing there with her pistol drawn and you can't interact with her or anything else. This is where I restarted and realised I didn't see the hotel explosion in the beginning.

2) The "screen going black" car chase - I removed the "-nomoviestartup" option and that fixed it! I did notice that the cutscene seemed to be a different resolution than the one that I was playing at, so maybe a factor?

TODO: Curious if the outfits the team members wear matters; I outfitted them all with the DLC custom packs. If I could do it all over (Which I distinctly DO NOT want to do, maybe I'd try with their default skins. 

THANK YOU again for this!

I don't remember any problems when I played this the first time round, however, what a nightmare this time!

MY FIX was based on all of the data presented from all of these entries - thanks everyone! :-)

My System

• I7-10700k
• 32GB
• Sabrent M2 PCIe 2TB SSD
• Nvidia RTX2070
• 2 x Samsung 4K UHD screens running 3840 x 2160
• Origin
• W10

My Fixes for Shadow Broker DLC.

• Door under Liara's office
  • Open the masseffect config.exe file & set the graphics to:
    • borderless window
    • 1920 x 1080 resolution
    • I left everything else on full
    • Save the settings
• Create the desktop shortcut using the file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\Binaries\ME2Game.exe" & use the -nomoviestartup option
• Load the game
• Goto the door
• WALK through the door & STOP when the advert is triggered
• Once the advert has finished continue to WALK down the corridor slowly
• Save immediately that the next door opens
• Re-set your graphics to their normal values (which for me is 3840 x 2160) & continue play

This worked for me although I had also disabled 'Autosave' from a previous attempt & had not re-enabled it.

• Hover Car Chase
  • Open the masseffect config.exe file & set the graphics to:
    • borderless window
    • 1920 x 1080 resolution
    • I left everything else on full
    • Save the settings
  • Start the game using the file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\Binaries\MassEffect2.exe" DO NOT USE the -nomoviestartup option
  • Play the chase through to the end
  • Save the game once you have landed on the balcony
  • Re-set your graphics to their normal values

At this point the game played right through to the shadow Broker's Lair for me & I was able to return to the Normandy properly.

I hope this helps.  Good Luck!