Mass Effect 2 - Shadow Broker DLC Crash
So, I'm playing through Mass Effect 2 again (same disc) and on my pervious playthrough I went through the Shadow Broker DLC just fine. But this time, right when you get to the cinematic at the end of...
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removing the -nomoviestartup fixed the black screen freeze during the car chase for me. Its funny because i had to turn it on to even make it that point and then it turned out to be the cause of for this particular issue.
i hate everything to do with illium right now. its a constant battle of trying different configurations just to get past one bug only to run face first into another.
Thanks to everyone who has posted there solutions thus far.
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!
