Hi guys. I wasn't checking the forums anymore and I long finished Mass Effect 2. I didn't realize that there were people here suffering the wrath of EA's DRM BS.
I don't know your circumstances in this so all I can do is explain how I managed to got mine working.
I originally got ME2 on Origin and managed to get the game working. But the product key was not being accepted at social.bioware.com. The game DID start though so I just asked EA if they could do something. They supplied my with a SECOND ME2 copy. I used the cd key and just kept playing with the one I installed. Origin kept updating (for the second ME2 copy). It was trying to install another copy on top of mine and when it did, that's when I bumped into the problem. Days, weeks of figuring this out. This is my solution to the problem.
I had the install of ME2 (from the new copy of the game). You can differentiate the copies by looking at the product keys of the game in Origin. The game would not work with this stupid license check. If I recall correctly, I shutdown Origin and then looked into some folder on EA licenses and deleted the license associated with ME2 (C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services\License\<something>.dlf). Then I turned Origin back on and then used the original copy of ME2 that ran on my laptop and let it Repair Install. It downloaded some additional stuff and installed. Then the game ran.
I hope it helps you all. I don't know for sure and I make no guarantees it will work for all of you. Good luck and venture at your own risk. I risked it too.
OK well what about all of us who downloaded the game from origin and just want to play it. I have tried a repair install, that didn't work. I tried to delete anything that existed in the license file before the repair install, that didn't work. tried to remove what repair install added in license file, that didn't work. Mass effect 1 and 3 work fine. Does anyone from Origin actually have a fix?
Community AdminThanks for the posts everyone. Dbmondo, are you getting the exact error message in the title?Just to check, are you all using the English version, or one with a different language?
I am getting this error on my ME2 Digital Deluxe version as well. I have an open case with "Specialist support" which has been ongoing for 2 weeks with no end in sight.
I should note I have a regular edition of ME2 registered on my Origin account and the issue only began after I downloaded the latest patch. I have tried everything suggested here, and have even gone as far as to try istalling on an alternate machine that has never run either Origin or ME2 with no success.
If I get a resolution, I'll post it here...
Community AdminThanks for the update, orpheus. From my latest info, this can't be resolved on the player side, and we should be able to assist from our end. I'll take a look to see what's holding up your ticket, too.
I had this Problem today too, and i solved it.
I changed my Password for my Orogin Account because i read it in some Forums. this diddn't help.
After this i let Origin repair my Game. It loads around 21 MB, and after it my Game started.
My Game Language is German.
Greetings! 🙂
Community AdminThanks for the post.
I'm in exactly the same boat as you. Some help here would be great.
problem is when 2 version buyed . by me my old mass effect 2 single game buy . and my new triolgy with all mass effect 1-3 . that conflict with the new version key is invalid the old are akzeptet the new mass effect 2 key ist not valid better way ist a merge off all mass effect 2 . origin must learn merge keys or lern akzept multi keys
I just started a whole new post about this exact issue. A couple days ago after updating ME2 I started getting this cipher error (0x0006) and I cant even launch the game. Ive done everything mentioned in the previous posts and nothing has worked. I also have the trilogy and ME1 and 3 work perfect even after the updates but, ME2 has issues. This is the name of the new post/thread; ME2 Grunt Loyalty mission freeze. My list of problems/errors started with this single mission failing to begin and causing ME2 to "not respond". It was freezing up my whole computer at first and then I started having missing file errors then finally this invalid license code.
