Mass Effect 2-PC Keeps Crashing on Illium

Ok, this "dare" thing was a bit harsh and i am sorry. I was pissed because of the kasumi dlc loading file missing and casusing a crash, and of course i've reinstallied it from origin severel times. I was only pissed because of the dlc crash cause of missing files .

my  pc being 'too good' for me2" was just icing on the cake.

For me too, never had any problems with my old computer and Windows 7. And now, with my new computer and Windows 10, i had already 2 crashes ( At the end of the Kasumi's DLC and at Illium under the office of Liara ). It is very annoying...

But thanks to you guys, i found the solution to the two problems.

For Illium: i put the game in Windows mode without the borders.

For Kasumi, you can find the solution on this web site.

So changing the sound settings does jack-*-*. Now I'll try everything else.

That did it. I only have to worry on Illium, right? Everywhere else is fine?

So I just turned down all the sound settings and it let me go through the corridor. Turned them back up and no issues. 

Coming in in June of 2020 to say thank you--this worked for me as well on Windows 10. Go into Settings/Sound, click your sound device, Properties, Advanced tab and set to 16 bit/44.1KHz. I also set the game to run Windowed Borderless and turned off the shadows/lighting/HQ Bloom options. 

I also had the Katsui DLC problem where you finish the mission then when you exit the recap screen the cut scene that plays when you're boarding the Normandy crashes your game. I tried every "-nomoviestartup" fix out there, etc. etc. etc. but nothing worked, ended up using the Gibbed Save Editor and moving my location to the Normandy manually. It worked, but I'll need to also adjust the right flag to mark the mission complete in the save editor too. Sure, you load on the bridge in a party dress and heels, but that's fixable. 😉 I used the following player position in the save file if it helps anyone:

Base Level Name BioP_Nor

X -2.23265076 3388.90527

Y 3388.90527

Z -130.150009

Should load you right at the map in CIC. 

The fix that I used that got me past the issue on Ilium also is the same fix that will correct the crash that happens in Mass Effect 3 for the Priority Horizon quest.

Resolution to 800x600

Window ( no Border )

Turn off Bloom

Turn off Dynamic shadows

Turn off Environment shadows

Turn off Film grain