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damoose1
13 years ago
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Mass Effect 3 Huge Update [PC]?

Hi I have had Mass Effect 3 for ages with no real problems on the Origin front. However, I had to reformat my PC. I did backups of my save files and my DLC folder, and after doing a fresh install of...
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    damoose1
    13 years ago

    All my directories had the DLC's listed. Thing is, it used to work fine on first install. It did the patch update and that was it. Origin just decided about 2 days later that my game needed this "update".

    I just had to go through with the update. Luckily it is the end of the month. Thing is, I checked my game before and after the update, and nothing changed. The directory is still the exact same size. 😕mileyfrustrated:

    I have no clue what it did. Next time, I will backup the entire game to see if I can bypass this mess so it does not happen again.

    Thanks for trying to help, kuvuplan. 😕mileyvery-happy:

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Anonymous
13 years ago

I'm guessing, that Origin is detecting missing files (like the install files or something) and thinks all of your DLC is missing.

You can try to check for those directories and listing files.

I'm guessing these are the directories to be concerned with:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\BIOGame\DLC"

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\BIOGame\DLC\_metadata"

Another option, it is the end of the month, can you get your 4GB download over with today, and start a fresh month tomorrow?

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damoose1
13 years ago

All my directories had the DLC's listed. Thing is, it used to work fine on first install. It did the patch update and that was it. Origin just decided about 2 days later that my game needed this "update".

I just had to go through with the update. Luckily it is the end of the month. Thing is, I checked my game before and after the update, and nothing changed. The directory is still the exact same size. 😕mileyfrustrated:

I have no clue what it did. Next time, I will backup the entire game to see if I can bypass this mess so it does not happen again.

Thanks for trying to help, kuvuplan. 😕mileyvery-happy:

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