I found a solution to it (it worked for me).
In binaries directory:
Rename MassEffect2.exe as MassEffect2Launcher.exe
Rename ME2Game.exe as MassEffect2.exe
Now It Works fine and it can import Mass Effect 1 saves.
Hope work for everyone.
To say that I'm annoyed at this point would be an understatement of epic proportions, incompetence doesn't begin to cover how my experience with the Trilogy has left me feeling about EA/Bioware...
I bought the trilogy to find that two of the 6 discs have read errors, so I have to download two of the games...then I have to mess around trying to get my saves to import from Me1 (why isn't this automatic??? you couldn't be bothered to make some minor adjustments to the trilogy pack so I have to google how to get the saves imported).
After importing saves via the ME2 config utility the game no longer starts...same as OP, zip, nada.
The Masseffect2 process starts for a very brief moment and then vanishes...the game syncs with cloud (when it was enabled) and then says it's launching from origin but nothing.
Disabled cloud storage, deleted ME1 saves from ME2 saves directory,reset everything to default in me2config util...deleted the me2 folder from my user profile section and still nothing at all, set Origin and ME2 to run as admin.
It worked only once before I tried to import my saves from ME1.
Thought I'd try a re-install but some not so clever muppet decided Origin should auto delete install caches after installation, so I am now faced with a second 14GB download...I own the discs and I've had to download near 30GB and be without the game for 2 days, not impressed, this time I've told Origin to keep the installation files...no doubt I'll have to figure this out for myself as looking around these forums and the web there's but been almost zero help for people with this issue.
I try to reward developers for their effort by actually paying for games, but you really are making it hard to justify paying for this junk when the people who rip it off have less problems than your paying customers.
If anyone is remotely interested in my specs..
Windows 7 64bit all updates
2x geforce 570GTX
16GB Corsair Dominator
i7 2600K @ 5GHz (overclock is watercooled and bulletproof, but it's easily disabled via asus utils and I always test problems like these at stock).
Asus P67 Sabertooth
8TB HDD space
SSD for games
latest dx9
latest drivers
xfi fatality prof sound card
I take my gaming seriously, I am a network engineer who has worked in the IT Support industry for 15 years, I'm sure I'll figure this out eventually...I'm just pretty irritated that I work 12 hours a day 6 days a week troubleshooting and fixing networks and servers to come home to relax for a couple of hours to find I paid someone for this trash, so far I've had problems with Origin BF3, SWTOR and now ME2, I resisted the urge to hate on it through all those games despite having problems as it was fairly new, now there really is no excuse. EA, just scrap Origin since you obviously don't know what you are doing.
Just to clarify none of my whining is directed at the support staff, it's more at the people responsibe for the current state of Origin, whether that be developers or the people higher up tieing their hands behind their backs or failing to give them the resources they need, please don't take it personally.
I too am having the same issue, ME 1, and ME 3 launch flawlessly, ME2 DID launch upon installation, I didn't use my disks, just downloaded.
Initially i got the issue with crashing at the weapons loadout screen, but now it wont launch, it shows in the process tree for about half a second, then disappears, an no matter what I do, it doesn't change, (run as administrator, launching through origin, launching through the EXE file) nothing. All my drivers are up to date,
still, no errors, no prompts, nothing, just disappears from task manager process tree.
I've reinstalled ME 2, and again it initially launched, but after tring to launch again it no longer opens.
My specs
Win 7 64bit Ultimate
i7 930K 2.8ghs
Kingston Hyper X 16GB ram
Asus GTX 560 Direct CU II Ti
Asus ROG Rampage Gene III motherboard.
The worst part is it seems that people have been having issues since the game came out initially, but nothing I find online seems to have any answers.
It seems I had only scratched the surface of how terrible a piece of coding Origin really is...I enabled "Keep Game Installers after game is installed" only to find that 99% of games are what is known as "Download in Place", therefore no installers are downloaded and cannot be re-installed without a redownload, you might want to mention that ont he page that offers to keep installers...it screams amateur when we have to find this stuff out on google from end users.
Do I have to download an image from some kind soul off newsnet (just the images, I do technically own the game so it's not piracy) to get the game I paid for? To re-iterate I have the originall trilogy discs that are corrupt and have downloaded the game twice to try and solve the above issue.
Hearing that the error occurs after playing once I have to backup the game files in the hope that uninstalling then copying them back will work...not convinced Origin is coded well enough to allow that but hey...if it stoped bringing the download to 45gb why not.
Work beckons...will test this out later when I get back.
Just to clarify none of my whining is directed at the support staff, it's more at the people responsibe for the current state of Origin, whether that be developers or the people higher up tieing their hands behind their backs or failing to give them the resources they need, please don't take it personally.
Yea, I checked my processes and ME2 shows up for like a quarter of a second. And my disk says problem while reading.
Thank you soooo much, I swear to god if I hear about issues with ME4 I'm not going to buy the **bleep** thing.
Hello Commander(s),
This happened to me a few minutes ago.
It is not necessary to completely uninstall ME2 and reinstall it. There is a quicker way to do the workaround (took me 5 minutes).
If you're experiencing this error, go into the game folder (by default on windows 7: C:/Program files (x86)/Origin Games/Mass Effect 2)
Enter the folder named "Binaries" and permanently delete the "MassEffect2Config.exe" file. Then go back to the original game folder and permanently delete the folder named "data" (make sure Origin is closed).
Afterwards, launch Origin, right-click on the Mass Effect 2 icon and select "Repair Install". Let the repair tool fullfill his task (should'nt be very long).
Then, proceed to manually copy the saves from ME1 as indicated in the previous message from pudsley.
(Copy the content of the folder "Documents/BioWare/Mass Effect/Save" into "Documents/BioWare/Mass Effect 2/Save/ME1")
When it's done, launch Mass Effect 2 (use local data when asked by Origin), hopefully this issue should be fixed. It worked on my end.
Happy Reaper hunt.
Your method worked flawlessly for me as well, eachems.
The only difference was that the save content for ME1 was still in the ME2 save folder after the repair. I went ahead and deleted it and replaced it just to be safe.
Thanks for posting!
I know how you feel man, I'm experiencing the same problem, I do not receive the necessary attention or assistance by the companies involved. Not to mention that I am Brazilian, so I have less attention even thoughi paid the same way for these services. Even better, it just has not happened in ME2 but also in Battlefield and its expansions, which were duly paid, but nothing seized.
@Marodim wrote:I know how you feel man, I'm experiencing the same problem, I do not receive the necessary attention or assistance by the companies involved. Not to mention that I am Brazilian, so I have less attention even thought paid the same way for these services. Even better, it just has not happened in ME2 but also in Battlefield and its expansions, which were duly paid, but nothing seized.
You really need your own separate thread. If you really had a totally duplicated platform and software setup, then you would have no problem. This thread includes a solution for a situation and a system.
It didn't work for you, but it's really almost impossible in terms of PCs to really have everything exactly the same as someone else, especially when trying to make comparisons between distant locations. Why not start your own personal request for your fellow members to think about your situation? Give us all the data we need to attempt a diagnosis, and let's see if there's anything we can come up with:
Did you managed to fix it? I have the same problem too
