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.
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 just had the same exact problem as everyone else.
I tried eachems' steps, but they did not work for me.
I tried the following steps, and they did work:
@Brutalistanbul wrote: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.
For anyone else, I would simply try the solution by eachems or by brutalinstanbul...eachems' process took us about 12 minutes, but it didn't work....the process by brutalinstanbul took less than 5 minutes and it did work.
Thx for the help from everyone and good luck with your solution.
-Troy & Spike
Well, this worked.
Kind of.
Now it won't let me play the DLCs.
Worked flawlessly, much ablidged.
