ME2 crashes after Intro / Windows 10
Hey everyone,
since I pre-ordered ME4, I wanted to play all previous ME games. Mass Effect 1 worked fine, but then I wanted to play ME2, which doesn't start. I tried almost every solution to get i...
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I tried both methods to reinstall VCRedist. A dual boot would be a solution and it actually wouldn't be such a big effort, but whats bothering me about that is, that I can't install Windows XP, which would be a much better second system, because of some old games, which doesn't run on any NT6 based Windows. But there has to be some kind of solution, to get Mass Effect 2 running on my system, if Windows 10 is installed.
But you're right, it is kind of strange, that it works perfectly with Windows 8.1, but doesn't even start with Windows 10. If I remember correctly, I played Mass Effect2 on Windows 10, back when 10 was released. But some reason I often have such kind of luck with a Bioware game. First with Dragon Age II which was stuttering like hell on a system, which should have been able to play the game with the highest settings, then with Dragon Age Inquisition, which I had exactly 8 month, before I was able to play it (and no, the problem was my system), then with Mass Effect 3, which crashed severeal times during the game, sometimes at crucial points in the game. And now the problem with ME2. Maybe I'm just cursed, if it comes to Bioware games, but I really love them, so I just have to keep trying.
That is a lot of bad luck, but yes, the games are worth it.
Why can't you install Windows XP in dual boot?
I tried to install Windows XP once, but it didn't work as good as I hoped. At first I had no sound, then, when this was sorted out, I had trouble with my RAM, because of the 32-Bit Version. The main issue was, that I couldn't use more than 3,2 GB, which I knew before I installed it, but for some reason games like NFS Underground 2, wouldn't work properly. So I installed XP x64, which is the sadest excuse for an operating system I ever encountered. I had Bluesreens all over the system, The OS didn't accept some of the drivers, it crashed during the installation of a game, ingame it froze and even though it is/was a 64 Bit version, XP didn't recognize my 16Gb RAM.
Another issue is, that there aren't drivers for my system, espacially for my board. So I can't use USB 3.0 and the most annoying thing is, that not all HDD's show up, except my SSD and the 640GB HDD I use for some of my games.
I also installed Vista once, but I can't find my DVD. I would like to install it again, but Microsoft refuses to send me another DVD, because I have the Enterprise edition, they told me, if I had a version, like the Ultimate or Home Premium, there wouldn't be a problem, but they have no Entprise DVD's left, so I have no cahnce to install Vista.
But back to topic. ^^
I installed Windows 10 once again, this time via an upgrade of Windows 8.1. Mass Effect 2 launches now, and I can play it. But now ME3 crashes very often, so I think I install Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 in a dual boot. This should work and I might be able to use all the features I want within Windows 10 and play games like Mass Effect.
Well, that is a step forward. What is the error for the ME3 crashes?
It's just a DX error, I think. Or an error with my graphics driver, but it's not that important. Mass Effect 2 runs perfectly now, so Im glad.
I had this error with ME3 once, back then the issue was solved, when I installed DX once again and downgraded my graphics driver. I hope, it's that simple, if not, ME3 will be played with Windows 8.1, where it works just fine.
Even if it doesn't work, I am able to play it, if I install it on my secondary system. I just have to change the graphics card from the HD3870X2 to the GTX480, i order to enjoy the game with the highest graphics settings.
