Not able to interact with consoles/terminals

I have no idea why this is the first time I have played Mass effect, should have done it years ago 🙂

I am using the PC version.

I have an issue which has suddenly appeared. I am currently nearing the end of Virmire, and up until now eveything was working fine. However, I have just noticed that I am unable to interact with consoles/computer terminals which i know I should be able to. The interact symbol does not appear at all when standing in front of these items.

Has this happened to anyone else ?

Before I started the Virmire mission, I downloaded and installed Bring down the sky, though I havent tried that mission yet. It may not be connected, but it does seem a coincidence that this happened straight afterwards.

I loaded a very early save, and I can interact fine at that point of the game, reloaded my current save and I cannot.

Any ideas?

Thanks

12 Replies

Anonymous
12 years ago
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I don't remember that many consoles on Virmire. Is there any chance you're misremembering?
Perhaps you could give me an example terminal. I can load a save prior to that point (I saved A LOT) and see if it works for me.
Anonymous
12 years ago
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This is my first time playing Mass effect, but I have been speaking to a guy in work who has played it many times.

He mentioned a few consoles:

In the room from where you go to the release the prisoners in the cells
In the chamber that leads to the catwalk which leads to the above room
In the Krogan facility where the Genophage cure is being worked on, the console is right down the far end.

Just to make sure, I looked for videos of these parts of the game, and in them the character is interacting with these consoles.I can interact with storage lockers etc, fine, its just the consoles that seem to be a problem.

Thanks
Anonymous
12 years ago
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I don't have much to suggest, then.. what OS are you running? Are you fully patched?
Fred_vdp
Hero+
12 years ago
If you coudl upload your latest save, we could check if this is a corruption in the save file or not.
Anonymous
12 years ago
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I am running Windows 7 Pro fully patched. I don't think that its an OS issue, as a much earlier save works fine.
As suggested, it could be a corrupted save, maybe caused by installing the DLC ?
I'll upload the save when I get home from work, if I can find out how to do it 🙂
Anonymous
12 years ago
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The save is downloadable from here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/553yc8szlhy50md/Gaz00_32.MassEffectSave
I would appreciate it if it can be confirmed if the save is corrupted.
As a matter of interest, how do you establish that, as I can then go back to the last save that I have that is not corrupted.
Thanks, much appreciated.
Anonymous
12 years ago
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I can't open it. Perhaps we also need:
Profile.MassEffectProfile
Char_01-49-1-3-0-30-9-2013-102-34.MassEffectSave (well, something that looks like this but probably with different numbers)
Anonymous
12 years ago
Approved
No problem, I have included the profile file:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6mgtcjy721gl2ou/XrfWd0ZSdK
Fred_vdp
Hero+
12 years ago
Your save file seems to be fully functional. I could select the terminal to access base security, for instance. I'm out of ideas, not counting the usual "reinstall the game" tip that I usually like to reserve for last.
Anonymous
12 years ago
Approved
okay, thanks for your help.
I'll re-install the game without the DLC and see if that cures it.
Cheers