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Fred_vdp
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12 years ago
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[PC] Importing a save file from Mass Effect 1

This guide applies to the original release, not the Legendary Edition. Since the release of the trilogy edition, many people have asked how to import save files from ME1. Finding the config...
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    holger1405
    9 years ago

    @thingy1804

    If your question is about importing ME1 characters to ME2 do this:

    Navigate to your "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\Save" folder and create a folder named "ME1" (Without the quotes) inside the "Save" Folder.

    After you finished ME1, copy the Mass Effect Saves from the Mass Effect save folder ("Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\Save") into the "ME1" folder you created.

    Now ME2 should "see" your ME1 characters.

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Anonymous
12 years ago

When I go to open Program Files (x86) > Origin Games, the folder is quite literally empty. I can easily start ME2 through Origin, but the folder you said to look in doesn't exist for me.

This issue is causing me quite the headache.

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Fred_vdp
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12 years ago
@stoxin1 wrote:

When I go to open Program Files (x86) > Origin Games, the folder is quite literally empty. I can easily start ME2 through Origin, but the folder you said to look in doesn't exist for me.

This issue is causing me quite the headache.

That folder was just an example of a possible installation folder. If you didn't install Mass Effect 2 through Origin, then it will be somewhere else. For instance Program Files (x86) - Mass Effect 2 - Binaries. If you installed it through Steam, it will be in the Steamapps folder.

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    thingy1804
    9 years ago

    i just got all three games individually and i managed to find the ME2 config.exe and it literally will do nothing but scan it doesn't give any other option if anyone can help me please do

    • holger1405's avatar
      holger1405
      Hero+
      9 years ago

      @thingy1804

      If your question is about importing ME1 characters to ME2 do this:

      Navigate to your "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\Save" folder and create a folder named "ME1" (Without the quotes) inside the "Save" Folder.

      After you finished ME1, copy the Mass Effect Saves from the Mass Effect save folder ("Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\Save") into the "ME1" folder you created.

      Now ME2 should "see" your ME1 characters.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        8 years ago

        Literally none of what you said worked. So any other suggestions?

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