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Arkham9
5 years ago
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'Pinnacle Station' & 'Bring Down The Sky' Steam Version of ME

seems as though the DLCs that have been made available for Steam players are no longer working, whether you try to install them or load a save where they were successfully installed...  this is a rec...
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    Arkham9
    5 years ago

    Here's how I got around this problem...

    first...  contact Steam Support (EA's wasn't helpful at all) and request your missing CD Key...  you should be able to access it when you right-click the game in your library under the 'Manage' tab but EA has since removed the key...  once you have your missing key write it down for you're going to need it multiple times...

    you need to change the registry at this location:

    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Electronic Arts\Electronic Arts\Mass Effect (tm)\ergc

    change the value that says %CDKEY% with your real CD Key provided by Steam...  you'll now be able to successfully install both DLCs according to the guide linked above...  don't celebrate just yet...

    because of EA's interference you won't be able to access the DLCs until you change the registry everytime you play...  not so fast with the celebrations...  the game automatically changes it back to %CDKEY% the moment that you launch the game...  have the registry minimized so that you can change it back AFTER you launch the game but BEFORE you press any key to continue to the Main Menu...  this will allow you to be able to play both DLCs and load any save that displays the missing DLC message...

    what a nuisance...  thanks EA...:-)

Arkham9's avatar
Arkham9
5 years ago

Here's how I got around this problem...

first...  contact Steam Support (EA's wasn't helpful at all) and request your missing CD Key...  you should be able to access it when you right-click the game in your library under the 'Manage' tab but EA has since removed the key...  once you have your missing key write it down for you're going to need it multiple times...

you need to change the registry at this location:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Electronic Arts\Electronic Arts\Mass Effect (tm)\ergc

change the value that says %CDKEY% with your real CD Key provided by Steam...  you'll now be able to successfully install both DLCs according to the guide linked above...  don't celebrate just yet...

because of EA's interference you won't be able to access the DLCs until you change the registry everytime you play...  not so fast with the celebrations...  the game automatically changes it back to %CDKEY% the moment that you launch the game...  have the registry minimized so that you can change it back AFTER you launch the game but BEFORE you press any key to continue to the Main Menu...  this will allow you to be able to play both DLCs and load any save that displays the missing DLC message...

what a nuisance...  thanks EA...:-)

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Kenny32673
Seasoned Vanguard
5 years ago

@EA_JasonAs you can see above EA have completely broken things for Steam users. Also many users are reporting that EA customer support are being stupidly awkward and are expecting people to be able to provide Steam emails (which could be from anything up to 13 years ago) to prove ownership in order to get their key?

That is not even remotely realisitic and a screenshot from their purchase history showing the transaction should be enough surely?

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