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Re: Mass Effect 1 Crashes During Saren Citadel Fight

I had the same problem, and what fixed it for me was to use the in-game frame limiter at 60fps (144fps did NOT work). Squad power usage could stay on auto. Don't remember encountering this problem in the original, I guess modern hardware is just to strong.

Edit: Holger1405: Take a look at this post as well. The game still does not crash at 115 FPS.

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  • @Hanti-Cy I just confirmed that locking the game to 60fps does avoid the crash while using biotic powers. This should be a better workaround for those having trouble killing Saren without using powers.

  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @muddymindPT  @Hanti-Cy 

    I marked @Hanti-Cy post as a solution because it provides a good workaround.

    Could you guys try with 99 FPS? The 100 FPS mark was a barrage for some problems in the old game.

    I also forwarded this to the CMs.

  • @holger1405 I did the following tests by limiting FPS on nvidia control panel:

    99 FPS - no crash

    100 FPS - no crash

    105 FPS - no crash

    110 FPS - no crash

    115 FPS - no crash

    120 FPS - crash!

  • bcatrek's avatar
    bcatrek
    5 years ago

    Thanks for this work. I put everything to 60 FPS and finally I don't have to almost beat Saren again. He's finally dead now - without any game crashes!

  • This bug still exists.  I had to turn down my graphics to 60 FPS and while I was at it I went to 1080P and turned off all the graphics switches.   After about 10 crashes, on Insanity, I finally killed Saren.

  • Tweaking the graphics options worked for me! Thanks for the tip. I had tried and crashed probably a dozen times before finding this. I was befinning to give up hope.

  • Same crash. Limited FPS to 60 and turned off squad power usage. Worked for me.

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