I found something while snooping in the save file with gibbed editor
There is 5 slots in weapon mods option, likely for the fact that you can have 5 weapons on you
every one of those actually had either sniper rifle or shotgun in my case.
I just started a game without installing weapons mods on my weapons, will say if it's change anything
Finally found a way to bypass the bug : unless you picked up at least 2 mods for each of the 5 types of weapons (assault rifles, shotgun, sniper rifles, submachines guns and Heavy pistols) DO NOT MOD YOUR WEAPONS
rookieone: you can not mod your weapons prior to picking the first mods during Mars mission. The problem is that while you can pick up the mod (for example from the cafeteria during Mars mission), it's not unlocked thus you never see it in the weapon modification screen.
Since this bug is most probably never going to be fixed, maybe there is a way to edit our saves to unlock missing weapon mods using Gibbeds Mass Effect 3 save editor? Does anyone have any idea how?
EDIT: Found this:
heres a list of weapon mods they are all in player veriables like the weapons.
NOTE:DO NOT MOD THEM PAST LEVEL 5 MODS OR YOU END UP WITH NO BONUS.
i didn't see any .flags for the weapon mods so i don't think you'll need them.
for the smg
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SMGStability
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SMGMagSize
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SMGDamage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SMGConstraintDamage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SMGAccuracy
for the pistol
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_PistolStability
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_PistolReloadSpeed
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_PistolMagSize
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_PistolDamage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_PistolAccuracy
for the shotgun
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_ShotgunStability
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_ShotgunReloadSpeed
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_ShotgunMeleeDamage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_ShotgunDamage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_ShotgunAccuracy
for the sniper rifle
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SniperRifleTimeDilatio n
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SniperRifleReloadSpeed
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SniperRifleDamage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SniperRifleConstraintD amage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_SniperRifleAccuracy
for the assault rifle
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_AssaultRifleStability
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_AssaultRifleMagSize
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_AssaultRifleForce
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_AssaultRifleDamage
SFXGameContent.SFXWeaponMod_AssaultRifleAccuracy
Will try it.
I found the following solution.
1. Open the save in Gibbed
2. Go to Raw >> Plot >> Player Variables
3. Open the Collection editor
4. Press "Add"
5. In "Name" enter the name of mod, in "Value" enter the rank of mod
6. Press "OK"
7. Go to Uncategorized >> Treasures
8. Open the Collection editor
9. Select the members whose name corresponds to the level where found unreported mod (for Mars it's "Biop_ProMar")
10. Go to Items and open the Collection editor
11. Add a line with the name of mod
12. Press "ОК"
13. Save the file.
In game load edited save.
Name of mod can be found here: http://www.progamercity.net/xbox/6370-mass-effect-3-gibbed-save-editor.html
Finally found a way to bypass the bug : unless you picked up at least 2 mods for each of the 5 types of weapons (assault rifles, shotgun, sniper rifles, submachines guns and Heavy pistols) DO NOT MOD YOUR WEAPONS
Nope, that doesn't work. That bug appears as soon as you pick up your very first upgrade on Mars (the one near the bench), and I never touched a bench before that point.
Shame on you, Bioware/EA. I doubt I'll buy the next ME. And of course I definitely won't buy any more EA **bleep**. And you'll still ask yourselves why that company is so hated...
I registered just to comment on this bug. The fix the gentleman on page 2 lists is the only fix that seems to work, unless you download one of the mods that gives you all the weapons mods in one big mess. The good news for Xbox users, is that you can use a program like Horizon to transfer your Xbox save to your PC, where you can use Gibbed's Mass Effect 3 editor to Mod your save and then transfer it back to your Xbox HDD. For info on how to do this, you can search for Xbox to PC saves to learn. It's not real complicated, but it is a pain to have to go through all this. The good thing is that you will learn a valuable skill in transferring save files back and forth. I'm not sure if this works for PlayStation users, but I know there are some Youtube tutorials about PS to PC and back again, so you might have hope.
I personally think that this is a total game killing bug for people that like these types of RPGs. But I was pretty certain BioWare was not going to do anything after they announced that they were not providing controller support for the PC version, saying about their developers: "we were stretched to thin." Wow...
Anyway, its a decent fix. Thanks for your time. For purists, you know you would find all the upgrades anyway, at least this allows you to get some credit for that, in a total BS kind of way. Gibbed's save editor is not that hard to use if you follow this man's guide.
So doing what the guy on page 2 said. i noticed a little something in the save editor
All the mods have capital letters in SFXGameContent.
but the 3 mods that keep giving me trouble in my current game (pistol magazine, pistol piercing, rifle piercing) have lower case sfxgamecontent
I tried changing it to capital but it reverts again when i save my game.
Edit: Just completely deleted the mods from my save. then readded them made sure everything is in capital letters. load up my game. save. and it's back to lower case.
The fact that these are the only 3 mods that give me problems on every mission. my bet is that it has something to do with the capital letters. might be worth checking in coalesced.bin if the problems in there somewhere. but sadly i got no clue where to look XD
this solution worked like a charm (using the Gibbed savegame editor)
