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1 year ago

[Steam] Mass Effect Legendary Edition will not launch

I purchased the game through Steam on September 20/24, downloaded the game on September 21/24, and tried to play the game on September 22/24. the EA launcher pops up a window stating "launching game" for 30 seconds, then another pop-up stating "preparing game" for another 30 seconds. Then nothing else happens after this. I first checked the game's integrity through Steam, and the result was "37005 files verified" with no issues. I checked my system specs to see if they were compatible (listed below), and they are. Then, I chatted with a support agent who ran me through some "ipconfig" reset procedures on the CMD screen. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the EA game launcher. Finally, I went to the file location and tried to open each application file as administrator. That is MELE, ME1, ME2, & ME3 individually. I get the same result after all of this the EA launcher has a pop-up for the "launching game", & "preparing game". I am still unable to get the game to launch at this point.

I would also like to add that I purchased Mass Effect Andromeda at the same time and that game works fine.

System Specs:

Device name Daddy
Processor AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.9 GB usable)
Device ID FA4B564B-D4CD-4214-BD24-14BC317E988A
Product ID 00326-10879-50124-AA776
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Video card ASUS Nvidia GeForce 970

Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎5/‎27/‎2023
OS build 19045.4894
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0

2 Replies

  • @neonbluenick 

    Please create a DxDiag in text file format and post it with your next reply. You can do that with the "Choose file" button at the bottom right corner of the reply window. 

  • Miraculously after waiting 2 days the game finally decided to start working normally. I launches as it's supposed to from steam. Thank you for the reply. 

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