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joaquinthehout
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28 days ago
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Unable to fully launch LE on PC

This just came up today. Every time I try to launch ME3 (which I'm currently on), it will briefly show the cover art like normal, then go to a zoomed in picture of the burned Earth loading screen. T...
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me legendary edition
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  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    25 days ago

    joaquinthehout​ 

    The game crashed because of an INVALID_POINTER_READ Access violation, that means that the process tried to read from a invalid address inside the memory.
    The memory address that is used is not in the games memory space and we know that this game works for countless people. 
    Therefore, it is not a bug in the game code. 

    It could be caused by a mod or third-party software, or it could be a window or hardware problem. 

    The first step would be to vanilla the game, but you said you already repaired the game? Did you reinstalled the mods after that?
    What mods do you use and what tool do you use to mod the game, ME3TweaksModManager.exe? 
    If yes, did you run the backup ME3TweaksModManager suggested? 

holger1405's avatar
holger1405
Hero+
27 days ago

joaquinthehout​ 

ME3 crashes with a standard access violation code, but the DxDiag provides no other indication of what the problem might be. 

Your NVIDIA driver is a little old, so I would suggest to update that driver first:

The newest driver is here. 

Install the graphic driver this way:

• shut down any not necessary programs in the background. (including your virus scanners real time protection)  
• shut down any and all system monitoring programs and any overlooking tools you might have.
• Run the installation EXE > CUSTOM mode > preform a clean installation.(don't deselect components you need even if the have the same version number, the installation program will deinstall them if you do)  
• Reboot > test.

If that don't helps:

  1. Press Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box.
  2. In the new Window, type or copy and paste "%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps" (Without the quotation marks) > Press ENTER
  3. Check to see if there are any "*.dmp" files named after the MassEffect3.exe in the ".Local\CrashDumps" folder.
  4. Zip 2 - 3 "MassEffect3.exe.dmp" files together and upload them at a free file hosting service like Dropbox or you can use the OneDrive "public" folder
  5. Post the link here.





    • holger1405's avatar
      holger1405
      Hero+
      25 days ago

      joaquinthehout​ 

      The game crashed because of an INVALID_POINTER_READ Access violation, that means that the process tried to read from a invalid address inside the memory.
      The memory address that is used is not in the games memory space and we know that this game works for countless people. 
      Therefore, it is not a bug in the game code. 

      It could be caused by a mod or third-party software, or it could be a window or hardware problem. 

      The first step would be to vanilla the game, but you said you already repaired the game? Did you reinstalled the mods after that?
      What mods do you use and what tool do you use to mod the game, ME3TweaksModManager.exe? 
      If yes, did you run the backup ME3TweaksModManager suggested? 

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