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Anonymous
13 years ago

What is the IP address for the server of Mass Effect 3 for the PS3?

Hi everyone,

I am totally frustrated at this point and need help really bad from you guys.

I have been unable to play this game at all either at the Single player mode or Multiplayer. I have posted regarding this issue back in September of last year....yeah, I have been trying to play this game since back then.

I am back because I still have the same issue, even after returning the game to the store back in September of 2012, and waiting till this month (Feb 2013) to try another game with a different Online Access code etc.

I spoke with an agent-advisor on several calls I made, and followed all their advice. Result: Nothing...The game simply hangs at the splah screen (after the omni tool splash screen loads up.)

I was told to create a new id at EA/Origin, SocialBioware and try linking it to my PSN account. I did just that and upon checking it at the profile.ea site I had it showing up and being o.k ( linked) to my PSN. Result: Nothing. The game just freezes the PS3. 

I was told to open several ports ( or verify with my ISP) and track the route (?)---not the Router--- something called Route Tracking. I spent an inordinate amount of time with them and the speed of connection to the server improved but the game still freezes my PS3.

Bottom line is this: There seems to be a problem with the EA Servers recognizing the data on the PSN Servers for this game. If that is not enough, there is also the problem with EA-Origin Social.Bioware and PSN ids recognizing or working with each other ( if you happened to have an old game registered somewhere in the past four years). To top it all off, there is the infamous Patch ver 1.08...Said patch freezes the PS3 if it is installed. If it is not installed you get to the character options screen but it freezes at the save screen...Catch 22.

Please, if anyone has any idea how I can just play the Single Player option, (I don't think that single player is even an option because you are constantly being asked to install that Patch in order to play Multiplayer or access the EA servers), please guide me. TIA

5 Replies

  • ThandalNLyman's avatar
    ThandalNLyman
    13 years ago

    Not sure what's with your rig, but over a million other players are able to connect from their PS3s...

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Thanks.

    @ThandalNLyman wrote:

    Not sure what's with your rig, but over a million other players are able to connect from their PS3s...

    Thanks for the reply.

  • 1ago's avatar
    1ago
    13 years ago

    Have you tried deleting the gama data files as outlined here?

    Looks to me as if some locally saved game files on your PS3 have become corrupt. Other than that - since you think it's some EA server-side problem. Have you tried disabling Internet on your PS3 and starting ME3 offline? You should still be able to play Single Player and this way you'd be sure if it's something serverside. Other than that you could only try it on someone else's PS3.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago
    @1ago wrote:

    Have you tried deleting the gama data files as outlined here?

    Looks to me as if some locally saved game files on your PS3 have become corrupt. Other than that - since you think it's some EA server-side problem. Have you tried disabling Internet on your PS3 and starting ME3 offline? You should still be able to play Single Player and this way you'd be sure if it's something serverside. Other than that you could only try it on someone else's PS3.

    Hi 1ago,

    I appreciate the time and reply to my request for assistance. Yes I did delete the game utility data files as per the instructions you referenced above. I also disabled the Internet and tried starting ME3 offline. I got past the first splash screen and into character customization. The PS3 froze. I have tried to get EA Tech Support to really look at my IDs and their servers problems with PSN but to no avail. 

    I'll try the last suggestion you made: trying it on some else's PS3. The only problem with that is that my nephew is in the Marines (boot camp) and I can't get him to lend me his PS3. I'll place this game in the back burner for the time being. Nothing else I can do, without EA Tech Support to straighten my ID's and look into the Patch ( ver 1,08) which is another problem I have in being able to play even the Single Player option. 

    Thanks again for the reply and for your time and suggestions.

    P.S. By the way, I saw in a thread, at another site, that there might be a problem with PS3's not having the correct port open that corresponds with the IP address that EA and PSN servers have for Mass Effect 3. That stuff went over my head a bit. So, if you can help me understand that or provide a lead to where I can get the IP address in question, I truly appreciate it.

  • 1ago's avatar
    1ago
    13 years ago

    That's a very strange bug. You might also try deleting the save games of ME3 via the save-game utility, as maybe the local profile has bevome corrupt. Warning: you'll loose any progress from Single Player along with the settings that are saved there. But from what I gather you couldn't play Single Player at all, so there shouldn't be any progress to loose anyway.

    Since ME3 still froze when you were offline I'm rather certain it has nothing to do with your port-settings (which are only relevant for Multiplayer anyway) or your profile on the EA-servers. Looks very much like a data curruption. If you've deleted the game-data and sava-data and after a fresh install ME3 is still crashing then my guess is your Hard-drive may have some damaged sectors. If the game works on your nephew's PS3 (or someone else's) the problem is pretty much located in your PS3.

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