The EA week on Steam

purplesky · 21 Jun 2010 at 20:58

[ZiiP]carrot;16798239 said:
Grrr, 10gb and £3.24 later and Mass Effect is doing nothing. Double click, select play, wait a few seconds and then I get told Mass Effect has stopped working.

Don't worry mate, it's a crap game anyway. Boring, same old, same old.

JoeMango · 21 Jun 2010 at 21:03

purplesky said:
Don't worry mate, it's a crap game anyway. Boring, same old, same old.

lol, that makes everything better!

overclick · 21 Jun 2010 at 21:38

Hmm no idea how to get ME to work for you, maybe try cat 10.6, though i doubt this will fix it is allways worth a try!

ME1 was amazing, with possibly my favourite game storyline of all time.

I gave in and bought ME2 for 18 quid in the sales. Been holding out as i have sooo many other games from steam sales. I am going to enjoy this baby though!

carrot1401 · 21 Jun 2010 at 23:25

purplesky said:
Don't worry mate, it's a crap game anyway. Boring, same old, same old.

JoeMango said:
lol, that makes everything better!

O definently, I love spending money on things that don't work :rolleyes:

overclick said:
Hmm no idea how to get ME to work for you, maybe try cat 10.6, though i doubt this will fix it is allways worth a try!

Doubt it too, but none the less I shall give it a try in the morning!

EDIT: FIXED. Ran steam as administrator. No idea, but awesome

trentlad · 22 Jun 2010 at 00:12

I'm not sure why ME won't run on your system. Did it install correctly? When you first tried to run the game after completing the download, did you see the instillation windows (i.e. Direct X, etc)?

It either didn't install correctly or you could try shutting down steam and right click the shortcut to run steam as administrator.

trentlad · 22 Jun 2010 at 00:14

I can't help but laugh at the way Shepard runs in ME.

Couldn't they have given him a manly run rather than this backside pushed out sailor jog? It's even funnier when he delivers this heroic line then jogs off.

I'm really hoping I'll like this but the shooting mechanics are terrible and I'm a hardcore FPS player. Story is great so far but if the character controls and game mechanics are clunky then its all worthless.

makamiso · 22 Jun 2010 at 00:45

purplesky said:
Don't worry mate, it's a crap game anyway. Boring, same old, same old.

What? Wow I swear most people I know who play it, love it.

carrot1401 · 22 Jun 2010 at 10:11

trentlad said:
I'm not sure why ME won't run on your system. Did it install correctly? When you first tried to run the game after completing the download, did you see the instillation windows (i.e. Direct X, etc)?

It either didn't install correctly or you could try shutting down steam and right click the shortcut to run steam as administrator.

Um, you didn't read the last sentence in my updated post

But thanks anyway

makamiso said:
What? Wow I swear most people I know who play it, love it.

I've actually not been much into the RPG genre since Final Fantasy 8 and 9. I've been told by a mate this one is a bit more shooter based then things like say Fallout 3. Find out later today whether he's telling the truth

platypus · 22 Jun 2010 at 10:46

[ZiiP]carrot;16798239 said:
Grrr, 10gb and £3.24 later and Mass Effect is doing nothing. Double click, select play, wait a few seconds and then I get told Mass Effect has stopped working. The info I get about the crash is:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MassEffect.exe
Application Version: 1.2.20608.0
Application Timestamp: 4a55fea1
Fault Module Name: MassEffect.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.2.20608.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a55fea1
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 008b752d
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Any ideas?!?!? i750, 4gb and a 5850. Using 10.5 catalyst drivers...

Run as administrator?

stooeh · 22 Jun 2010 at 11:14

He already did and it worked

Redman · 22 Jun 2010 at 11:18

trentlad said:
I can't help but laugh at the way Shepard runs in ME.

Couldn't they have given him a manly run rather than this backside pushed out sailor jog? It's even funnier when he delivers this heroic line then jogs off.

I'm really hoping I'll like this but the shooting mechanics are terrible and I'm a hardcore FPS player. Story is great so far but if the character controls and game mechanics are clunky then its all worthless.

Female Shepard has a better run and way better voice acting, it's a whole better game with female shep, she says it like she means it

platypus · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:19

stooeh said:
He already did and it worked

Oh right

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platypus · 24 Jun 2010 at 08:47

I may be being a complete pleb here, but whenever I try to load Awakenings, it just loads Origins?

machinauk · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:09

platypus said:
I may be being a complete pleb here, but whenever I try to load Awakenings, it just loads Origins?

awakenings is listed under 'other campaigns' on the main menu

orderoftheflame · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:09

platypus said:
I may be being a complete pleb here, but whenever I try to load Awakenings, it just loads Origins?

Click "Other Campaigns" from the main menu, and you should be able to select Awakenings. Then you can import your character to it.

platypus · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:12

I thought that but Other Campaigns is greyed out

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machinauk · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:15

platypus said:
I thought that but Other Campaigns is greyed out .

Got it installed/activated in the 'downloadable content' section?

platypus · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:16

Nope. And I tried redeeming the cd key on my social page, no luck. Oh nm thats the multiplayer cd key anyway?

machinauk · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:21

platypus said:
Nope. And I tried redeeming the cd key on my social page, no luck. Oh nm thats the multiplayer cd key anyway?

from what i remember, its redeem code on the social site, refresh you ingame acc, download, activate. exit and restart, this should then 'un-gray' the other campaigns

platypus · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:27

Edit: Got it, it worked this time. Site must have been busy?

Any road, thanks gents.