got some fix for Mass Effect for Common Issue

[ASIVanFelix]

For those who wants to get some possible fix, please provide the exact error message and where and when its showing up.

And please make sure your meeting the minimum system requirement...

These are the info I need:

> OS name / direct X
> Processor name and speed by GHZ
> VC name / version / date it was updated / approx total memory
> Memory
> Exact error message

*Note please don't provide unnecessary info - TY

Then I'll try to fix it...

[Dodge500]

Hi, I'm a noob and have an annoying problem which I hope you can help me with.

The games runs fine but I have two white lines with a green bar in the middle of them on the left of the screen. The white lines run from top to bottom of the screen but the green line gets bigger the more sound there is. Also, written next to the lines at the top is the word SLi. I have a 22in Fujitsu monitor so my first thought was to change the screen res, however to only two options I get inside the game are 1650x1080 and 1440x900 and nether get ride of the lines.
Also I don't have a third party sound card. I just use the realtek hd 5.1 built into my motherboard .

Xp Home with service pack 3
Direct X. Version 9c
Processor. Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6700 S775 2.66GHz
Motherboard. XFX S775 nForce 680i LT SLI DDR2 ATX
Memory. 4 Gig of Corsair 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL5
Graphics. 2 XFX GeForce 8800GTS 320MB DDR3 PCIE Dual DVI XXX ED in Sli mode

Hope you can help. Although it doesn't interfer with the game it is BLOODY annoying .

Many Thanks for anything you can do .

Dodge500

[ASIVanFelix]

Game stuttering, graphical lag, or low frame rate. These are my common anticipated issues, however its much related. Issue seems to be common with systems with SLI/Crossfire enabled or with Nvidia 8800GT. Here are some steps that I can suggest for you to do:

1. End-Background-Task (EBT)
2. Lower ingame graphic settings,
3. Turn off Dynamic Shading.

Other steps being tried are turning off Force-Split Rendering and to disable the SLI/Crossfire setup.


Hope these steps works on your end. If the problem persist hit me back - I'll try my best to research for more...

[Dodge500]

Hi ASIVanFelix,

Many thanks for the suggestions. I managed to cure the problem by doing the following :-

1. Run the "NVIDIA Control Panel"
2. Go to 3D Settings/Manage 3D Settings (you need to set the "Advanced Settings" on the toolbar to "Advanced" as this option doesn't show up in "Standard".
3. Select "Program Settings" and find "Mass Effect" in the "Select
program to customize" option.
4. Change "SLI Performance mode" from "NVIDIA recommended (SLI)" to "Use global setting (NIVIDIA recommended)"
5. Apply the changes
6. Run and enjoy Mass Effect without the annoying lines

If you have the same problem using NVIDIA graphics cards hopefully this will help, it worked for me .

Once again many thanks buddy, you put me on the right path.

Dodge500

[ASIVanFelix]

my pleasure bro! - Cheers!

[Traffic]

Does that fix work for other titles? Also not sure why it works, what is that setting doing?

[ASIVanFelix]

Originally Posted by Traffic

Does that fix work for other titles? Also not sure why it works, what is that setting doing?

There are common issue found specially on Vista and SLI settings, the reason why we need to tweak some settings to make it work.

Vista has a lot of issues when it comes to OS privileges - sad bad true

I can't say that you need to this all time and apply it to all EA™ titles. However if you are having issue on one title just let me know. I'll try my best to help you out.

[Ryoden]

Hi every time I try and run Mass Effect I get the message below and the game doesn't start.

Windows XP pro

AMD Athalon 64 3000+
2 GIG RAM
Direct X 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Video card = Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis (256mb)
main driver = ati2dvag.dll
version 6.14.0010.6660

Error message

Failed to compile global shader FDOFAndBloomGatherFallbackPixelShader

RaiseException() Address = 0x7c812a5b (filename not found)
CxxThrowException() Address = 0x78158e69 (filename not found)
GMatrix2D::Swap() Address = 0x10d98373 (filename not found)
Address = 0xe8781b4c (filename not found)

[ASIVanFelix]

Hello Ryoden, sorry to hear that the game is not working on your end. However I checked the minimum system requirement of this game and your current VC (Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis 256MB) is not that powerful to run the game.

The minimum system requirments for Crysis are as follows:
Windows XP

• OS Windows XP
• Processor Intel 2.8 GHz or faster / AMD Athlon 2800+ or faster
• Memory 1.0 GB RAM
• Video Card 256 MB
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro or greater
• GeForce 6800 GT or greater
• Hard Drive 12 GB
• Sound Card DirectX 9.0c compatible

Hope this info helps you out...Cheers!

[Ryoden]

I am not playing crysis, the game is mass effect?



The minimum system requirements for Mass Effect are as follows:
Minimum System Requirements:

• Windows XP or Vista
• 2.4 GHz Intel or 2.0 GHz AMD
• 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista)
• 12 GB free HD space (30GB for the EA Download Manager installation)
• 1x or better DVD-ROM drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better (7300, 7600 GS, and 8500 are below minimum system requirements)
• ATI X1300 XT or better (X1300, X1300 Pro, X1600 Pro, HD2400, and HD2600 are below minimum system requirements)
• Shader Model 3.0 required
• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers.
• DirectX 9.0c October 2006 (Included)

However I think my card is older than those mentioned so you may be correct anyway, when I looked at the list of non supported cards I didnt see mine so made an incorrect assumption.

[Smuzzle]

Is the the Radion X1300/x1550 below the system requirements?

[ASIVanFelix]

sorry Ryoden, my bad ...

[sLOVEnc90]

sound doesnt work for the most part,
except in those intro films at the beginning for the developer, publisher etc..
oh, and i've already updated my sound card drivers

win XP pro with service pack 3 / Direct X. 9c
AMD Athalon 64 3200+
Sapphire Radeon HD 2600XT (256mb)
1GB DDR400 ram
the sound card is a CMedia8738

[ASIVanFelix]

Hello sLOVEnc90

Game is not providing channeled output on 5.1 sound setups. (Eg. No sounds on any speaker, or no Music only, or No voice only).

Issue seems to be with the configuration utility not being able to detect the correct Hardware Audio (enumeration). Try to update your 5.1 Channel software/driver.

Another step that I can suggest is to rename the My Documents\Bioware\Mass Effect\Config\BIOEngine.ini file, and then run the Binaries\masseffect.exe directly. Once in the game, enable the Hardware Audio in the Options>Settings>Sounds menu.

Hope this will help...Cheers!