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But almost every time I hit escape to go to the general menu the game crashes and I get the following error message: I'm running Steam as administrator and I've verified the integrity of the game cache. My laptop does not have the best specs but I've been able to run games that came out this year at low settings with no problems. Any clue as to what might be happening? Thanks.EDIT: Ran the game in compatibility mode as well as administrator. The game works for a while but still crashes every now and then, this is the latest error message I'm receiving: Also double-checked and my drivers are updated.

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Use NVIDIA Inspector (NVIDIA only) citation needed. Download and launch. Choose Mass Effect 3 from the profile list. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 4x 4x Multisampling or 8xQ 8x Multisampling or 16xQ 16x CSAA (8 color + 8 cv samples). (Optional) Change Antialiasing - Transparency Multisampling to Enabled to enable transparency multisampling. Or you can change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to one of the supersampling options to enable transparency supersampling.

Change Antialiasing compatibility to 0x080000C1. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 4x 4x Multisampling or 8xQ 8x Multisampling. Change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling or 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling. Apply changes.

64bit Version Error Message citation needed The following error message may appear: The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher. Selecting Mass Effect 3 in Origin and clicking 'repair install' and 'check for update' may fix this issue.

Mouse Causing Stuttering Mouse movement may cause slowdowns. This can be fixed by disabling Origin overlay within the game. Delete save folder citation needed. Go to Documents Bioware. Delete the Save folder.

Crash on From Ashes DLC citation needed At Eden Prime, shortly after watching the cutscene for the first pod, the player crashes. To fix this, access the second pod first, and then the first pod. There is a second way to fix this so you can watch the vids in order: And that is right after the first vid has done playing start pressing your escape button a few times.

Retail DVD Install Issue Some users experience issues installing Mass Effect 3 from a retail disc. After starting the install process and entering the product key, an error message claiming it is not a valid Mass Effect 3 serial number appears.

Despite this, Mass Effect 3 will now be activated in your Origin library. Further attempts to run the installation process will still prompt for a product key, and upon entering it will result in an error message stating the key has already been used. It is impossible to continue the install process from this point. There are two possible solutions to this issue. The first and easiest option is to simply download Mass Effect 3 via Origin. However, for those on slower or bandwidth limited internet connections, this may not be a viable option. It is still possible to install from the DVDs using the following workaround.

Retail DVD Install Issue citation needed. Start downloading Mass Effect 3 via Origin, pause the download and exit Origin.

Delete all files in the Mass Effect 3 subfolder of Origin's game install folder. By Default this is C: Program Files Origin Games Mass Effect 3 Also, delete all files in Origin's download cache Origin DownloadCache. Copy the file Mass Effect 3.z01 from disc 1 and Mass Effect 3.zip from disc 2 to a temporary location on your hard drive.

Extract these files to the Mass Effect 3 folder in Origin's game install folder. Default C: Program Files Origin Games Mass Effect 3 (NOTE: Traditional unzipping software such as WinRAR or 7-zip may experience critical errors extracting these files. If this occurs, you can use a program called to extract them. In Total Commander some error messages will appear, but these can be ignored). Remove the read-only attribute to these files and folders (Right Click on the folder in Windows, select properties and uncheck the 'Read-only' box). Launch Origin and resume the download.

A small download of approximately 60 MB should start to fix missing or broken files. After this, Mass Effect 3 should be fully installed and working. Origin Install Issue In some cases where Mass Effect 3 has been downloaded through Origin, upon installation users are met with this error message: Error: The VC runtime redistributable package was not installed successfully.

Setup cannot continue. In order to solve the issue. Origin Install Issue citation needed. Exit Origin. Go to the Control Panel and uninstall any 'Microsoft Visual C 20XX' packages you may have. Download both the and redistributable files from the Microsoft website.

Once both files have downloaded successfully, navigate to Mass Effect 3's installation folder, default is C: Program Files Origin Games Mass Effect 3 Installer vc vc2008sp1 redist. Inside that folder, either delete or rename both the vcredistx64.exe and vcredistx86.exe and replace them with your newly downloaded versions. Open Origin and install the game. Language Fix If you buy the game on Origin and discover the in-game menu and subtitles are a different language than English, there is a way to correct it. Language Fix citation needed After you have downloaded and installed the game:. Download the language pack:.

Go to SOFTWARE BioWare Mass Effect 3. Now change the Locale data to: enUS and change the final part of GDFBinary path to GDFBinaryenUS.dll by right clicking the relevant row and pressing 'edit value'. After changing these values go to SOFTWARE Origin Games 71402. Now change the Locale value to enUS by right clicking the relevant row and pressing 'edit value'.

Now replace the CookedPCConsole folder found in Mass Effect 3 BIOGame with the one found in the language pack, and accept all the changes and overwrites. Finally, delete the BIOGameRUS.tlk in your Mass Effect 3 BIOGame CookedPCConsole folder and rename the BIOGameINT.tlk language file, that you will find in the CookedPCConsole folder after you have replaced it with the one found in the language pack, to BIOGameRUS.tlk. Mass effect 3 is now fully in English. DLC Error.

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DLC Error citation needed Sometimes the game will have problems loading DLC (both free and paid DLC) and will present an error message stating 'Unable to authorize the listed DLC. Please log in to the Alliance Network with the account used to purchase the DLC'.

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This is usually caused by an error during the download. To solve the error, open Origin and bring up Mass Effect 3's information by clicking the 'i' icon below it. Right click on the DLC causing the error and select 'Check for update'. A download should begin to download any missing or broken files. The DLC should work the next time you launch the game. Unable to save any more games.

Use NVIDIA Inspector (NVIDIA only) citation needed. Download and launch. Choose Mass Effect 3 from the profile list. Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility to 0x00000020. Change Ambient Occlusion usage to Enabled. Change Ambient Occlusion setting to Performance, Quality or High quality. Apply changes.

Mods. One of the most popular modding communities, has decent amount of mods for Mass Effect 3. A multi-tool software for modding Mass Effect 3. Also includes a Coalesced.bin editor for further tweaking.

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