Application Details:
| Version: | Steam |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://masseffect.bioware.com/ |
| Votes: | 5 |
| Latest Rating: | Silver |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 3.10 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Everything except audio (without quick fix).
Simple as installing it via Steam and starting it up.
Used MEUITM for HD textures, worked fine by copying files from a Windows install of the game + mod.
Would be Platinum if it wasn't for audio issue.
What does not
At first audio does not work, but is fixed by going to Documents/BioWare/MassEffect/Config/BIOEngine.ini and beneath [ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDevice] adding
DeviceName=Generic Software
UseEffectsProcessing=False
Workarounds
What was not tested
A full playthrough, but I visited many locations and did a lot of dialogue scenes.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
-Few minor dips in framerate, but nothing unplayable. System used: i5 4690k, GTX960, 8GB Memory
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Jun 14 2018 | 3.10 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Carlos Rodriguez | |
| Show | Manjaro Linux | Jan 14 2018 | 3.0-rc5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Odisej | |
| Current | Arch Linux | Jun 14 2017 | 2.10 | Yes | Yes | No | Gold | Liam | |
| Show | Gentoo Linux | Aug 27 2016 | 1.9.17 | N/A | Yes | No | Gold | aililoh | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Jun 24 2016 | 1.9.12 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | vorpalblade |
Get audio to work
Edit "Documents/BioWare/Mass Effect/Config/BIOEngine.ini"
Add the following under the "[ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDevice]" section:
DeviceName=Generic Software
UseEffectsProcessing=False
Ensure "Hardware Audio" is turned off in Sound settings in game
To get the MEUITM installer to work
A custom MassEffectModder.exe must be suppliedThis is seemingly due to it using functions not fully implemented in wine/mono
A hacky, usable version can be found here: https://github.com/DougTy/Mass...
Occasional "rendering exception" error while playing MEIUTM requires your game's binary be large address aware.
MassEffect.exe can be patched using this tool: https://www.techpowerup.com/fo...
Make a backup before patching!
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by sairuk on Thursday September 1st 2016, 6:49
Add the following lines to the section labelled [ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDevice]
DeviceName=Generic Software
UseEffectsProcessing=False
Disabling hardware audio