Mass Effect

Latest version available through Origin. This does not change frequently but no real version number is supplied. Updates through Origin also don't always update the version number as found in the config utility.

Application Details:

Version:	Origin
License:	Retail
URL:	http://masseffect.bioware.com/
Votes:	0
Latest Rating:	Gold
Latest Wine Version Tested:	4.0-rc3-staging

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Bartosz Kosiorek

Test Results

Old test results

The test results you have selected are very old and may not represent the current state of Wine.

Selected Test Results

What works

Installing the game through Origin
Launching & playing the game

What does not

Audio doesn't work out of the box (missing sounds, no menu music)
(optional, mod) MEUITM installer crashes

Workarounds

To 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 ingame

To get the MEUITM installer to work, a custom MassEffectModder.exe must be supplied
- This 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!

What was not tested

Controller support

Hardware tested

Graphics:

GPU: Nvidia
Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Current	Arch Linux x86_64	Dec 28 2018	4.0-rc3-staging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gold	Doug T
Show	Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" x86_64	Nov 05 2017	2.19-staging	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	MiZoG
Show	Fedora 23 x86_64	Jan 04 2016	1.8	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	Hein-Pieter van Braam

Known Bugs

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO

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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