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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

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Test Results

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What works

  • Single player gameplay (finished entire game)
  • All DLC

What does not

  • Sound (has workaround, see below)
  • Cloud-saves in Origin don't work on exiting the game as it seems that origin doesn't detect it has closed at all. Cloud saves work fine otherwise though.

Workarounds

What was not tested

  • 64-bit wineprefix

Hardware tested

Graphics:

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  • Driver:

Additional Comments

Origin was installed with the workaround (see https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=26175) After that Mass Effect installs fine from Origin and starts without further hassle. However on my system sound was not functioning. To work around this, add a dll override for 'openal32' and set it to 'builtin'. After several hours of play sometimes the game will crash with a message that it has ran out of heap space, this has only happened on the Normandy for me. I do not know if this is Wine specific at all.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowArch Linux x86_64Dec 28 20184.0-rc3-stagingYes Yes YesGoldDoug T 
ShowLinux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" x86_64Nov 05 20172.19-stagingYes Yes NoPlatinumMiZoG 
CurrentFedora 23 x86_64Jan 04 20161.8Yes Yes NoGoldHein-Pieter van Braam 

Known Bugs

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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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