mass effect wont run.

[vanthus]

I Installed mass effect from steam the other day,but can't get It to start.
I get the message "mass effect has stopped working"
Ive tried all the compatibility tweaks,but no joy.
I tried the steam forums,their solution Is to download no cd crack,which I'm reluctant to do.
Any other Ideas?

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

Have you tried removing it completely and DLing/installing again? Usually works for me when Steam games refuse to work after the normal fixes. Often its something rather insignificant, but hard to spot.

 

[vanthus]

I did,thanks, DeD,but I'll give It another shot,unless some one has another suggestion.

 

[LFFPicard]

Go to the properties of the game in the library and go to the local files tab.

Click on the verify integrity button and let it run.
I have had this a few times and steam has failed to download a file or something, verify will check this and download any missing or corrupt files.

Give that a try.

 

[vanthus]

Thanks LFFPicard,but no joy,
Think I might just forget It,only cost £2 .50 anyway.

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

But its such a good game, I suggest getting a new rig to play said £2.50 game on! Def worth it (especially if 2 decides not work as well! You should totally get that by the way...but only after the first one is completed )

 

[vanthus]

A new rig?right,I'll just ask the wife,she's sitting right next to me on my old computer.....
She said NO.

 

[Fear]

A new rig?right,I'll just ask the wife,she's sitting right next to me on my old computer.....
She said NO.

Whats this asking thing just say ooh look this wiill look really nice over there don't you think (just hide the price)

 

[Studentguyct]

is your video card up to scratch to run mass effect? doesnt work for me cos i dont have the pixel shaders. try systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ . it'll tell you whether or not you can run it

 

[vanthus]

is your video card up to scratch to run mass effect? doesnt work for me cos i dont have the pixel shaders. try systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ . it'll tell you whether or not you can run it

Thanks Studentguyct,but system requirements are not the problem.
I can run crysis on max settings no problem.my computer Is only about 6months old,so I didn't really ask the wife If I could get a new one

 

[vanthus]

In case it might help someone else, I found a solution to the problem,
turning off the User Account Control options fixed it.
I turn them back on again when finished.

 

[LFFPicard]

How strange.

I spose the other option I could of suggested is make sure you run the game as Admin, might do the same as having UAC turned off. Should just be able to do it from the shortcut.

I have UAC turned off completley on my PC anyways I hate it with a passion and I am th eonly one who uses it so not worried.

 

[vanthus]

I already tried running as administrator,as well as all the compatibility tweaks I could think of,to no avail.
Glad you mentioned you had UAC turned off as I was unsure if it was wise to keep it off or not.

 

[LFFPicard]

If your more than novice with a PC just turn it off, it is a common sense thing, and I hate it popping up every time I try and do something!

 

[vanthus]

I'll keep it off then.I jumped from xp to windows7,so never knew much about It.Thanks.

 

[LFFPicard]

no worries, Vista you could turn it off but it still popped up all the time, have it on my Laptop and hate it.

 

[NilSatis]

Really weird....i installed mass effect from Steam (Win64bit) and have uac set to on (dont ask me why lol) and it installed and loads up fine...just shows they dont play fair sometimes! If you need to get the free downloadable content if you bought it from steam then you will need an alternative steam cd key for it. Just go to ea live chat and talk to a rep and they will get you one...takes 5 mins. Unfortunately getting the content also requires you to join the bioware forums (let me know how that goes for you lol talk about jumping through hoops) which asked me for a password to register on when i had just set up my account and didnt even have the chance to create a password yet. Great work there....makes you wonder how they make such fantastic games, when they clearly need new web designers lol.