In the new patch (1.05) for Mass Effect: Andromeda, our focus was on bug fixes and improvements to the player experience. We’ve introduced a number of balance changes to single player and multiplayer, and resolved some issues with saves not working properly. We’ve also improved lip-sync and facial acting during some conversations, and have implemented a much-requested change that allows players to skip the autopilot sequences in the galaxy map. Patch 1.05 will begin to roll out on Thursday, April 6th. We’ll continue to listen to your feedback, and we thank you for working with us to create an even better Mass Effect: Andromeda experience. Patch notes are available in other languages.

So, I just bought Mass Effect for PC last night, installed it, and it has been nothing but freezing on the loading splash screen for the past 12 hours. Hopped online to investigate and apparently a lot of PC users are having the same problem, and Bioware has no fix for it yet. Even the Ars Re-review of Mass Effect also indicated the presence of bugs (wished I had read the article before buying the game) From the Bioware forums, It looks likes people with 8800 GPUs are having issues (from the cpu specs ppl are posting). Which leads me to wonder did Bioware even QA this port to PC? So now I'm stuck with a $50 coaster until they patch the game My recommendation is for no one to buy a copy until the problem is resolved. *sigh* At least the splash screen image is a nice picture. Originally posted by Staticstarter: So, I just bought Mass Effect for PC last night, installed it, and it has been nothing but freezing on the loading splash screen for the past 12 hours.

Hopped online to investigate and apparently a lot of PC users are having the same problem, and Bioware has no fix for it yet. Even the Ars Re-review of Mass Effect also indicated the presence of bugs (wished I had read the article before buying the game) From the Bioware forums, It looks likes people with 8800 GPUs are having issues (from the cpu specs ppl are posting). Which leads me to wonder did Bioware even QA this port to PC? So now I'm stuck with a $50 coaster until they patch the game My recommendation is for no one to buy a copy until the problem is resolved. *sigh* At least the splash screen image is a nice picture. Have you tried configuring it to run in Windowed mode?

I heard that might help. Granted, I have not spent enough time to seriously debug the situation. I just feel the game wasn't properly tested by Bioware before release. I feel my system is a fairly midrange gaming rig and if they didn't check on a system like this then what exactly did they test on? I was able to get into the game once (it did take 5 mins to get past the splash screen. I created a custom character, started the game, but it hung forever on a 'loading' screen. Ever since I have been growing impatient and haven't wanted to wait 5 mins on the splash to see if I get in again.

I read about the windowed mode, tried it, but no apparent improvement. Just venting, if anything, here. And warning you guys to hold off on the purchase until the first patch comes out. My specs: Intel Core2Duo 6750 WinXP 32 4GB RAM EVGA 8800GTS 640MB A3 (drivers up-to-date) Realtek HD Audio (audio onboard mobo) DirectX 9.0c I suspect the gpu and/or the audio.

I see similar specs of problem PC's on the Bioware site. I won't say my video is perfect. The shadows thrown on the faces are hinky, and it's something I'd like to see fixed in future iterations of the game. However, I don't buy this 8800 blame as the reason your game won't start.

EVGA 768-P2-N885-AR GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB GDDR3 (I like that Zipzoomfly holds my order history) I'm also using onboard sound, and I think it's also Realtek. (Fuck you Creative, you and your pos products that impart crackles to my sound.) Step one: Start the game, walk away for ten minutes doing something else, come back. Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred Level 2 Download Avi.

If you're unwilling to spend 10 minutes doing something unrelated away from your computer, no other amount of input will revoke coaster status. Originally posted by OneBallJay: Good to see they carried something over to the PC analogous to the slowest elevators ever invented.

Back up all your save files and reinstall the game. Then fire it up without the cracked.exe and report back as to whether you can access the galaxy map and saves or not. There will definitely be a crack fix out in the next few days, but since you're legitimate retail, you shouldn't have to wait to play your game.

Yeah, we still have those, too. And those super long hide-the-loading-transition hallways. But unlike console ME players, my character can combat sprint continually.

Damn hard to steer him, though. Anyways, I'm running an 8800GT and have no problems, save for the occasional broken elevator bug (a minor problem) and the cursor sometimes unbinding and crashing the game (which is avoidable if I catch it soon enough).

Starting the game and loading back in after alt+tabbing is a huge 1-2 min pain in the ass, though. No major problems here. 8800gt, vista ultimate 64, 4gb ram. Takes about 20 seconds to load up at start, which is a bit long, but the game is fine. I had to turn off UAC to get rid of some crashes when i first started playing the game.

I also uninstalled and then reinstalled the game. During my first install, i had virus stuff running, and was online in forums while it installed in the background. Usually, games install fine like that (even tho they always warn you not to) - but maybe in this case, it messed something up, so i reinstalled. Still not sure exactly what fixed it.

But after that, probably 3 crashes in 20 hours of game play. I hit F6 often, just to be safe. I think this is FUD. The game installed and runs fine on my machine (Intel C2D 6400, 7950GT video, 2GB memory, Windows XP Pro, 1680 * 1050 resolution) I had to lower some eye-candy to make it run better, but it does run, and looks amazing, they did some great art-work in this game. If you're on the fence about Mass Effect for PC, rush out and get it, it's very well done.

Not withstanding that the Original Poster has problems, it isn't the game itself -- it's a huge game, 10+Gbytes installed. The initial loading screen takes a while, but nothing special on my system.

If it took >5 minutes then I'd say that there was some computer-specific issue, but I'm not going to go there, only reassure potential buyers that it isn't normal to have extremely long loading delays, and one person's ill woes does not indicate some kind of crisis. Intel C2D 6200 Vista Home Premium 32 2GB RAM 512MB 8800 GT Software audio I had some major issues with random crashes upon first installing it, with UAC enabled. I've disabled UAC, and haven't had any crashes or bugs since then (about 20 hours of gameplay). I still have the lovely distorted shadows, but it's bearable. I've also seen reports that uninstalling, then reinstalling with UAC disabled may also improve things.

It takes about one minute to start the game, but once it's in loading times are pretty fast. The damn elevators can go to hell though. Macbook Pro C2D 2.16ghz Radeon x1600 Mobility 3 gigs of RAM Vista Business Edition SP1 32 bit UAC turned off forever No major issues here after 35+ hours of playtime and beating it. Resolution changes took forever. There were a handful of CTDs here and there, only one of which was consistently repeatable but easily worked around.

I didn't lose much in any case as I saved pretty often due to how convenient it was to do so. Of course I have to play on pretty low detail levels - but it was stil worth it. It was a great RPG and I look forward to playing again as a Renegade. I can't speak for how well it runs with UAC on, as I refuse to turn that particular feature in Vista on. I just tried the game last night and get a GP Fault (always the same address, not that I have any idea what that means) as soon as I 'press any key' from the splash screen. That seems to be the same thing that all the illiterates on the bioware board are complaining about, although for some people it happens at different times or random times.

To be honest there's so much crap going around about what causes the crash that I don't really know what to try first to get the game running. My specs: Xp sp2 c2d 6700 (one of the old school ones) 2gb ram x1900 xt (hate that thing). YOU DO NOT NEED THE DISC INSERTED ORDER TO PLAY I'm a tool. I'm so used to downloading nocd's I didn't even try without the dvd. Runs fine without that bs. Like I said, a tool. I did the same thing dawg.

Except he didnt respond to me in caps heh, you two are not the only ones to have done this. It's been mentioned several times here and on the Mass Effect site that the disc is not needed, though I don't see any mention in the manual or readme of the game itself. I thought I would emphasize it a little because someone is still going to miss it. Generally I try the game without the disc first, to see if I need it.

Nfs Most Wanted 2005 Download Android. But yeah, over the last several years 99% of the time it's needed. I just like to be pleasantly surprised. Originally posted by Zorak: I had the same problem as the OP in that it would freeze at the splash screen.

I downgraded drivers to Forceware 169.21. It works now but it randomly freezes from time to time and is generally very annoying.

This has nothing to do with galaxy map or anything specific, just random freezes. I upgraded to the latest drivers but it didn't fix it. I'll try downgrading tonight. I also tried upgrading to SP3. Still not working.

@getch Now that I'm using SP3, The GP fault is what I am seeing as well. I also see on the bioware forums that others people with similar PC setups are also experiencing the same GP fault popup window.