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Mass Effect Legendary Edition

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Revision as of 16:40, 7 November 2023 by Ponkipo (talk | contribs) (updated nonworking guide for faulty launch by CrossOver, which worked for me after tried to solve a problem)

macOS Compatibility

Compatibility layer Rating Notes
CrossOver Perfect Full resolution (nearly 4k) ~60 fps, after applying fixes as suggested for DXVK [1] .
Wine Unknown
Virtualization
Parallels Perfect Mass Effect 1 and 2 have good framerates at 1280x720 with some stutter, Mass Effect 3 has lower framerates with more stutter but still playable.[2]

Issues fixed

Won't launch in CrossOver

Replace launcher with this mod.

Won't launch in CrossOver on Steam Client

QTWebEngineProcess.exe error / EA Play starting error

Start the game from Origin
  1. Connect your Origin account to Steam via web (https://www.ea.com)
  2. Install Origin in the same bottle where you installed Steam. Update: probably outdated, Origin doesn't install with error 20:403, you need to install EA App for Steam instead, then it will prompt you to log in
  3. Open Origin App and Start Mass Effect from its page in your Origin library. Update: don't need to do that, you just run it normally via Steam, and now it opens correctly

Those steps should bypass the faulty launch of EA Play and the game should start as expected in regular conditions.

No audio in Mass Effect 1

Delete OpenAL32.dll[3]
  1. Navigate to /Binaries/Win64/
  2. Rename file OpenAL32.dll to OpenAL32.dll.bak, or alternatively delete it

References

  1. Verified by [[User:]] on 2022-04-22
    Device: macOS 12.5 M1 Max
    Method: CrossOver 21.2
    Store: Origin
    Resolution: 4k
    Settings: Default
    Framerate: Approximately 60 FPS
  2. Verified by User:Andytizer on 2021-06-08
    Device: MacBook Air M1 2020 8 GB RAM
    OS: macOS 11.3.1
    Method: Parallels 16.5 using Windows ARM Build 21390
    Store: Origin
    Resolution: 1280x720
    Settings: All off
    Framerate: Approximately 25-35 FPS
  3. [1] - last accessed on 2021-07-24