PS3 Mass Effect 2 Corrupt Save Issue Fixed
On its way to Sony this Friday.
Published: 17:15, 27/01/2011 by Kovacs.
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PS3 fans dreading a case of crippling ‘Shepardsaveitis‘ can rest assured, as BioWare have located the eldritch alien infestation that has resulted in some players losing hours of progress and are now frantically testing it in lieu of its submission to Sony. Likely to find its way to Sony’s verification team this Friday, there’s hope the fix will be live sometime in the following days.
From the forum post:
Patch Notes
-Fixed a crash related to memory fragmentation. This fix will also resolve the crashing that corrupted Save Games.
-Slightly improved load times and level streaming.
-Added some telemetry to better improve future titles.
-Updated some strings to fix spelling mistakes (Sorry Kaidan!)
-Fixed the picture frame in Shepard’s Cabin to accurately reflect your love interest choices in Mass Effect: Genesis.
-Fixed a rare crash in the PSN version in Shepard’s Cabin.
There is a workaround available for those not willing to wait for the update, though it is somewhat complicated (not really) and involves the moons of Saturn being in perfect alignment. Or, you know, save often. Apparently that helps.
Source: BioWare Forums
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27/01/2011 at 17:26
Member since: Dec 2009
Good to know, at least now I can buy the game confidently once that puppy hits €35
27/01/2011 at 17:51
Member since: Aug 2008
Yeah, I’m waiting until it drops below £20.
It is a year-old game, after all.
27/01/2011 at 17:46
Member since: Feb 2009
It would be nice if they fixed the load times. Not only did it have a huge instal but you still sit twiddling your thumbs travelling up one floor in the lift!!!!
I have a plasma cannon that will boil your brains so they leak from your ears but it would be quicker using the stairs than the lift on my ‘state-of-the-art’ ship – except there are no stairs.
27/01/2011 at 17:46
Member since: Feb 2009
Still the best dam game I ever played though :-)
27/01/2011 at 17:55
Member since: Dec 2009
“Slightly improved load times and level streaming.”
The term slightly is hard to quantify, of course.
27/01/2011 at 18:16
Member since: Oct 2008
After such a hefty install I certainly didn’t expect the long loads between sections.
28/01/2011 at 07:11
Member since: Feb 2009
Perhaps Bioware should pay a visit to Naughty Dog to be shown how to do loads properly
27/01/2011 at 17:51
Member since: Apr 2010
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27/01/2011 at 17:53
Member since: Jan 2010
I held of playing till this was fixed, I guess I can carry on. :)
27/01/2011 at 18:01
Member since: Aug 2009
Nice and rapid. Good work Bioware (though naturally the situation shouldn’t have arisen).
I can now play in full confidence. :)
27/01/2011 at 18:07
Member since: Aug 2009
yay can buy again now
27/01/2011 at 18:43
Member since: Nov 2010
Apparently they read what i said hear was it last month or before that don’t remember anyway i was wondering how am i going to play GT5 and ME2 at the same time so they left a huge bug in ME2 so i could play GT5 while i wait for this update sorry everybody :D
27/01/2011 at 19:06
Member since: Oct 2010
Cool. Hoping to get this tomorrow (payday after all)
27/01/2011 at 19:21
Member since: Sep 2009
Well at least breaking my arm, & being unable to play games for the next 4 weeks, has a flipside.
27/01/2011 at 20:13
Member since: Jan 2011
the only load times that really bug me are the ones on the normandy, movin between different floors.
im loving the game, its truly a masterpiece in game design.
Thanks bioware.
27/01/2011 at 21:15
Member since: May 2010
Yeah totally. Moving between floors sucks!
Hopefully it’s quicker now.
I’m off snowboarding for a week, so look forward to downloading the patch when I return!