Mass Effect 3: What Changes With ME2 Save File Transfers

The importance of choice is secondary to the importance of consequences. In Mass Effect 3, Bioware wants to give your decisions weight, and to pull that unique feat off, they’ve included the Character Transfer system into Mass Effect 3. Long ago, Mass Effect 2 allowed Character Transfers from Mass Effect 1, but this is a whole different beast. Instead of hundreds of variable, Mass Effect 3 features thousands of changes depending on your actions in Mass Effect 2. Not only that, you’ll find a slew of benefits and bonuses if Shepard continues his journey directly from the previous Mass Effect space adventure. There are far too many changes to list, and many more left to be discovered, but we’ve compiled a list of known factors that will change depending on your choices after a Character Transfer. Give Mass Effect 2 another play and prepare for another perfect run as Commander Shepard.

To help you save the universe, and yourself, check out our huge text and video walkthrough. For another look at the list of special articles covering anything extra in Mass Effect 3, check out thecheats page.

SPOILER WARNING: Massive Mass Effect 2 Spoilers! Minor Mass Effect 3 Spoilers!

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Mass Effect 3 Sound Fix

UPDATE: Sound problems may come back with the options below. Another fix that might be more permanent is to run the game as an Administrator. Right click the shortcut or exe file and select "Run as Administrator." You may also right click one of these, select properties and go to compatibility tab. There, select always run as administrator.

Some users have been reporting sound problems with Mass Effect 3 since the demo release. Some also with the full game (to be officially released on the 6th of march). Some options to fix this problem follow:

1. Set your system sound to at least 24bit 44100KHz (Studio Quality). This solved the problem for me. To do this under Windows 7, follow the pictures. 

i.  Right Click the icon shown as 1
ii. Click on 2 in the picture below

iii.  Double-click the device that you use for your Audio, in my case it was the Sigma Headphones.

iv.  Change quality to minimum 24bit 44100KHz (Studio Quality)

2. The second option is to go into your Mass effect Config app and chance the audio setting to On, from "default"

This app will be in your binaries folder, right beside the Bin32 folder in the Mass Effect 3 installation folder. Go to the audio section and change the setting there. You application may be named MassEffect3Config.exe or contain the word demo in it, if you are somehow running the demo. 

3. Option 3 is a simple restart of the Game.

4. Check system Audio level to ensure it is not on mute, then check Mass Effect 3 Audio levels in game to ensure they are turned up to an audible level.