I bought Mass effect via Steam a couple of days ago and downloaded.
When I try to launch the game I get the Mass effect Splash screen followed by a blank screen and the busy mouse pointer which I take to mean that something is loading. But that's followed up by a cryptic error message and a crash back to desktop. Error messages seem to differ slightly each time, below are a couple of examples.
All drivers are up to date (mobo, GPU, Sound card and even the bios). Am running XP pro 32 bit. SP3.
What I have tried so far
-Deleting local content and redownloading whole game
-Verifying integrity of cache files
-defragmenting local game files
-Reinstalling Steam
-Scannning Hard drive for errors
-Using a registry cleaner to fix registry errors (CCleaner)
Would appreciate any further suggestions as I really want to play this game.
When I try to launch the game I get the Mass effect Splash screen followed by a blank screen and the busy mouse pointer which I take to mean that something is loading. But that's followed up by a cryptic error message and a crash back to desktop. Error messages seem to differ slightly each time, below are a couple of examples.
All drivers are up to date (mobo, GPU, Sound card and even the bios). Am running XP pro 32 bit. SP3.
What I have tried so far
-Deleting local content and redownloading whole game
-Verifying integrity of cache files
-defragmenting local game files
-Reinstalling Steam
-Scannning Hard drive for errors
-Using a registry cleaner to fix registry errors (CCleaner)
Would appreciate any further suggestions as I really want to play this game.
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