Hi, I was reading about Mass Effect 3 and how it says that choice's from the first 2 games will have an affect in the 3rd game, as i only own the 2nd game i went to the stores closest to me and none of them have the PC version so i thought id get it from steam and seeing as my ME2 copy isn't from steam i was wondering if some one could tell him if i could import a save file from a steam game to a non steam game.
Question about importing Mass Effect saves. (PC Version)
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I had a rough time getting ME1 as well. I assume you can, if I remember correctly you can navigate to the ME1 save folder when you import. And this doesn't really answer your question, but you can edit your ME2 saves and that will edit the events of ME1 as well.
I was going to offer some advice, and then I couldn't understand you because of your lack of punctuation. Punctuation is your friend.
Re-reading a few times seems to have given me some clarity, okay!
As far as I can tell... as long as you have the game, and it makes save games on your computer, you can import save games to whatever mass effect game.
So you should be all good anyways.
Re-reading a few times seems to have given me some clarity, okay!
As far as I can tell... as long as you have the game, and it makes save games on your computer, you can import save games to whatever mass effect game.
So you should be all good anyways.
It doesn't matter where you get any of the games from, the saves are stored independently of the game files. On Windows 7 (probably Vista too), it's in C:\Users\\Documents\BioWare
You could always use Gibbed's Save Editor [http://www.masseffectsaves.com/tools.php] to create a ME1 save for you so you don't need to buy it, though I'm quite sure ME1 Steam's Saves can be used for ME2 anyway.
How to create a new save [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.176436-Poll-ME2-Save-progression#5041457]:
Enjoy
How to create a new save [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.176436-Poll-ME2-Save-progression#5041457]:
Download, extract the files into a folder of your choice, doesn't matter where.
To create a new import file (which is actually more of a NG+ due to how it's handled), go File->New. Setup your character's class, name and all that stuff under the 'Basic' tab.
Then, under the Plot->Player tab, check "Played Mass Effect 1", ignore the Plot->Henchman tab for now, that's not going to change anything. The Plot->Mass Effect 1 tab has most of what you want for this stuff. Read the notes for the Values tab.
Not done yet! If you start like that, you'll have the default Shep head (depending on your gender) so you'll likely want to import a new head. Best way to do this is to make a new game yourself, make your own head (either using face codes from here or making your own), load up a second copy of the editor, load that save file with the new head, export the head mesh, then re-import it into your desired custom-made Shepard.
Finally, head to the Raw tab, scroll down to the Plot section of the table and there will be a End Game State line, click the drop down menu where it says 'NotFinished' and change it to LivedToFightAgain. Click save, make sure you save your new Shepard in a folder of their own in your ME directory (mine is Anna_11_Vanguard_110210. It goes Name_XY_Class_DD/MM/YY. The 'XY' refers to your Origin. X is Origin. Y is Notoriety. So in Anna's case, she's 11 which is Spacer Survivor. 32 would be Earthborn War Hero. You can find the numbers under the Plot->Mass Effect 1->Notes tab.)
To create a new import file (which is actually more of a NG+ due to how it's handled), go File->New. Setup your character's class, name and all that stuff under the 'Basic' tab.
Then, under the Plot->Player tab, check "Played Mass Effect 1", ignore the Plot->Henchman tab for now, that's not going to change anything. The Plot->Mass Effect 1 tab has most of what you want for this stuff. Read the notes for the Values tab.
Not done yet! If you start like that, you'll have the default Shep head (depending on your gender) so you'll likely want to import a new head. Best way to do this is to make a new game yourself, make your own head (either using face codes from here or making your own), load up a second copy of the editor, load that save file with the new head, export the head mesh, then re-import it into your desired custom-made Shepard.
Finally, head to the Raw tab, scroll down to the Plot section of the table and there will be a End Game State line, click the drop down menu where it says 'NotFinished' and change it to LivedToFightAgain. Click save, make sure you save your new Shepard in a folder of their own in your ME directory (mine is Anna_11_Vanguard_110210. It goes Name_XY_Class_DD/MM/YY. The 'XY' refers to your Origin. X is Origin. Y is Notoriety. So in Anna's case, she's 11 which is Spacer Survivor. 32 would be Earthborn War Hero. You can find the numbers under the Plot->Mass Effect 1->Notes tab.)
Enjoy