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Mass Effect 3 Face Import Bug ME1 > ME2 > Nope ME3
- Thread starter Gowans
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Right from the off
Playing on 360, seeing as I didn't finish ME1 until after ME2 (I didn't rate ME1 but adored ME2 so played it ass backwards) it's only importing my ME2 save which of course is fine. Even this has had issues. I basically used default Shep in 2 but importing into 3 has giving me someone completely different :/ So not even having the ME1 save is causing issues. I still want to use that Shep as he was covered in scars. Such a colossal fuck up again from Bioware
I don't think you can import ME1 face into ME2 and change anything; at least I couldn't do that.
Yeah, fucking over their most loyal customers, that's the way to go... At least did the generated ME1 face code work.
Not sure but when I tweeted this, a few guys said it happened to them too. I know what you mean, I can't stand Kaidan too.
Hm, I was planning on picking this up sometime in the next week so I could spend some time with the multiplayer before the rush dies off. Not quite as certain now...
I'm stil playing through Mass Effect 2 currently and need another week or two to finish it. Is it possible to play the multiplayer content without starting the single player game? I'm hoping to avoid locking myself into creating "Not Shepard" if I can avoid it.
I'm stil playing through Mass Effect 2 currently and need another week or two to finish it. Is it possible to play the multiplayer content without starting the single player game? I'm hoping to avoid locking myself into creating "Not Shepard" if I can avoid it.
There is a development cost in therms of time/effort to get all the tests done. It may seem minor, but BioWare's QA team was already stretched thin, and things were coming in at the last minute, so they couldn't add them more work. It's unfortunate, but there are dev realities, sadly.
Project Lazarus - it's Cerberus' way of making Shepard pay.
There is a development cost in therms of time/effort to get all the tests done. It may seem minor, but BioWare's QA team was already stretched thin, and things were coming in at the last minute, so they couldn't add them more work. It's unfortunate, but there are dev realities, sadly.
how do you know this?
Pagusas
Elden Member
Jesus Christ, im glad mine imported right, but had i seen Kaiden... I'd shelve the game till that abomination is fixed. Its bad enough that all the male characters in the game seemed to turn gay, last thing I need to see is Kaiden officially come out of his closet.
There is a development cost in therms of time/effort to get all the tests done. It may seem minor, but BioWare's QA team was already stretched thin, and things were coming in at the last minute, so they couldn't add them more work. It's unfortunate, but there are dev realities, sadly.
I hope their patching and bug fixing team isn't stretched thin
Kandrick
GAF's Ed McMahon
whelp, that fix is useless to me. I don't have ME2 anymore
Yup, I'll be sticking to the MP for a while, and hope Bioware gets this issue patched. I don't want to recreate my Shepard.
I didn't have ME2 anymore, but i just used the save i had and it worked just fine.
sixteen-bit
Member
Sounds like I'm waiting for a fix.
I left him to die all three times I played through ME1. IF HE STAYS ALIVE.... I'll fix it with notepad++.
Is there a way to update existing ME3 saves with face codes yet? My current ME3 Shepard looks kinda alright, but I tried grabbing the ME2 code and it does look a little bit closer to my ME2 Shep in cutscenes. I guess I could just start over, just a couple of hours into the game still, but it'd be nice if I didnt have to.
EDIT: Unrelated to face imports, but I started up ME2 to check my character's face in profile and wow, the text and dialogue wheel is HUGE compared to ME3. Wonder if that's intentional or if they forgot to upscale it with increasing resolutions.
EDIT: Unrelated to face imports, but I started up ME2 to check my character's face in profile and wow, the text and dialogue wheel is HUGE compared to ME3. Wonder if that's intentional or if they forgot to upscale it with increasing resolutions.
BuckRobotron
Member
Was a bit miffed when this happened with my primary carryover Shep, especially as his initial look was way off. But I did manage to get him back to his original look with only one quick restart after my first fix wasn't quite right in-game.
Seemed like a whiney twat to me. Plus, I only did a male Shep in ME1, and boned Ashley.
I just want to plow Ashley again.
I'm doing MP only, until Bioware fixes this. I'll probably play it for a couple more weeks, and then finally get into the SP.
huh? That guide made it seem like you need to restart ME2 again. How did you do this? Just load your ME2 save on a USB drive, and then follow the rest of the steps?
Of course they did. But not a single fuck was given.
Buttonbasher
Member
I really can't fathom how this could happen. That's the FIRST thing they should have ensured worked. What a mess.
The Lamonster
Member
Yeah, this is fucking stupid. Hopefully this is patched relatively soon.
Kandrick
GAF's Ed McMahon
Yeah, that's what i did and it worked fine.
Seems like recent releases are becoming rougher and rougher around the edges (Skyrim, Gotham City Impostors, Twisted Metal, Mass Effect 3).
Though ME3s face bug isn't too bad. Maybe I can make my old Shep look a little better this time around.
EDIT: There's no way to get my Xbox ME1 and ME2 save over to PS3 is there? I'd rather have the game on PS3 but I played both games on Xbox... I want to try online but I'm too cheap to pay for XBL
Though ME3s face bug isn't too bad. Maybe I can make my old Shep look a little better this time around.
EDIT: There's no way to get my Xbox ME1 and ME2 save over to PS3 is there? I'd rather have the game on PS3 but I played both games on Xbox... I want to try online but I'm too cheap to pay for XBL
how is it not too bad? it was like the whole point of playing this fucking game. I developed an attachement to my Shepard and this helped to overlook glaring flaws of the series. I wouldn't touch this game with 6 feet stick if it wasn't for Shepard I made.
If they don't fix it completely I won't play this game. I really, really regret that I have bought a collector's edition for PC.
uh, yes
Maybe not the whole point, but that you'll play from game 1 to 3 with your character and your decisions was always their biggest marketing statement.
If playing with the same model is the most important thing for you, you should be playing something else.
After reading through different threads here and elsewhere about ME3 it seems that there is alot of outrage being directed towards Bioware at the moment.
I have been reading stuff like how they screwed the fans over and so on, I am terrified of even playing the game now.
I still have not opened my collectors edition it´s still sealed and I am now considering returning it.
I have been reading stuff like how they screwed the fans over and so on, I am terrified of even playing the game now.
I still have not opened my collectors edition it´s still sealed and I am now considering returning it.
The Lamonster
Member
Same. I fell in love with the Mass Effect series, didn't hesitate to get the ME3 CE, and now I'm sitting here contemplating if I even want to open it and play it.
Worth playing, loving it so far except for Kaidan in my game.
Well you play ME for different reasons than I do and I can probably make a Shepard look close to my old one from memory. All that matters to me are my decisions importing over.
The Kaiden bug would piss me off though.
What I've played so far from the game is pretty great. It just annoys me that this feature, that the whole series has been building up to, has been so blatantly ignored by bioware.
RiderKairuu
Member
Happened to me too. I just remade my Shep similar to how he was in ME1/ME2. I actually ended up liking my new shep better. I retconned my own Shepard >_<
I had the face bug, but didn't have the kaiden bug. Maybe it helps that I kept him alive in 1? My friend who kept Ash alive and also had the face bug did NOT have the Kaiden bug.
Overall, this game is miles better than ME2, and letting a stupid thing like having a face that's 2% different than your old one ruin the whole thing for you is goofy and petty.
Overall, this game is miles better than ME2, and letting a stupid thing like having a face that's 2% different than your old one ruin the whole thing for you is goofy and petty.
How could making sure that the gamer's custom Shepherd is transferable between games not be STEP ONE of the entire process, each time?
Or were they going off of the statistics of how many people play with the default guy, and dropped it down the priority list?
Your dickish response is not the proper way to placate the feelings of someone who simply wants to finish the series with the character they created.
Is that asking for more than is deserved, when that was the allure from the very inception? There's an investment to be spoken for here, and a promise to be kept.
Or were they going off of the statistics of how many people play with the default guy, and dropped it down the priority list?
Your dickish response is not the proper way to placate the feelings of someone who simply wants to finish the series with the character they created.
Is that asking for more than is deserved, when that was the allure from the very inception? There's an investment to be spoken for here, and a promise to be kept.