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[Corma]

jeffersdn wrote...

UntalkativeBunny wrote...

Some people have some hardcore trust issues with BioWare. Anyway, I got tired of waiting and decided to recreate my Shepard using the YAML method + Gibbed. Despite the different hairstyle and noticeable makeup, I can actually say "That's my Shepard." I regret not doing it sooner.

Is it possible to use this method on the Xbox?

yes, you will find instructions in page 3 of this forum, but after 1 or two hours of tgameplay you will notice several problems like the eyebrows, the mouth, the expresions, etc etc at the end you will say "mmm that's NOT my shepard" and then you will return disapointed to this forum

[MetzgerGeorg]

I am so terribly disappointed!
Mass Effect 1 was a game unlike anything ever seen before. Mass Effect 2 was by far inferior regarding gameplay, but a again with a great story. And now this...
It is like Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II. For me, the gaming industry places a franchise and once the fanbase is there, they release more games, but with far inferior gameplay.
The gaming industry *will* suffer for this. And don't blame the pirates for the decline in sales!
Who can afford games for 70 Euros very often? And who wants to pay 10x 10 Euros for DLC (DLC are the worst thing that can happen. People start to feel they buy half games only without the DLCs)?
And who wants to "borrow" the games until the companies decide to switch off their servers?
And who wants to pay full price if 4 weeks later the price drops 50%?

Sorry for ranting, but I am really fed up with the fooling of customers! Mass Effect 3 is installed since the release day. Since then, just after seeing "my" Shepard (of course I got the import error...), I did not touch it. Since then, I am reading this thread every day. Since then my disappointment about the behaviour of the "big" companies (here: Bioware + EA) is growing!

I feel like a "milk-cow": I give my "milk" (= money) and what do I get? NOTHING!!

BIOWARE! START MOVING!!
Or I will not pay your salary anymore!

And honestly, I own a PC and I do not care if the PS or XBox people are disappointed if they get their patches later. There are enough games on the consoles that I never can play due to strange politics of companies. Bioware should release the fix as soon as possible!

[ThinkIntegral]

KunamiMata wrote...

Ragke wrote...

The reason you consider this "whining" is because you don't share in our frustration, anger, fear or sadness to the same extent, so it's annoying to you. In that case, I think you should stop reading something that annoys you, because for a lot of us, this thread is as close to cathartic as can be found in the world about one of our favorite gaming franchises going down the toilet.

You make too many assumptions. The only reason I know this thread even exists is because my face didn't import into Mass Effect 3. Same as pretty much everyone else here to varying degrees. I spent $45 extra dollars (that I honestly didn't have to spend) on a new flash drive the day after I got the game to try and jerry-rig a workaround. So no, I very much share the frustration, anger, fear, and sadness. You assume it annoys me, but I haven't said that. The fact is, while I agree with the frustration presented in this thread, posts like the one I quoted are not constructive. They are inflammatory and they are ill-informed. They only serve to further spread misinformation. I replied not out of annoyance, but because s/he wasn't paying any attention to the thread at large. Namely the very first post, where it says they've found a fix and the patch is in the testing and certification phase right now.

So, while I can understand your need for a punching bag on this issue? I don't think this is really the best place. I know the internet will be the internet and I'm swimming against the current if I honestly believe people online won't be this way when given any opportunity, but when it benefits ignorance, I think it becomes a problem. People want to know if there is a fix. When there is a fix. What the fix will do. How it will do it. Some of these questions have been answered, and if we're just here to take our cathartic jabs at silly, silly BioWare, we're never going to see the answers because we'll be too busy using this thread for something other than help and information.

Hehe valid point in the last paragraph, but dude you don't have to say you're annoyed for some one to assume that.  It's implicit in your actions.  The fact that you keep responding to Capac Amaru on every little thing proves it bugs you.

Otherwise, as Ragke said, why even bother responding.  If you understand his position as you said and want to make sure those new to the thread have the correct info then I would think you would show them by showing not only your post but woodbyte's.

I'd also would think that rather than calling capac a troll and just trying to shut him down all the time you'd allow him his frustration by saying something like, "Hey Capac, we know you're frustrated. I was frustrated too because I had to go out and by a $45 flash drive just to get things working, so I know how you feel.  However, let's not confuse newcomers to the thread by saying  <insert statement>.  Instead <insert "correct" info>"

But that's how I see it.

In any case, we shouldn't be wasting our energies fighting each other but rather it should be directed at BioWare and EA.

[KunamiMata]

jeffersdn wrote...

UntalkativeBunny wrote...
Some people have some hardcore trust issues with BioWare. Anyway, I got tired of waiting and decided to recreate my Shepard using the YAML method + Gibbed. Despite the different hairstyle and noticeable makeup, I can actually say "That's my Shepard." I regret not doing it sooner.

Is it possible to use this method on the Xbox?

Yes:

KunamiMata wrote...

Here is basically what I did.

1. Start a brand new Mass Effect 2 save file with your Mass Effect imported Shepard. It has to be brand new, because you're going to need to move, not copy it, to a USB flash drive that is formatted to work on your 360. You don't want to do this with your finished game save, so make sure it's a new one (i.e. right when you wake up from your coma, save and quit).

2. Go to Settings in your dashboard, System, Storage, Hard Drive and find your Mass Effect 2 save (not "Mass Effect 2 Importer"). Inside, you should find files for all your DLC and each of your careers. They will all be named after your Shepards and dated. Move the career you just created to your USB flash drive (don't copy, because the Xbox won't allow it).

3. Download and install this program on your PC (it's best to have this version): hotfile.com/dl/143431599/02eaea8/Modio_3.zip.html

4. Plug your USB flash drive into your PC, and using Modio, select Open from a device. Click the device you see. Mass Effect 2 should pop up in that list. Select it, then select your Shepard's save file. When the following window pops up, click the File Contents tab at the top. You should see several .xbsav extensions. Right click one of them and extract them all to your desktop (or where ever you prefer).

5. Go to this website and register on it: legion.cal24.pl/me2/

6. Once you've registered at that site and logged in, click the My saves tab at the top of the page. The specific save file that you extracted to your desktop (or where ever) that you're going to want to upload here should be named Save_0001.xbsav. Go ahead and upload that save on this site.

7. You should now have one save listed at the top of that page with a string of options following it. The second to last option on that row is Morph head. Click that option.

8. Now new options show up. You want to click Export YAML. It should download a file to your computer called morphhead.yaml. Check this file in Notepad to make sure it's all in code that you can read (only read, not necessarily understand), otherwise the file is mucked up and you have to try this step again.

9. Once you have a decent YAML file to work with, upload it in one of two places, depending on the sex of your Commander Shepard -

Female Shepards will upload here: masseffecttools.99k.org/femshep_upload.php

Male Shepards will upload here: masseffecttools.99k.org/maleshep_upload.php

Remember to add your Shepard's name, because it's how you recover the face template code.

10. Lastly, you're going to want to get your Shepard's code, again in one of two places depending on the sex -

Female Shepards codes are here: masseffecttools.99k.org/femshep_code.php

Male Shepards codes are here: masseffecttools.99k.org/maleshep_code.php

All you need to do now is enter the name you typed when you uploaded your YAML file, and bam, instant Shepard readout and code for your Shepard. There will be a little tweaking required (as pointed out by the ***** asterisks), but it shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as trying to recreate your Shepard from scratch. It'll generally be little things like hairstyle, makeup color, or eye color. You know, the easy things to remember and fix. Everything without the ***** next to them should be correct, though.

And that's pretty much how I got my Shepard back without waiting for any sort of patch. You just enter that code you get at the bottom of that page into your custom character creation back on your 360 copy of Mass Effect 3 and do the necessary tweaking and you're done.

Modifié par KunamiMata, 25 mars 2012 - 09:01 .

[Tigercml]

Will tomorrow bear good news?

Probably not.

[Scam_poo]

Tigercml wrote...

Scam_poo wrote...

I knew BioWare wouldn't fail. Thanks a lot! (But seriously, hurry up with that testing stuff xD)

They already failed. They failed with ME3 and as a company. They were doomed to fail the moment they got bought out by EA.

Also I wouldn't get on my knees for Bioware just yet if I were you. They say they fixed the problem. But whether or not the fix actually works for all of us still remains to be seen.

Nonsense. I can get on my knees for whomever I want, I myself used MassEffectTools the day it came out, precisely recreated my Shepard and played through the game twice because it's that awesome. Yes, BioWare didn't fail.

[cApAc aMaRu]

KunamiMata wrote...

cApAc aMaRu wrote...

The story and endings don't matter. People that played Mass Effect don't matter. Mass Effect is a 3rd person cover shooter with a tacked on storyline, provided in installments to maintain a constant revenue stream for EA via DLC.

You try way too hard to troll.

Not trolling, just speaking the truth as I see it.

[cApAc aMaRu]

KunamiMata wrote...

Ragke wrote...

The reason you consider this "whining" is because you don't share in our frustration, anger, fear or sadness to the same extent, so it's annoying to you. In that case, I think you should stop reading something that annoys you, because for a lot of us, this thread is as close to cathartic as can be found in the world about one of our favorite gaming franchises going down the toilet.

You make too many assumptions. The only reason I know this thread even exists is because my face didn't import into Mass Effect 3. Same as pretty much everyone else here to varying degrees. I spent $45 extra dollars (that I honestly didn't have to spend) on a new flash drive the day after I got the game to try and jerry-rig a workaround. So no, I very much share the frustration, anger, fear, and sadness. You assume it annoys me, but I haven't said that. The fact is, while I agree with the frustration presented in this thread, posts like the one I quoted are not constructive. They are inflammatory and they are ill-informed. They only serve to further spread misinformation. I replied not out of annoyance, but because s/he wasn't paying any attention to the thread at large. Namely the very first post, where it says they've found a fix and the patch is in the testing and certification phase right now.

So, while I can understand your need for a punching bag on this issue? I don't think this is really the best place. I know the internet will be the internet and I'm swimming against the current if I honestly believe people online won't be this way when given any opportunity, but when it benefits ignorance, I think it becomes a problem. People want to know if there is a fix. When there is a fix. What the fix will do. How it will do it. Some of these questions have been answered, and if we're just here to take our cathartic jabs at silly, silly BioWare, we're never going to see the answers because we'll be too busy using this thread for something other than help and information.

Joo Eun wrote...

Yes there is an updated text but still a month has soon gone by since the game was released and no patch has arrived yet to fix the import character problem.

I wasn't aware this game came out February 25th.

We are never going to see real answers because Bioware doesn't deign respond to customer complaints or enquiries. This ridiculous attitude that everyone should shut up and hope our problems will magically be fixed is beyond a joke. These 'cathartic jabs' are us demanding a product that works as advertised, and it is not only our right but our social responsibility.

Saying that Bioware might be a little upset that we are mad at them is no excuse for keeping us in the dark over problems that should never have shipped.

If Bioware can't handle dealing with customer complaints that aren't up to their preferred levels of niceness then they shouldn't be in business.

[cApAc aMaRu]

ThinkIntegral wrote...

KunamiMata wrote...

Ragke wrote...

The reason you consider this "whining" is because you don't share in our frustration, anger, fear or sadness to the same extent, so it's annoying to you. In that case, I think you should stop reading something that annoys you, because for a lot of us, this thread is as close to cathartic as can be found in the world about one of our favorite gaming franchises going down the toilet.

You make too many assumptions. The only reason I know this thread even exists is because my face didn't import into Mass Effect 3. Same as pretty much everyone else here to varying degrees. I spent $45 extra dollars (that I honestly didn't have to spend) on a new flash drive the day after I got the game to try and jerry-rig a workaround. So no, I very much share the frustration, anger, fear, and sadness. You assume it annoys me, but I haven't said that. The fact is, while I agree with the frustration presented in this thread, posts like the one I quoted are not constructive. They are inflammatory and they are ill-informed. They only serve to further spread misinformation. I replied not out of annoyance, but because s/he wasn't paying any attention to the thread at large. Namely the very first post, where it says they've found a fix and the patch is in the testing and certification phase right now.

So, while I can understand your need for a punching bag on this issue? I don't think this is really the best place. I know the internet will be the internet and I'm swimming against the current if I honestly believe people online won't be this way when given any opportunity, but when it benefits ignorance, I think it becomes a problem. People want to know if there is a fix. When there is a fix. What the fix will do. How it will do it. Some of these questions have been answered, and if we're just here to take our cathartic jabs at silly, silly BioWare, we're never going to see the answers because we'll be too busy using this thread for something other than help and information.

Hehe valid point in the last paragraph, but dude you don't have to say you're annoyed for some one to assume that.  It's implicit in your actions.  The fact that you keep responding to Capac Amaru on every little thing proves it bugs you.

Otherwise, as Ragke said, why even bother responding.  If you understand his position as you said and want to make sure those new to the thread have the correct info then I would think you would show them by showing not only your post but woodbyte's.

I'd also would think that rather than calling capac a troll and just trying to shut him down all the time you'd allow him his frustration by saying something like, "Hey Capac, we know you're frustrated. I was frustrated too because I had to go out and by a $45 flash drive just to get things working, so I know how you feel.  However, let's not confuse newcomers to the thread by saying  <insert statement>.  Instead <insert "correct" info>"

But that's how I see it.

In any case, we shouldn't be wasting our energies fighting each other but rather it should be directed at BioWare and EA.

I'm not going to change what I say, or how I say it, on the grounds it may 'confuse people' or 'make poor Bioware cry themselves to sleep'.

Being 'inflammatory' is the only method we have to stand up for our rights when we are abused by corporations, particularly ones as disinterested in our opinions and rights as EA and Bioware.

And I challenge anyone to find anything I have said and label it ill-informed. I will provide a full accounting of my reasoning behind anything I have said, just ask me.

Catharsis and 'punching bag' are terms used for outpouring and deflecting of emotions onto OTHER targets. Bioware and EA have EARNED the ire that is being expressed in this thread and others, and they don't need people like Kunami defending them. 

They need to acknowledge and respect the customer that make them a success, and make up for the many ways in which they have abused our trust.

Telling us EXACTLY what this patch is going to fix is one way. But I don't think we are going to know until the patch is downloaded, because they don't give a flying  what we think.

[cApAc aMaRu]

Scam_poo wrote...

Tigercml wrote...

Scam_poo wrote...

I knew BioWare wouldn't fail. Thanks a lot! (But seriously, hurry up with that testing stuff xD)

They already failed. They failed with ME3 and as a company. They were doomed to fail the moment they got bought out by EA.

Also I wouldn't get on my knees for Bioware just yet if I were you. They say they fixed the problem. But whether or not the fix actually works for all of us still remains to be seen.

Nonsense. I can get on my knees for whomever I want, I myself used MassEffectTools the day it came out, precisely recreated my Shepard and played through the game twice because it's that awesome. Yes, BioWare didn't fail.

Uh-huh. You had to use a third party tool to play a big budget game the way its been advertised for 5 years. Not fail at all. You certainly seem like you would understand being on your knees for Bioware and EA. Congratulations.

[UntalkativeBunny]

jeffersdn wrote...

UntalkativeBunny wrote...

Some people have some hardcore trust issues with BioWare. Anyway, I got tired of waiting and decided to recreate my Shepard using the YAML method + Gibbed. Despite the different hairstyle and noticeable makeup, I can actually say "That's my Shepard." I regret not doing it sooner.

Is it possible to use this method on the Xbox?

Yes, that's what I did my method on. I would post pictures, but it's a real pain.

[ThinkIntegral]

jeffersdn be sure to read this post as well:

http://social.biowar...93/197#10223122

Modifié par ThinkIntegral, 25 mars 2012 - 10:49 .

[ThinkIntegral]

cApAc aMaRu wrote...

I'm not going to change what I say, or how I say it, on the grounds it may 'confuse people' or 'make poor Bioware cry themselves to sleep'.

Being 'inflammatory' is the only method we have to stand up for our rights when we are abused by corporations, particularly ones as disinterested in our opinions and rights as EA and Bioware.

And I challenge anyone to find anything I have said and label it ill-informed. I will provide a full accounting of my reasoning behind anything I have said, just ask me.

Catharsis and 'punching bag' are terms used for outpouring and deflecting of emotions onto OTHER targets. Bioware and EA have EARNED the ire that is being expressed in this thread and others, and they don't need people like Kunami defending them. 

They need to acknowledge and respect the customer that make them a success, and make up for the many ways in which they have abused our trust.

Telling us EXACTLY what this patch is going to fix is one way. But I don't think we are going to know until the patch is downloaded, because they don't give a flying  what we think.

Well not like I have a problem with whatever you have to say.  Just giving a hypothetical for KunamiMata

[Tigercml]

cApAc aMaRu wrote...

Scam_poo wrote...

Tigercml wrote...

Scam_poo wrote...

I knew BioWare wouldn't fail. Thanks a lot! (But seriously, hurry up with that testing stuff xD)

They already failed. They failed with ME3 and as a company. They were doomed to fail the moment they got bought out by EA.

Also I wouldn't get on my knees for Bioware just yet if I were you. They say they fixed the problem. But whether or not the fix actually works for all of us still remains to be seen.

Nonsense. I can get on my knees for whomever I want, I myself used MassEffectTools the day it came out, precisely recreated my Shepard and played through the game twice because it's that awesome. Yes, BioWare didn't fail.

Uh-huh. You had to use a third party tool to play a big budget game the way its been advertised for 5 years. Not fail at all. You certainly seem like you would understand being on your knees for Bioware and EA. Congratulations.

Exactly this.

Thanks Capac Amaru, I couldn't have said it better myself.

[DoctorEss]

Which, not even mentioning the fact that for the most part, that tool didn't work for the majority of people. THE ASSETS WEREN'T THERE.

No amount of tweaking would re-create my Shepard.

If the patch is just a facecode fix, and doesn't actually import raw data like ME2 did, well. . . Amazon is giving full refunds, so that's where I'll go.

[Shadow Quickpaw]

(Preparing to duck into flame shelter): I actually prefer my ME3 Shepard that came from manually re-creating ME2's ME1 import and transfering the code. I recently went back to ME2 to finish a run-through for 3 and it was jarring, to say the least. Both are cool, but I prefer what I did with 3.

[cApAc aMaRu]

Shadow Quickpaw wrote...

(Preparing to duck into flame shelter): I actually prefer my ME3 Shepard that came from manually re-creating ME2's ME1 import and transfering the code. I recently went back to ME2 to finish a run-through for 3 and it was jarring, to say the least. Both are cool, but I prefer what I did with 3.

No flames. Its great that people can play in any way they can get this [rubbish that somehow managed to pass QA] going. Its the people that say 'get over it' or 'stop acting so entitled' or 'mine imported fine so it doesnt matter' or 'this isn't a game-breaking bug' that attract and deserve flames.

The only thing thats worse than EA and Bioware having no respect for their customers are players who have no respect for other players. 

[Geigerstorm]

Gothmog_Ultra wrote...

I finally got bored and decided to rebuild my Shepard. That's the result:


Mass Effect 2




Mass Effect 3



I say I am really ok with it, adding the usual Shepard voice I admit the result playing the game is awesome, so I am fine now. You should all try aswell, using the code that the site Mass Effect Tool provides you, you just have to make some arrangement, usually structure of face it's ok so that you just have to adjust it. And now I go to play campaign FINALLY!!

Wow, I get a real "Donovan Hock" vibe from your Shepard!

[WildstarGoethe]

DoctorEss wrote...

Which, not even mentioning the fact that for the most part, that tool didn't work for the majority of people. THE ASSETS WEREN'T THERE.

No amount of tweaking would re-create my Shepard.

If the patch is just a facecode fix, and doesn't actually import raw data like ME2 did, well. . . Amazon is giving full refunds, so that's where I'll go.

I hear you. That's where I may be headed, as well. I'm being very patient and hopeful that Bioware will correct this mistake. I am already putting up with Origin, a buggy service if you are running a network in your house...well, Origin is buggy regardless...but to buy a game that from that start has used, as one of its main selling points, being able to import your characters; well, this is just a huge flop. The yaml configuration doesn't really work that well, and we as consumers shouldn't have to spend extra time trying to do something that 'might' work. Something that central to the franchise should have worked in the game from the start. If this isn't fixed during the next week, I am returning my game to Amazon. Even if it is fixed during the next week, I am done buying games through EA/Origin. I am boycotting them just like I did Ubisoft. Which is sad, because I own almost every Bioware game there is. I just don't like EA's business practice.

[Dav3VsTh3World]

Why does Sony need to test it? Mass Effect 1 wasn't released on PS3 so it wouldn't affect them

[batman22]

Geigerstorm wrote...

Gothmog_Ultra wrote...

I finally got bored and decided to rebuild my Shepard. That's the result:


Mass Effect 2




Mass Effect 3



I say I am really ok with it, adding the usual Shepard voice I admit the result playing the game is awesome, so I am fine now. You should all try aswell, using the code that the site Mass Effect Tool provides you, you just have to make some arrangement, usually structure of face it's ok so that you just have to adjust it. And now I go to play campaign FINALLY!!

Wow, I get a real "Donovan Hock" vibe from your Shepard!

LOL yes thats what i was thinking.

[nhcre8tv1]

I think my custom Shep was actually improved in Mass Effect 3. It looks the same, while at the same time looking only different enough to have the "Did you change your hair?" kind of thing. IIIIIIIIII like it.

[Silicon Drifter 82]

Tigercml wrote...

cApAc aMaRu wrote...

Scam_poo wrote...

Tigercml wrote...

Scam_poo wrote...

I knew BioWare wouldn't fail. Thanks a lot! (But seriously, hurry up with that testing stuff xD)

They already failed. They failed with ME3 and as a company. They were doomed to fail the moment they got bought out by EA.

Also I wouldn't get on my knees for Bioware just yet if I were you. They say they fixed the problem. But whether or not the fix actually works for all of us still remains to be seen.

Nonsense. I can get on my knees for whomever I want, I myself used MassEffectTools the day it came out, precisely recreated my Shepard and played through the game twice because it's that awesome. Yes, BioWare didn't fail.

Uh-huh. You had to use a third party tool to play a big budget game the way its been advertised for 5 years. Not fail at all. You certainly seem like you would understand being on your knees for Bioware and EA. Congratulations.

Exactly this.

Thanks Capac Amaru, I couldn't have said it better myself.

Amen!

[UntalkativeBunny]

cApAc aMaRu wrote...

Uh-huh. You had to use a third party tool to play a big budget game the way its been advertised for 5 years. Not fail at all. You certainly seem like you would understand being on your knees for Bioware and EA. Congratulations.

Obvious troll can't be anymore obvious.

[Kevlar xD]

Does anybody have a rough idea of how long until the patch...assuming that during testing they find out that it does actually fix the problem (and doesn't introduce any new ones)?