

Unless your actualy using it, disable the "SPDIF" sound driver in your audio settings in windows. Save changes to the file, and run ME and enjoy surround sound with hardware effects!Ĩ. Add the following line under DeviceName "UseEffectsProcessing=True"ħ. Find "DeviceName=" and delete everthing after the equal sign so it looks like this "DeviceName="Ħ. Find MaxChannels and set it to = 128 (it may change it down a bit, but this should work) or whatever the max channels your sound card supportsĥ. Either scroll down, or use the + search function and find ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDeviceĤ. Go to your current User directory C:\\User\\Username\\MyDocuments\\Bioware\\MassEffect\\Config and open up the Bioengine.ini file using notepadģ. Install ME and run the config utility, and run ME at least one time.Ģ. It may work for others, but your milage may vary.ġ. This should work for Audigy/Xi-Fi sound cards. Getting Surround Sound and Hardware Effects to Work. Thanks to RiotLaFontaine of the forums for this fix. It will be under your C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\mass effect\\Binaries by default If running steam, manually rename your ME executable to MEX or somesuch, then rename the texmod executable to MassEffect.exe, then run MEX manually. Your ME executable (in the binaries subfolder), then the texture fix. Download an app called "Texmod" either Google search it or download it here 2. I figured I'd share and hopefully spare some new player the troubles.ġ. I just got done starting a replay of ME1 on a fresh Win7 install, and spent a couple hours hunting down and tweaking my gameplay experience.
