Mass Effect 2 Configuration Utility
View the profile drop-down menu to find Mass Effect III, and select it. Once that is done, edit the ‘Antialiasing Compatibility’ setting and select ‘0x080100C5 (Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2.
If you have not already, check out my mod for the first Mass Effect: The GUI of the original Mass Effect trilogy is a mess when you play at 21:9 resolutions. Flawless Widescreen helps, but does not provide a complete solution. That is not a knock against Flawless Widescreen. But Flawless Widescreen alone doesn't provide a complete solution.
My mod actually modifies the game's UI directly in order to fix the scaling and placement. In tandem with Flawless Widescreen for its FOV and black bar fixes, it's now possible to have a true 21:9 experience with Mass Effect.Additional 3440x1440 screenshots available here: Bonus: A few 3440x1440 screens of ME3 Ultrawide:Before we begin, there are a couple of things to know.
I consider this mod to be a beta. The game's file structure is messy. I believe I've updated all GUI items but there may be some that have not been fixed yet. Bugs may be introduced that I'm not yet aware of. I will do my best to knock out any problems or GUI elements that are not working right. If you want to report an issue, please provide details about when and how you encountered the problem, and screenshots.
As with other mods which change the game's base files, install this before any texture mods. Installing this after texture mods WILL result in black triangles and other texture problems. This includes even minor release updates for my mod. As with any other mods, make a backup before installing. I have only tested this on a 3440x1440 display. The mod uses a resolution which should also scale to 2560x1080. This is NOT intended for other aspect ratios like 32:9 or eyefinity setups.
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They may be improved by the mod but I will not be supporting those resolutions. 16:9 is not intended either, but then if you're on 16:9 you shouldn't be installing this. I have not tested compatibility with any other Mass Effect 2 mods.
Mods that are simple.ini or Coalesced changes should be fine. Mods that replace the same files will not work correctly.
This does not fix the pre-rendered cinematics. Neither does Flawless Widescreen.
Mass Effect 2 Walkthrough
Expect some cutting off and stretching on any pre-rendered cinematics. I've done a little testing on modifying those and got a couple of them to work with only minor stretching. May update those if there is enough interest.
While Flawless Widescreen is not a requirement to use with this mod, I strongly recommend it. Some menus such as the main menu will not display correctly without Flawless Widescreen's FOV correction. The menu is perfectly functional but will be skewed out of place. I'm playtesting ME3 Ultrawide and working on a ModMaker installation. This will make for a smaller download, easier installation, and hopefully easier compatibility with other ME3 mods. I'll upload when I feel it's ready for a beta release. Coming soon.
I've gotten a few requests regarding the series of controller UI mods. I have not tried yet but I believe it's possible to update those mods in a way to support ultrawide resolutions. There are certain challenges involved. The biggest one is that the two mods change the same files, so making things compatible would pretty much mean a fork or repackage of one mod including the other. This is not difficult to do but it is time consuming.
For the most part I would have to take the controller mod and then go through each GUI component and apply my changes to it. Practically doing my mod again from scratch. I'm trying to get the base game UIs for each game updated first before I look at bigger changes. But I get that this is important to a lot of users. Once I get each game's base UI finished, I'll revisit this topic and see what can be done.Installation:1) Back up your game folder.2) Copy the CookedPC folder from the archive and paste into the BioGame folder whereMass Effect 2 is installed.
Overwrite existing files.3) If you have DLC, you'll need to update those files as well. Under the BioGame folder is a folder named DLC. For any DLC folders listed, copy that same folder name from the mod archive, paste to the DLC folder and overwrite existing files.4) After updating any DLC files, you will need to install the binkw32 DLC patcher. Download the Mass Effect 2 files and follow the instructions on the Github page:5) If you are already using Flawless Widescreen, go to the settings for the Mass Effect 2 plugin. Disable HUD scaling. Set 'FOV Fine adjustment' to 0. Values other than zero may cause weird effects with some UI items.
Go to the Settings menu, and open Configuration. Go to Display Detection and uncheck 'Enable Display Detection Override' then save changes. If you're NOT already using Flawless Widescreen, install it, install the Mass Effect 2 plugin, and configure your settings the same as above.6) If you're using the Origin version of the game, disable Automatic Game updates in your Origin application settings. If Origin automaticallyupdates the game, things may break.7) Set the game's resolution.
If you are on 2560x1080, you can do this through the in-game Options screen.Note for 3440x1440 users. If you are on 3440x1440, you must do this in the Mass Effect 2 Configuration Utility which is accessible from the game's launcher. At 3440x1440 your Options screen in-game will show as 800x600. This is just a design oversight with the game. Don't try to change the resolution while in-game or you'll get some weird effects and you'll have to exit out and change it in the configuration utility again.Uninstall:With the number of files involved that had to be updated, the easiest option is to simply restore the backup you made of the game folder during the installation steps.Mod Compatibility:Any mods that make edits to a PCC file changed with my mod will not be compatible. This is particularly true of the 'startup' and 'entrymenu' PCC files as this is where most of the GUI files are stored. Texture mods are fine, and.ini/Coalesced changes should not be an issue.
Just remember to install this BEFORE any texture mods.At the moment, this is not compatible with the MEController mod or ME2 Recalibrated.Thanks:Mgamerz for the mod tools and tips that make this possible.Known issues:Resolved issues:-Fixed a mistake where a DLC subfolder was missing from the main archive. Replaced main archive download with a corrected version.