Comments on: Auto-set processor affinity for Mass Effect 2 PC with MassAffinity, fix those load times

By: Hashuboy

Hashuboy — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:19:19 +0000

thank you very very much for this my problem was if my pc would be running for more than an hour load time would increase and the game auto sets process priority to “below normal” hope this would fix it though im running Amd Athlon x2 with win7 ultimate 32bit!!

By: Kell

Kell — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:17:28 +0000

i keep trying but the app tells me it can’t find my folder, instead it tells me to select it, and not the Binaries directory. been selecting everything i could and nothing works :(

By: Sheena

Sheena — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:38:50 +0000

Does this work with other UE3 engine games too ? The last Remnant have the exact same problem.

By: Chintz

Chintz — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:56:55 +0000

Hi Logan

Thanks so much for an awesome application! Thoroughly enjoyed ME2!
I have a question – can we use this same app to run other games that we experience similar problems?
Say Fifa 11 and COD Black Ops? They suffer from the exact issue and its highly irritating because my PC should handle these games well.
Please let me know! Tx

By: moo

moo — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:21:46 +0000

hi,
would releasing the source code as well be out of the question? thanks :)

By: Brumbek

Brumbek — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:54:32 +0000

Thanks again for this awesome app. It is truly remarkable that 6 months later we dual core people still need to use this!

I want to also mention that this is necessary for the game “The Last Remnant” by Square-Enix which also suffers from the dual core problem, but seemingly more randomly. I use version 2 and simply rename TLR.exe to MassEffect2.exe in order for the utility to accept the “The Last Remnant” directory as the install dir. Anyway, this is a life saver for both games!!!

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[...] Note: I’m sure Raven will get round to fixing this fairly soon… but then, I thought the same thing about Mass Effect 2′s processor affinity problems. [...]

By: Prudii

Prudii — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:29:15 +0000

How do i get this to work with mods that require the game to be started though the mod. Like Texmod.exe for texture modification. If there is a way please email me @ prudii@yahoo.com

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:48:10 +0000

Well, I wish I had tried this some time ago–I tried Mass Affinity 0.2 and it works great with the Steam version of ME2. Only issue I have now is that it pops up a notification every time I run it, telling me that I can change the path to ME2 manually.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:36:33 +0000

The Steam appid for Mass Effect 2 is 24980

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe” -applaunch 24980
is what my shortcut says.

Hint. Hint.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:48:05 +0000

Wow great job! Bioware should pay you for this, before the game was getting more and more annoying because of the loading times! Thanks lot

By: Playwrite: Mass Effect 2 1.01 patch released, dual-core slowdown still present?

Playwrite: Mass Effect 2 1.01 patch released, dual-core slowdown still present? — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:47:51 +0000

[...] emphasised the fixes that relate to CPUs. While none of them explicitly state that the slow dual-core loading times (that MassAffinity nicely addresses) have been rectified, it’s not entirely insane to think [...]

By: Logan

Logan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:26:50 +0000

@templeth: From what I can tell, your alternate fix leaves Mass Effect 2 running on a single core, which will decrease performance. MassAffinity only temporarily puts ME2 on a single core (about half a second) before returning it to two cores. This is enough to fix the problem, and means ME2 takes advantage of both cores during play.

Appreciate the suggestion though, especially if MassAffinity isn’t working for some (such as users running the game through Steam).

By: templeth

templeth — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:49:44 +0000

Alternate fix.
Works in Win 7 Ultimate… Apparantly same as XP cmd fix.
Using cmd with altering shortcut.

cmd window will show for a brief moment. then disappear.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8061/me2affinity.jpg

Target should state:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 2 MassEffect2.exe

^ Choose either affinity 1 or 2 = either cpu 0 or 1 respectively

Start in should state:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Mass Effect 2\Binaries”
Or where your MassEffect2.exe is located

By: Logan

Logan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:20:12 +0000

Heh, there’s no need to be afraid JimBob.

I don’t have a Steam version of Mass Effect 2 to test the program with. What I can do is modify the program to run a shortcut to ME2 created by Steam and the apply the workaround to the game when it loads.

I’ll do some investigating. First thing to do is find out what the Steam App ID is for ME2.

By: JimBob

JimBob — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:09:15 +0000

Didn’t work for me on my steam install, I’m afraid…..

By: André

André — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:24:21 +0000

hm my problem was the programm FRAPS, deactivated it, loading times decreased like 80% :D
gonna try this with FRAPS

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By: khardim

khardim — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:10:33 +0000

Aces. Thanks a bunch!