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Mass Effect Andromeda Patch 1.05 problems: Crashes, black screen, and more
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Mass Effect: Andromeda didn’t live to its expectations — that’s a fact. To try making things better, Bioware quickly released patch 1.05 for the game that includes a handful of bug fixes and improvements.
However, as it appears, the new patch causes even more problems to players who install it. We’ve wandered the internet looking for potential feedback on the patch and we’ve found that players aren’t so thrilled about it, with various forums flooded with reports about problems caused by it.
In case you haven’t installed the new patch yet, keep reading this article to know what to expect from it.
Mass Effect: Andromeda patch 1.05 issues
Game unable to launch
A few players have reported they’re unable to even launch the game after installing the patch. Here’s what one playersaidon the Bioware forums:
“Myself and a few others on Reddit seem to be having a catastrophic issue since the patch. After the patch installs the game won’t launch, the executable loads to memory using 59Mb of RAM and then just sits idle (waited 10+ minutes and it refuses to load, despite the fact the .exe is running). Using Repair game didn’t fix it, reboot, etc doesn’t fix it.Game was loading fine yesterday and this morning before I installed the patch.”
Loading problems
Some of the players who managed to launch the game haven’t got too far. Namely, there are a couple of players whocomplainabout long loading time after installing the patch. Additionally, the game even crashes on loadingfor some players. Here’s what they say:
“Very long loading times that could sometimes take up to 5 minutes to load. Occurs often 50% – 99% of the time.”
“The main game works fine but when I try to load into multiplayer, a loading screen comes up and when the bar gets to the end the screen goes black the it goes back to the desktop. I have tried different graphic settings ex: turning it to window mode, taking the default graphics to medium. I have also logged off of the companion app. I had no problems playing multiplayer on 3/21, but now on 3/27 I am having problems.”
Black screen problems
It looks like some people just can’t play the game after the latest patch. One player have recentlyreportedblack screen problems, and according to him, there’s no known solution:
“Screenshot attached. This has been happening ever since patch1.05was rolled out. I’ve tried a number of fixes (rolling back thegpudriver, setting origin to offline mode and turning overlay off, moving my saves and preferences files from Documents/Bioware/Mass Effect Andromeda, repairing the game through Origin) but none of it has worked. “
Other problems
Here are some additional problems that also bother players who installed the new patch for Mass Effect: Andromeda:
As you can see, the game is plagued with various bugs and problems so you might want to think twice before installing the new patch.
In case you’ve encountered a problem we didn’t list in this article, feel free to let us know in the comments below.
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