All I'm trying to do is add a single Bonus Power to my already existing set of Powers, namely Barrier. I used the Gibbed editor at the beginning of the game and it worked like a charm. I chose a bonus power from a previous play-through, leveled up to add more powers then added another bonus power with the editor. It worked for the first mission but then when I get to Horizon Barrier is gone.
ME3 Coalesced Editor
- Discussing modded power set? On Mass Effect 3 PC message board and forum (page 2). Essentially when you go to the Raw tab on the save editor you will need to find your power collection and open that up, the class name field is where the SFXGameContent package name goes that defines what power is in that slot. You can add bonus powers.
- Mass Effect 2 Message Board Our Mass Effect 2 Trainer is now available and supports ORIGIN. Our Mass Effect 2 message board is available to provide feedback on our trainers or cheats.
Where To Get It
Coalesced Editor for Mass Effect 3
Download the most recent version from here: Wench’s Coalesced Editor ME3
This tool edits the coalesced.ini file. I would highly recommend you backup your original coalesced.ini file. You can find the file here:
Program Files (x86) > Origin Games > Mass Effect 3 > BioGame > Config > PC > Cooked
How To Use It
Because somehow i always forget and fuck shit up
Before you do anything, back up your coalesced.ini by copying and pasting the files to a safe place. I like to use the desktop. Once you’ve done that, follow these steps:
- Open Coalesced Editor for Mass Effect 3 application. It doesn’t matter where you unzip the downloaded folder or where you run it.
- Click “File” > “Open”
- Now follow path above and select the coalesced.bin
Quick Tweaks & Cheats
From Mass Effect Wiki
Eliminate Store Markup:
bioui.ini > sfxgamecontent > sfxgamechoiceguidata > storedata > normandy
Change 01f to 0.0f.
markuppercent = 0.1f
Note: You can change it to negative values for a discount, but anything equal or higher than 1.0f crashes the game at start up. Having too many credits while buying might also crash your game.
Editing War Assets:
bioui.ini > sfxgame > sfxgawassetshandler > allassets
To change the value of a War Asset, edit the “StartingStrength” value. To negate the Galactic Readiness penalty, for example, you can double all the values.
(ID=0,AssetName=”GAWAsset_AllianceEngineeringCorp”,Type=GAWAssetType_Military,SubType=GAWAssetSubType_Ground,StartingStrength=260,GUIName=715401,GUIDescription=715515,bIsExploration=False,UnlockPlotStates[0]=0,GUICategoryID=1,DebugConditionalDescription=”None”,bShowNotificationOnAward=false,ImagePath=”gui_codex_images.galaxyAtWar.GM_HumansNoArmor_512x256″,NotificationImagePath=””)
Another way to edit War Assets:
Edit individual war assets by simply setting a new value for it. For this, you need to use Gibbed Save Editor for Mass Effect 3. The video on how to do this is here.
Find interactive objects easier:
BIOGame > sfxgame > bioplayerselection
Setting the highlight distance to make it easier to find interactable objects. 8000 works nicely and highlights objects far enough out to cover your visible range easily.
maxhighlightrange=8000
Eliminate Weight Penalty:
BIOGame > sfxgame > sfxcharacterclass
Change encumbrancemaxcooldown and encumbrancemincooldown both to -2.0f.
This will eliminate the weight penalty on your powers, allowing you to take the full 200% cooldown bonus with any combination of weapons.
Increasing encumbrancemaxcooldown will increase your base cooldown bonus. Changing it to -3.0f, for example, would result in a 300% cooldown bonus.
Scan Detection Range:
Biogame.ini > sfxgame > bioplanet
Anything over 240 should cover an entire system in one scan.
m_fscandetectionrange=250
Improve Normandy Fuel Efficiency::
Bioweapon.ini > sfxgame > sfxinventorymanager
The lower the number, the less fuel used (0.0 – Infinite).
fuelefficiency=1.5
Reapers’ detection time and Chase:
Biogame.ini > sfxgamecontent > sfxgalaxymapreaper
Reduce all of these to nerf the reapers, or increase them to make searching for war assets more of a challenge.
How quickly they catch up to you:
acceleration = 5.0
How easily they find you:
m_fscandetectionrange = 300
How fast they can go:
maxspeed = 67.5
Get Maximum Level and Talents for all Squad Members:
biogame.ini > sfxgame > sfxgameconfig > levelrewards
Go to the first line and change it to:
(Level=1,ExperienceRequired=0,TalentReward=11,HenchmanTalentReward=18)
Appearance modding, iris color, hair and more will be on a separate post with the corresponding imagery. It always bothers me when I have to adjust the code, go into the game, leave the game, adjust code again, repeat 1000 times. Better to just have an image for reference.
If you have any other codes to add to the above ones, please contact me with the subject line: “Shepard ME3 General Codes”. Add your name if you want credit.
Texmod
- One of the most important downloads for modding, this is the program you need to replace textures for all three ME games.
- Texmod tutorials can be found here
- A group where modders can post their work for people to browse and download.
- This group is also for people who use mods to post their modded characters and screenshots/art of their modded game.
- You can browse this database for face codes and/or headmorphs, includes both ME2 and ME3
- If you want to use mine you can find me in the database here
GibbedSave Editor for ME3
- A tutorial for modifying faces in gibbed can be found here
- A general guide to using gibbed can be found here
- Tutorials can be found here
- Instructions for using ME3 explorer to install PCC file mods here
- Advanced modding made easy guide
- ME3 explorer forum
- The link where I originally downloaded this seems to be broken, so I uploaded it to my mediafire account. You need this in order to make changes to your coalesced.bin file.
- PC Tweaks Mass Effect wikia
- Mass Effect 3 is finally on Nexus, TONS of mods here!
- A coelesced.bin file replacement that does it all – unlocks tons of armors, casual outfits, flycam, and more.
- I had problems with the flycam when using this file, so I uploaded my edited version of chemieali_coalesced_v1.4_LITE.rar that you can download here
- I’m using this in my current ME3 game and it looks amazing! You can even customize it by editing the Sweetfx_settings text document, which can be editing during your game. Press the ‘pause break’ key to see the results of your edit in game until you adjust it to your liking.
- This link is great for everything – hair mods, casual attire, tutorials (for gibbed, texmod, ME3 explorer), and more.
- Guides for texture and mesh mods, including tutorials for advanced modding.
- HR Textures by Ottemis- Texture mods, armor sets, environments, and more
- Includes the pink party mod, npc mods, armor mods, hair mods, and more.
- Also has lots of great tutorials on both using mods and creating mods.
- Hair and outfit mods
- Instructions on how to create custom classes for Shepard, including multiplayer powers!
My ME3 Mods
- Samantha Traynor Long Hair Mod - A collaboration with user-domain-error
- Pink Citadel Apartment Mod - Watch a video tour of the pink apartment
- Elegant Blue Apartment Mod - Watch a video tour of the pink apartment
- Complete list of my mods including my outfit re-textures
Mass Effect 2 Mods
- You will need this in order to use headmorphs. You can also use it to make edits to your appearance, edit save files, loadouts, reputation points, credits, and much more.
- Guide to using gibbed for ME2 can be found here
- Ottemis's gibbed femshep hair, hats, and texture codes here
- A Mod for Mass Effect 2 that reflects the dark story, and returns to the colder aesthetic style of Mass Effect 1.
- Adds casual attire, armors, and flycam, among other things. Includes instructions and keybindings.
- You need this in order to make changes to your coalesced.bin file
- PC Tweaks Mass Effect 2 wikia
- Links for some ME2 mods, mostly combat related ones
- Huge list of texture mods. This is a private group so you must sign up to BSN to view these.
- Headmorph swap tutorial and links for some texture mods
Mass Effect 1 Updated/Improved Textures Mod
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High Resolution Black Weapons
Blue Renegade Scars Mod for Femshep
