D.A. fan is back for an ME1 Text Only 'Let's Play' (page 51)

This part I knew.  What I wasn't sure of is the amount of war assets.  My feeling was that having multiple Alliance ships around provided more war assets than the Destiny Ascension.  However, I'm not actually sure.  Okay, looked it up on the wiki.  Destiny Ascension provides 70 war assets.  However, if the Council was saved, we get -75 war assets for loss of Alliance.  That's still -5 on balance. If the Destiny Ascension isn't present we don't get any negative war assets as a result.  However, the three Alliance ships that would have been otherwise destroyed give us 45 war assets.  Sounds to me like allowing the Council to die is the superior option though not one I often choose.

I was really just trying to avoid getting too spoilery with it all.

OP - With the EC in place, the net effects of the total of these default decisions (+ or -) on the war assets in ME3 are very unlikely to impact the ending of your game overall.  If you're playing without the EC, then it is necessary to take other steps to increase your "Effective Military Strength" to unlock all endings anyways.  Short answer... it actually doesn't matter all that much.

I finished TW3 at 4 am this morning and will be downloading the controller mod and hopefully starting ME2 tonight. At least making my Shepherd. I see red head and green eyes.

I didn't need to do this for Mass Effect, but I've had to do it for Sims 3 mods. Yes, just store the originals somewhere where you can restore them to the game folder if needed. (Don't delete them entirely!) Or, you could even append ".backup" to the filename and leave it in the same folder, but backing it up elsewhere untouched is probably easier.

If you royally screw up, you can re-download and reinstall, or see if Origin has a "fix install" function somewhere like GOG Galaxy does.

I think that's terrible advice, actually. Passing all the dialogue checks isn't worth outsourcing your RP decisions to the P/R meter.

I remember this from teh first game. I didn't have enough points in either and got interviewed. My boss complained that I gave a lackluster interview that sort of made them look bad because I could not choose either Paragon or Renegade dialogue choices. and was stuck with the lame choices on the Right.

I tend to play classic hero on the first PT, no killing, save everybody, do all the side companion quests. So, I'll just say I'm going to be paragon. Although, is it like DA2? Diplo HAwke saved the elves/werewolf scenario. Aggro Hawke got some specific choices too. But you could change your personality as it progressed. So maybe I could be paragon at teh start and get all those dialogue options, then get the freedom to make some Renegade choices without hurting my 80% paragon lifestyle? 

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So when it says to copy the biogame directory, does it just mean the whole BioGame Folder? Or take it's contents, it has: Config, logs, profile and screen shots? all four of those? two of them?

It's weird, I remember the DA2 mods coming with clearer directions in a little text file.

Ah yes, you're right...I had asked whether Genesis, not the save editor, helped with P/R, and the answer was "no" for Genesis.

Probably the contents...can you link me to the mod so I can download it to look?

I don't have a controller to test with, but I'm downloading the mod so I can compare it with the game folder.  

Edit: Ok, so my game directory has more files than what is in the mod, but I think if you just copy the entire BioGame folder and tell it to override files with the same name, you should be fine.

Again, back up the original folder first!! Make a few copies and put them somewhere safe Then, after you've copied the mod, peak into the folder and compare it with your backup to make sure all the files are there.

Actually, what version of Windows are you using? If we have the same version, I don't mind trying to install the mod just to verify the instructions. (Again though, I can't test that it actually will work.)

Don't move the originals. Just make a copy and put it somewhere else. The game needs all those files that the mod doesn't include.

I can verify that, at least on Windows 10, if you just copy the entire BioGame folder into your game directory, it will only overwrite the files with matching names (25 of them). The other files will remain intact.

Backup BioGame folder. (Make a copy on your desktop or something.) Then, drag the BioGame folder from the mod to the game install directory, where the original BioGame folder is.

It will tell you that it found 25 files with the same name. Tell it to replace the files in the destination.

It is the difference between playing ME2 or not playing ME2. I have carpal tunnel and my hands are already tired and cramping from the mouse and keyboarding I've been doing to interact on the forum and fiddle with the cursed mod.