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So I'm trying to edit coalesced.ini to have infinite ammo. Alternatively, the wiki links to this guide, which tells me to use a hex. There's a link there to a program called Mass Effect 2 Coalesced Editor, it's hands down the.

• Mass Effect 2 Coalesced Compiler
• Mass Effect 2 Coalesced Editing

Strategy Guide/Walkthrough/FAQReview

Mass Effect 2 Coalesced Compiler

Cheat Codes

Note:Dark souls keyboard and mouse fix. This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the 'Coalesced.ini' file in the 'Program FilesTeam JPNMass Effect 2BioGameConfigPCCooked' directory. Change the indicated lines in the file to the listed modified value to unlock the corresponding cheat function:

Result	Original Line	Modified Line
Infinite ammo [Note]	bInfiniteAmmo=true	bInfiniteAmmo=false
Infinite fuel	FuelEfficiency=1.5	FuelEfficiency=0.0
Extra health	Health=1500	Health=9500
Extra fuel	MaxFuel=1000	MaxFuel=3000
Extra Medigel	MaxMedigel=1	MaxMedigel=9
Extra Probes	MaxProbes=30	MaxProbes=90
No reloads	AmmoPerShot=1	AmmoPerShot=0

Note: There are multiple instances of this line in the file.

Prequel bonuses

Have a saved game file from the original Mass Effect on your hard drive, and use that profile in Mass Effect 2 to get the following bonuses:

100,000 credits: Mass Effect character with the 'Rich' achievement
30,000 credits: Level 50 Mass Effect character
2,000 experience points: Level 50 Mass Effect character
5,000 of each resource: Level 50 Mass Effect character
50,000 credits: Level 60 Mass Effect character
4,000 experience points: Level 60 Mass Effect character
10,000 of each resource: Level 60 Mass Effect character

Dr. Pepper bonuses

Use the following steps to get the bonus Dr. Pepper bonus items. Go to //www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/signin/, and register for an account. Note: You can register three different accounts to redeem three different codes and get each bonus item. After creating an account, enter one of the following redemption codes, and select the 'No Purchase' option:

CBEEAAA41NWH
CBEEAAAE4L9N
CBEEAAAFQG9J
CBEEAAAE98ZV

Select the 'Redeem' button to get a login for an EA account. Log in with your EA account information that is linked to Mass Effect 2. Select Mass Effect 2 from the game list, and choose the desired bonus item. Repeat the steps with a new drpepper.com account to get the other bonus items.

Completion bonuses

Successfully complete the game. Then, start a new game with the cleared saved game file to start with the following bonuses: choose Loyalty Bonus Skill at the start; retain Skill Points from first playthrough; retain level and experience points from first playthrough; +25% experience bonus for all characters; 200,000 credits, 50,000 of each resource; Renegade and Paragon points reset to neutral; and your weapons and armor (but no upgrades) from first playthrough.

Loyalty mission bonuses

Successfully complete the indicated party member's Loyalty mission or task to unlock the corresponding skill for Shepard, alternate colors for their costumes, and increase the chance for surviving the suicide mission. Note: Successfully complete the Advanced Training research upgrade for your ship to be able to select the skills.

Armor Piercing Ammo: Archangel's Loyalty mission
Biotic Barrier: Jacob's Loyalty mission
Dominate: Kill Samara during her Loyalty mission, and have Morinth replace her.
Flashbang Grenade: Kasumi's Loyalty mission
Fortification: Grunt's Loyalty mission.
Geth Shield Boost: Legion's Loyalty mission
Inferno Grenade: Zaeed's Loyalty mission
Neural Shock: Mordin Solus's Loyalty mission
Reave: Samara's Loyalty mission
Shield Drain: Tali's Loyalty mission
Shredder Ammo: Thane's Loyalty mission
Slam: Miranda's Loyalty mission
Stasis: Successfully complete 'The Lair Of The Shadow Broker' DLC.
Warp Ammo: Jack's Loyalty mission

Easy Paragon and Renegade points

Throughout the game you will unlock training to redistribute your skill points. Talent Mastery adds a certain percentage to your Paragon/Renegade. Respec and distribute them into your Mastery repeatedly until your Paragon and Renegade are full.

Easy materials

To find some easy mining planets, go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threshold, and look for the three planets hidden in the asteroids. They are all 'Rich' planets with a lot of materials on them to help with your upgrades. -From: Psychotic Elf

Easy skill points

Recruit Morinth to get the Dominate skill, and get a large amount of Element Zero. Buy the Advanced Training upgrade, and select Dominate. This will result in a bonus skill point, which is then used by the Retrain Powers upgrade. Repeat this process to get another skill point.

Easy Geth Pulse Rifle

Change the difficulty to Hardcore before you land on the planet. Successfully complete Tali'Zora's recruitment mission to find the Geth Pulse Rifle in the room where you find Tali. You can then change the difficulty back to its original setting.

Cryo Bomb

This trick requires any Biotic that lifts your enemy off the ground and the Cryo Bomb tech. Use the Biotic to lift the enemy off the ground, then hit him or her with the Cryo Bomb while they are still under the Biotic's effect. This will cause him or her to be stuck in a permanent falling state, where they are not capable of causing any damage. This is very helpful when trying to prevent the deployment of Harbinger, as once he enters the glitched body he cannot move. Thus, you can kill him at the end of a fight to prevent him from jumping into another body.

Rapid fire M-920 Cain

Shoot the M-920 Cain, and keep [Fire] held while pressing [Reload] after each shot. The shots will keep firing during the previous shots' explosions.

Getting Dominate ability and keeping Samara alive

Dominate is a very useful Biotic ability that allows you to control organic enemies and turn them into allies, similar to the Hack ability that controls synthetics. In order to get this ability as a Loyalty mission bonus to use for your character, you must help Morinth kill Samara during Samara's Loyalty mission. However, it is possible to keep Samara on your team but still get Morinth's Dominate ability by using the following trick. Play Samara's Loyalty mission up to the point where Samara confronts Morinth. Save the game immediately before the confrontation. When you must choose who to eliminate, choose the option that allows Morinth get the upper-hand on Samara and kill her. Create a separate saved game file. Go to the ship, and talk to Morinth. Load the previous saved game, then have Samara kill Morinth. You will now get to keep Samara as a squad mate and have Morinth's Dominate ability when you choose a bonus Loyalty power to add to your character in the prototype upgrade screen.

Romancing Yeoman Kelly Chambers

Talk with Yeoman Kelly Chambers often, and choose the kind responses. Invite her to dinner when you get the option. Do not let Kelly die during the final mission, and select a loyal escort for the crew in the final scene. After completing the game, talk to Kelly. You will get an e-mail from her. Go to your quarters, and invite her up using your console to get the romance scene.

Ending with both Jack's and Miranda's loyalties

Do not play Miranda's loyalty mission at first. Instead, wait for Jack's mission to become available, and play it first. After the mission when they are fighting, support Jack. Miranda's loyalty will be low. Then, play her loyalty mission to get it back.

Anomaly locations

Scan the indicated planets to find anomalies (side quests):

Nebula	Cluster	Planet
Caleston Rift	Solveig	Sinmara
Caleston Rift	Talava	Taitus
Crescent Nebula	Lusarn	Tarith
Crescent Nebula	Zelene	Helyme
Eagle Nebula	Amun	Neith
Eagle Nebula	Strabo	Jarrahe Station
Hades Nexus	Sheol	Gei Hin
HourGlass Nebula	Faryar	Daratar
HourGlass Nebula	Ploitari	Zanethu
Minos Wasteland	Fortis	Aequitas
Omega Nebula	Ariniarkan	MSV Strontium Mule
Omega Nebula	Fathar	Lorek
Pylos Nebula	Dirada	Canalus
Pylos Nebula	Nariph	MSV Broken Arrow
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Joab
The Shrike Nebula	Xe Cha	Zada Ban
Sigurd's Cradle	Decoris	Sanctum
Sigurd's Cradle	Skepsis	Franklin
Titan Nebula	Haskins	Capek

Element Zero locations

Search the indicated planets to find Element Zero:

Nebula	Cluster	Planet and amount
Calestone Rift	Balor	Caleston (moderate)
Crescent Nebula	Lusam	Tarith (rich)
Crescent Nebula	Zelene	Helyme (moderate)
Eagle Nebula	Amun	Anthur (rich)
Eagle Nebula	Amun	Sekhmet (moderate)
Eagle Nebula	Relic	Preying Mouth (rich)
Far Rim	Dholen	Gotha (moderate)
Hades Nexus	Hekate	Asteria (poor)
Hades Nexus	Hekate	Bothros (poor)
Hades Nexus	Pamyat	Dobrovolski (moderate)
Hades Nexus	Sheol	Gel Hinnom (moderate)
Hawking Eta	Schwarzschild	Etamis (rich)
Hourglass Nebula	Faryar	Daratar (rich)
Hourglass Nebula	Osun	Erinle (rich)
Hourglass Nebula	Ploitari	Thegan (moderate)
Krogan DMZ	Nith	Mantun (moderate)
Minos Wasteland	Caestus	Invictus (moderate)
Nubian Expanse	Kalabasha	Yamm (moderate)
Nubian Expanse	Batalla	Nearog (moderate)
Nubian Expanse	Batalla	Thunawanuro (rich)
Pylos Nebula	Dirada	Siano (moderate)
Pylos Nebula	Satent	Boro (rich)
Pylos Nebula	Raisaris (rich)
Rosetta Nebula	Alpha Draconis	2175 Aeia (moderate)
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Joab (rich)
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Laban (moderate)
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Mizraim (rich)
Shadow Sea	Iera	Prospect (poor)
Sigurd's Cradle	Decoris	Sanctum (moderate)
Sigurd's Cradle	Skepsis	Watson (rich)
The Phoenix Massing	Salahiel	Ekuna (moderate)
The Shrike Abyssal	Urla Rast	Talis Fia (moderate)
The Shrike Abyssal	Xe Cha	Tosal Nym (rich)
The Shrike Abyssal	Xe Cha	Zada Ban (rich)
Titan Nebula	Haskins	Capek (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold	Micah	Farlas (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold	Micah	Israfel (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold	Micah	Kakabel (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold	Paz	Garvug (rich)

Armor pieces

The following armor pieces will become available for purchase after certain points in the game:

Helmets

N7 Helmet: +5% health
N7 Breather Helmet: +5% health
Kuwashii Visor: +10% headshot damage; at Omega
Death Mask: +10% negotiation bonus; at Tuchanka
Umbra Visor: +5% power damage; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account
Recon Hood: +5% weapon damage; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account
Sentry Interface: +5% shield strength; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account

Shoulders

N7 Shoulder Guards: +3% weapon damage
Amplifier Plates : +5% power damage; at Illium
Strength Boost Pads: +25% melee damage; at Omega
Asymmetric Defense Layer: +5% health; at Tuchanka

Chest

N7 Chestplate: +5% power damage
Capacitor Chestplate : -10% shields regeneration delay; at Citadel, Illium, or Omega
Aegis Vest: +5% health; at Citadel
Shield Harness : +5% shields; at Tuchanka

Arms

N7 Gauntlets: +3% health
Heavy Damping Gauntlets: +5% shields ; at Tuchanka
Off-Hand Ammo Pack: +10% spare ammo capacity; at Citadel
Stabilization Gauntlets: +5% weapon damage; at Omega

Legs

N7 Greaves: +3% shield strength
Stimulator Conduits: +10% storm speed; at Omega
Life Support Webbing: +10% health; at Citadel
Ordinance Packs: +10% spare heavy weapon ammo; at Omega

Armor Sets

Blood Dragon Armor : +15% power damage, +10% shield strength; requires Dragon Age: Origins
Terminus Assault Armor: +10% storm speed, +15% shields, +1 weapons reserve ammo; requires pre-order bonus code
Inferno Armor: +10% negotiation bonus, +10% power damage, +10% storm speed by 10%; requires pre-order bonus code
Collector Armor: +10% regeneration, +10% storm speed, +20% health; requires Collector's Edition

See Legion dance

Go up to Legion in his quarters. Highlight him, but do not talk to him, and eventually he will do the 'Robot' dance.

Bizarre dialog with Legion

1. Take Legion to the Citadel. Talk to Anderson and the customs officer.
2. Take Legion to the migrate fleet on Tali's Loyalty mission. Security will force you to remove him unless you can persuade them otherwise.
3. Take Legoin to recruit Tali. She will try to shoot him.

Amusing surveying responses

Go to the Local Cluster, and survey Uranus. Instead of the usual 'Probe Launched' response, the voice will instead make Uranus jokes such as 'Probing Uranus' or 'Really Commander?'

Humorous dialogue

Wander around the ship in-between missions to hear some funny quotes. Stand next to Jeff 'Joker' Moreau (the pilot) without interacting with him. You will hear him say things such as the following:

'Why is it always claws and guns? Can't we piss off a fuzzy planet? Still dangerous, I know. But hey, bunnies.'
'Two years and everything hits the crapper. That'll teach you to die on me.'
'You know what I hate about deep space? Crap radio stations from two centuries back. My gosh, we were idiots.'

Stand near the two engineers near the Mass Effect Core to hear the following:

Engineer Daniels: 'Did you know we're sharing our deck with a krogan?'
Engineer Donnelly: 'Well that's just peachy.'

Baldur's Gate series reference

Space Hamster is available on Illium. Once you go into your cabin and select him, he will come out and do the same 'Squeek' that Boo did, who was Minsc's 'Intergalactic Space Hamster' from Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2.

Legion's gaming history ('The Lair Of The Shadow Broker' DLC)

At the end of the game in 'The Lair Of The Shadow Broker' bonus downloadable content, examine the terminal that has all your teammates' dossiers. Read Legion's dossier to find out that he is a gamer. It will list the games he has downloaded, his leaderboard scores, and other information about his gaming past.

Hello, guys.
Like many of you tweakers I came up with a problem that ME2 crashed upon editing of Coalesced.ini. It turns out that Bioware programmers didn't care much about ppl who'd like to edit extended game settings and are not processing a case when .ini file has been edited. Recently some guy wrote a Ruby script to fix that file after it's been edited. However you needed to install Ruby environment on your PC to use that script.

Mass Effect 2 Coalesced Editing

I didn't like that Ruby install thing and wrote a program in C++ that doesn't need anything else to run. Here it is:
http://www.apartment..ME2IniFixer.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H1A7TN50
Just put it to BioGameConfigPCCooked and launch every time after you've edited the file.
You should keep in mind that Coalesced.ini is a binary file, which means that it contains important symbols that are not visible to your ordinary text editor. So, saving the file with Windows Notepad will render it useless. You'll need an editor which is capable of dealing with binary files to edit Coalesced.ini
I suggest either Notepad2 or Notepad++:
http://www.flos-free..h/notepad2.html
http://notepad-plus..uk/download.php
Happy Tweaking!
P.S.: the readme's in Russian since I am Russian, I didn't feel much like translating If you care for what's written there, try using Google Translate.

Edited by Corvin666, 31 January 2010 - 02:29 PM.