Conversion by ‘peterf1999’
(2xDVD9 to 3xDVD5) *English + 1 Language or English Only*
Install Sequence: DVD1-DVD2-DVD3
1) Create 3 Temp folders on your hardrive.
Name one folder: MassEffect2. This will be the name (Label) of DVD1.
Name another folder: ME2_Disc2. This will be the name (Label) of DVD2.
Name the other folder: ME2_Disc3. This will be the name (Label) of DVD3.
2) Copy all the contents of the Mass Effect 2 ‘Disc1’ DVD9 to the ‘MassEffect2’ folder.
3) From the ‘MassEffect2’ folder, DELETE the ‘software’ folder.
4) From the ‘MassEffect2\data’ folder, DELETE all the ‘*.rar’ files for the languages you Do NOT want to keep. Only keep the ENGLISH language files and the files for your chosen language. (You MUST keep the English files and your chosen language files!)
5) From the ‘MassEffect2\data’ folder, DELETE the ‘datasetup.exe’ file.
6) From the ‘MassEffect2\data’ folder, DELETE all the ‘installmanifest_*.ini’ files.
7) Delete all the ‘*rtf’ and ‘*.txt’ files for the languages you Do NOT want to keep, only keep the Readme and Eula language files for YOUR chosen language.
8) COPY the following files from the Mass Effect 2 ‘Disc2’ DVD9 to the ‘ME2_Disc2\data’ folder:
apps.rar
data01.rar
data02.rar
data03.rar
english.rar
maps.rar
other.rar
ME2.ico
9) Using the Notepad CREATE an ‘Autorun.inf’ file in the ‘ME2_Disc2’ folder as shown below then Save it.
[autorun]
OPEN=0
ICON=data\ME2.ico
10) COPY the following folders from the Mass Effect 2 ‘Disc2’ DVD9 to the ‘ME2_Disc3’ folder:
data
DirectX
software
11) COPY the following files from the Mass Effect 2 ‘Disc2’ DVD9 to the ‘ME2_Disc3’ folder:
‘autorun.inf’ file
‘autorun.exe’ file
12) DELETE the following files from the ‘ME2_Disc3\data’ folder:
apps.rar
data01.rar
data02.rar
data03.rar
english.rar
maps.rar
other.rar
installmanifest_*.ini (All the ‘installmanifest’ files)
13) Download the ‘MASS_EFFECT_2_3xDVD5.7z’ file from HERE and Extract the following 2 files from the archive to both the ‘MassEffect2\data’ folder and to the ‘ME2_Disc3\data’ folder.
installmanifest_en.ini (You need this English file as well for your chosen language)
installmanifest_yourlanguage.ini (Choose the correct file for your language.)
14) Burn the contents of the ‘MassEffect2’ folder to a DVD (or Create an ISO) with the Label: MassEffect2
15) Burn the contents of the ‘ME2_Disc2’ folder to a DVD (or Create an ISO) with the Label: ME2_Disc2
16) Burn the contents of the ‘ME2_Disc3’ folder to a DVD (or Create an ISO) with the Label: ME2_Disc3
For an ENGLISH ONLY conversion:
For Step 4, Only keep the ‘EULA_en.rtf’ and the ‘readme_en.txt’ files. DELETE all other languages.
For Step 13, EXTRACT Only the ‘installmanifest_en.ini’ from the archive.
EXTRA by ‘voodoo_nbgd’
You can also Edit the ‘autorun.xml’ file and Remove any traces of the languages you do NOT want to keep.
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