2013-04-03 03:45 AM
I recently purchased Mass Effect 3 and it won't even load. I keep getting the message, "Failed to initialize the physics system. Please ensure you have an updated version of the PhysX System Software installed."
I've got the latest drivers and I have a NVidia Gforce GTX 650 graphics card. Is there any reason why this is occuring, and how can it be fixed?
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2013-04-03 11:43 AM - last edited February 2017
This was a problem in ME2 as well. I googled it for you and found the following fix:
Click "Start" --> "Control panel" --> Uninstall a program" locate PhysX in the list, --> "Right click PhysX" --> "Choose Repair"
Source: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/106/index/843882/1#2567357 (Edit: The forum has been deleted.)
2013-04-03 11:43 AM - last edited February 2017
This was a problem in ME2 as well. I googled it for you and found the following fix:
Click "Start" --> "Control panel" --> Uninstall a program" locate PhysX in the list, --> "Right click PhysX" --> "Choose Repair"
Source: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/106/index/843882/1#2567357 (Edit: The forum has been deleted.)
May 2014
June 2014
When I go onto my control panel right click PhysX in the list of programs, the only option is "uninstall/change." Whenever I click on it, PhysX automatically starts to uninstall itself. Any advice?
June 2014
When I go onto my control panel right click PhysX in the list of programs, the only option is "uninstall/change." Whenever I click on it, PhysX automatically starts to uninstall itself. Any advice?
June 2014
@jto168 wrote:
Fred - thanks!
June 2014
Thanks! You solved my problem in 10 seconds!
July 2014
July 2014
I ran into the same issue as you SkullBoy. If you use a NVIDIA video card, it may not be listed as PhysX in the program list, it'll be NVIDIA PhysX.
Using the repair option on that fixed the problem completely for me.
October 2014
Excellent solution. Just built a new PC with an Nvidia card so I knew PhysX was installed. Tried to fire up the old ME3 and got this error. Repair fixed it.