Similar to my mod for Mass Effect 1, this mod removes some of the ubiquitous and annoying (IMO) lens flares throughout the game.
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This mod simply removes as many of the stretched lens flares as I could find from the game. SirFloopy created a version of this for Mass Effect 3, and this is just the same thing for ME2. I also have a version of this mod for ME1.
I will add more flares as I see them, but this is a good start and significantly cuts down on the eyesores. It appears that ME2 produces at least some of the flares using a lighting effect instead of a texture, so I wasn't able to get rid of all of them. Texmod didn't see a drawn texture for some of the fuzzy flares that extend from lights, for example. However, I did get most of the more distinct ones. This mod also removes the "dusty lens" effect.
There are 2 versions of the mod: One in MEM format, and the other is the loose .dds files for installation with ME3explorer.