Reposting from the thread I created before checking forums.
Bought the game on Steam summer sale. Authorized DLC on my Origin account. When I enter the game the DLC shows up but when I try to download it won't start and says "Download Failed" I've restarted the game multiple times. And my Steam account says the game is fully updated so don't think it's an update compatibility issue.
Windows 7 64 bit OS.
Okay folks I have solved my issue and have this working now. Note this is for a Win7 PC version. I bought all of the DLC back in 2009/10 when I 1st played the game. After losing my disks and recently buying a new online download from Amazon I couldn't get my DLC to work. None of the solutions posted here and elsewhere on DLC known issues worked.
Instead, I used the manual process to install all of my DLC. 1st you download the DAZIP files of the content and then you use the daupdater tool to manually install it.
Here is a link with instructions on how to use the daupdater tool and links to download the DLC content DAZIP files. Make sure you download and install the DAZIP files for each DLC you purchased and NOTA BENE: for the quests there are 2 files! DLC file AND a corresponding OFFER file, get both. I had not done this at first and it was showing my content as enabled but the quests never triggered on the map. Items, like Blood Dragon Armor only have on file.
http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Downloadable_content_(Origins)#Manual_installation
Hope this helps
Thanks! It is working now. I downloaded Offer file from Wiki and tried to install manually again with this file. Sulcher Pass quest has appeared immediately in game.
the manual download worked out great
thanx a bunch
maybe EA should hire you ^_^
I am trying to download all of my paid for additional games re Dragon Age Origins and I get the message " Download failed" on every one of the several games I have available for downloading.
Mcshane41 this is not a resolution, this is as pretty much everyone else has stated a work around. Prior to my own purchase and translation of disc version to a digital version (VIA origin) my game worked fine. Currently have a case with specialists requesting a reversion of my Origin account, essentially setting things back to the 'last restore point'. Personal feeling is that if this doesn't work, it must be that my personal Dragon Age account through bioware is forked, meaning any achievements, trophies, etc, can be washed downstream.
Still, not all without hope. I'm considering doing a full thread this weekend with whatever screen shots they may require, so long as the issue can be eventually resolved. My two games right now are Dragon Age: Origins & Fallout 3 GOTY, & Fallout is too involved for me to play after work, at least doing anything that I'd save.
@subannisrae wrote:Still, not all without hope. I'm considering doing a full thread this weekend with whatever screen shots they may require, so long as the issue can be eventually resolved. My two games right now are Dragon Age: Origins & Fallout 3 GOTY, & Fallout is too involved for me to play after work, at least doing anything that I'd save.
The problem I'm expericing simply looks to be a wrong URL in the info file the patcher downloads which points to a dead link for the dazip file.
I seriously suspect that if that's fixed, everything would work.
I do suspect that it's localization based, so only some countries/areas experience it, because otherwise I would guess this problem would be more 'widespread'.
Same issue for me. The manual installs seemed to have worked out but maaaan. WTH?
