Overlay and cloud saves disabled, still the black screen at startup and the loop "looking for DLC".
I have checked my network settings, too. I dont use a proxy.
I'm going to reinstall Origin on the external HDD and download DS3 to it.
And I'm going to see if a VPN connection helps to eliminate my internet provider from the equaiton.
Are the any authentication servers I could tracert to see if I reach them alright?
When I tried using my university's VPN service Cisco Anyconnect to rule out IPv4/IPv6 problems, Anyconnect could not use the VPN service although the necessary service was running. Re-installing Anyconnect changed nothing. Also, as mentioned before, the current Origin installer would only display "Error loading Website ☹️ ", preventing installation, which led me to investigate network administration related programs.
A few weeks ago, AVAST ANTIVIRUS updated itself to AVAST INTERNET SECURITY, installing components such as
although I disabled them and temporarily deactivated all Avast components through its tray icon menu, the issue persisted UNTIL I uninstalled the above mentioned components and rebooted! Origin and Anyconnect started working again. Dead Space 3 starts fast now, checking for DLC takes less than 1 second.
Problems that seem to be fixed by removing the Avast components:
My love for Dead Space just fixed a whole bunch of issues I was having with my PC lately, and it only took 4 days of troubleshooting!
EA Staff (Retired)Good job on figuring all this out, @CleWe
and your solution post is nice and really helpful. If you like, you can browse Answers HQ and help other players with different issues. I am sure a lot of players would appreciate this. 🙂
Cheers,
Archi
