Black Screen at Load, but its running in the background with music and motion

Tiigress, I forgot about that key combo.

I'm not at my gaming machine, but does that key combo change the value in the game's settings? in most fully function programs, it would,

but I had the game essentially in MS Window's -Windowed-mode for a long time, but I couldn't actually use the game until I had change the setting in the actual game.

it would be interesting and useful, if the key combo, actually changed the renderer setting as well.

Yes, it changed it in the settings. As far as I can tell anyway, from the file version of settings.  I am still unable to actually get into the game.

Also stuck and all the tricks I've tried won't make it stay windowed.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/18/2014, 08:07:15
       Machine name: ALIENWARE17
   Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_r3.140827-1500)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Alienware
       System Model: Alienware 17
               BIOS: A11
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710MQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
             Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16266MB RAM
          Page File: 2016MB used, 16680MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.16384 64bit Unicode

sorry to hear that, no much to add other than how i resolved my specific issues. best of luck!

update:

I was able to play again last night for a few hours

but,

I had to force quit the program 2 times before it finally let me play on the third try.

At the end of the night, I tried to play one multiplayer match, but it go hung up on "joining the host" or something like that for 7 minutes.

-(this was after a few other game lobbies drained of players when people saw I was only level 1 and they were level 7. lol.  

Having problems with loading the game here is a link of my dxdiag or whatever

http://hastebin.com/ewujikovum.tex

Hope this helps!

Having problems with loading the game here is a link of my dxdiag or whatever

http://hastebin.com/ewujikovum.tex

Hope this helps!

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  - I was able to get the game running by making the game 'render' setting = to 'WINDOWED'

  -- There are a few ways to do this, read the thread, but the easiest,that I can comfirm, is as follows:

1. Close the Game
2. Go to C:\Users\<username>\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\
3. Make a backup copy of the ProfileOptions_profile file.
4. Now edit the original file with WordPad (and make sure not the change the encoding) by set the following variables:

GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 0
GstRender.FullscreenMode 1
GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0

 5. Save the file and start the game again

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 we the above method, you start the game let it load, when it's stable (soldiers marching at a steady pace), then you can drago the corner of the screen to adjust to your monitor/resolution

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Is there any way someone can provide a copy of the profile file? My folder does NOT have it, and I think that may be attributing to the problem.