@siven80;
Yeah, I've seen a post (by a BioWare rep) that indicates they made some significant changes to the way things work starting in August 2013.
For those of us who have got things working through our own troubleshooting (for which having the retail discs and local copiers of things has helped immensely) it's not such a big deal.
For others, I HIGHLY recommend:
a) Verifying that all of your authorized DLC is reflected on your player entitlements page on the BSN, then;
b) Obtaining local copies of everything, including the 1.05 patch, and;
c) Doing a complete un-/re-install via EA/Origin, then using the local copies of any DLC that didn't get installed automagically.
How DO you get local copies of everything? I'm working with the original discs I got years ago, before Origin was a thing, so it's not really through Origin.
And how does all this stuff work in regards to Windows 8?
I'm so confused! 😕mileymad:
@jtbehnke;
To take your questions in reverse order,
a. Under Win8, the only things you have to know are to allow EA/Origin to "Run as Administrator", and set the game executable ("daorigins.exe") to run in "WinXP (SP3) Compatibility mode".
b. To get/keep local copies, go to your Player Entitlements Page on the BSN, and chose SAVE instead of RUN when you download each of the DLC for which you're eligible.
c. Oh, and if you haven't already, apply the 1.05 patch.
😕mileywink:
Thank you. I've been tearing my hair out with this stuff for the past few days. I'm unsure as to how to collect all the info for ease of reading and following. I've gotten as far as:
Step 1: Install Dragon Age: Origins.
Step 2: Install Dragon Age: Awakening.
Step 3: Apply the 1.05 patch.
Step 4: Download everything from the BSN Page, using Firefox, as some links don't work properly on Chrome, my normal browser.
Step 5: ?????
Step 6: Profit!
