OK, I dont know what to do with this bloody error. Asked @dragonage but they dont know nothing about fixing problems, just copy/paste some sorry about inconvenience and they say to post here and of course here NO ONE from Bioware and EA anwers. I doubt they even read this forum.Does anyone have this error? Anyone at all knows how to fix it? Game just crash, sometimes after 5 min, sometimes after hour but I think that wasnt case before this EPIC patch 2 and hotfix.http://i.imgur.com/BXlYGEN.jpg

You can actually delete both those files and the game will remake them. I think you have to reset your options in game, but it doesn't hurt to just out and out delete them.

My specsi7 4770kasus gtx 780 dCUIIOC8GB ramI hope you fix it soon with nvidia, crashing is annoying very much and ruining game.

If you are getting INVALIDARG error it is not necessarily EA's fault.I don't kow how my file was changed but I found an error in the "ProfileOptions_profile" which is a configuration file.Before you start this understand that "INVALIDARG" is an Invalid Argument" error. It is found in C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save The file name is "ProfileOptions_profile" attributes "file"The following is a example of what I found was the big problem. You will notice half way down I underlined and struckout the bad entry. Somehow 2 commands got put on one line. Thus the INVALIDARG or "Invalid argument" error:GstAudio.AudioCompressionMode 0GstAudio.DialogueVolume 1.000000GstAudio.EnableSubtitles 2GstAudio.MasterVolume 1.000000GstAudio.MusicVolume 0.000000GstAudio.SavedEnableSubtitles 1GstAudio.SoundEffectsVolume 1.000000GstAudio.TextLanguage -1GstAudio.VoiceOverLanguage -1GstAudio.VoipBehavior 0GstRender.AmbientOcclusion 1GstRender.AnisotropicFilter 1GstRender.AntiAliasingDeferred 1GstRender.AntiAliasingPost 1GstRender.Brightness 0.550000GstRender.EffectsQuality 1GstRender.FieldOfView 70.000000GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1GstRender.FullscreenMode 0GstRender.FullscreenRefreshRate 59.978001GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0GstRender.Gamma 0.500000GstRender.Mantle 0GstRender.MeshQuality 1GstRender.OverallGraphicsQuality 3GstRender.PostProcessQuality 1GstRender.ResolutionHeight 900GstRender.ResolutionScale 1.000000GstRender.ResolutionWidth 1600GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHeight 0.950000GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.950000GstRender.ScreenUIScale -1.000000GstRender.ScreenUIXOffset 0.000000GstRender.ScreenUIYOffset 0.000000GstRender.ShadowQuality 1GstRender.TerrainQuality 1GstRender.TessellationQuality 1GstRender.TextureQuality 1GstRender.UndergrowthQuality 1GstRender.VSyncEnabled 1GstRender.WaterInteractQuality 1GstInput.CameraAutoCenter 1GstInput.GamePad 1GstInput.MouseRawInput 0GstInput.MouseSensitivity 0.400000GstInput.MouseSmoothing 0.200000GstInput.Scheme0FlipX 0GstInput.Scheme0FlipY 0GstInput.Scheme0Sensitivity 0.550000GstInput.SwapMouseButtons 0GstInput.Vibration 1Before you make any corrections make a back up of "ProfileOptions_profile" by copy and save as "ProfileOptions_profile_old" just in case something goes wrong as you make changes.In this example I underlined how the commands should read.This is an example of how it should read:GstAudio.AudioCompressionMode 0GstAudio.DialogueVolume 1.000000GstAudio.EnableSubtitles 2GstAudio.MasterVolume 1.000000GstAudio.MusicVolume 0.000000GstAudio.SavedEnableSubtitles 1GstAudio.SoundEffectsVolume 1.000000GstAudio.TextLanguage -1GstAudio.VoiceOverLanguage -1GstAudio.VoipBehavior 0GstRender.AmbientOcclusion 1GstRender.AnisotropicFilter 1GstRender.AntiAliasingDeferred 1GstRender.AntiAliasingPost 1GstRender.Brightness 0.550000GstRender.EffectsQuality 1GstRender.FieldOfView 70.000000GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1GstRender.FullscreenMode 0GstRender.FullscreenRefreshRate 59.978001GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0GstRender.Gamma 0.500000GstRender.Mantle 0GstRender.MeshQuality 1GstRender.OverallGraphicsQuality 3GstRender.PostProcessQuality 1GstRender.ResolutionHeight 900GstRender.ResolutionScale 1.000000GstRender.ResolutionWidth 1600GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHeight 0.950000GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.950000GstRender.ScreenUIScale -1.000000GstRender.ScreenUIXOffset 0.000000GstRender.ScreenUIYOffset 0.000000GstRender.ShadowQuality 1GstRender.TerrainQuality 1GstRender.TessellationQuality 1GstRender.TextureQuality 1GstRender.UndergrowthQuality 1GstRender.VSyncEnabled 1GstRender.WaterInteractQuality 1GstInput.CameraAutoCenter 1GstInput.GamePad 1GstInput.MouseRawInput 0GstInput.MouseSensitivity 0.400000GstInput.MouseSmoothing 0.200000GstInput.Scheme0FlipX 0GstInput.Scheme0FlipY 0GstInput.Scheme0Sensitivity 0.550000GstInput.SwapMouseButtons 0GstInput.Vibration 11. Once you have made the corrections use "save as" in notepad.2. Under file type at the bottom select all files.3. Find "ProfileOptions_profile" that has file as an attribute. Select it and then click save.Hope this helps.

[PC] DirectX Crashes If you are having DirectX issues with Dragon Age Inquisition and you have an AMD Radeon graphics card, please update to the AMD Catalyst 14.11.2 beta driver. We are aware of issues with certain NVidia graphic cards and we are working with NVIDIA on a solution. If you encounter a crash followed by DirectX errors, please make sure you have up to date drivers and your PC meets minimum spec. We also recommend not using an overclocked GPU.

I agree ... Del the two or just sit them as old maybey and the game will make new onesThanx man

DirectX E_INVALIDARG (anyone know how to fix this?)

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EA_Barry
Community Manager
11 years ago
[PC] DirectX Crashes

If you are having DirectX issues with Dragon Age Inquisition and you have an AMD Radeon graphics card, please update to the AMD Catalyst 14.11.2 beta driver.

We are aware of issues with certain NVidia graphic cards and we are working with NVIDIA on a solution.

If you encounter a crash followed by DirectX errors, please make sure you have up to date drivers and your PC meets minimum spec. We also recommend not using an overclocked GPU.
sakiboj77
11 years ago
My specs
i7 4770k
asus gtx 780 dCUIIOC
8GB ram
I hope you fix it soon with nvidia, crashing is annoying very much and ruining game.
Anonymous
11 years ago
If you are getting INVALIDARG error it is not necessarily EA's fault.
I don't kow how my file was changed but I found an error in the "ProfileOptions_profile" which is a configuration file.
Before you start this understand that "INVALIDARG" is an Invalid Argument" error.

It is found in C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save
The file name is "ProfileOptions_profile" attributes "file"

The following is a example of what I found was the big problem. You will notice half way down I underlined and struckout the bad entry. Somehow 2 commands got put on one line. Thus the INVALIDARG or "Invalid argument" error:
GstAudio.AudioCompressionMode 0
GstAudio.DialogueVolume 1.000000
GstAudio.EnableSubtitles 2
GstAudio.MasterVolume 1.000000
GstAudio.MusicVolume 0.000000
GstAudio.SavedEnableSubtitles 1
GstAudio.SoundEffectsVolume 1.000000
GstAudio.TextLanguage -1
GstAudio.VoiceOverLanguage -1
GstAudio.VoipBehavior 0
GstRender.AmbientOcclusion 1
GstRender.AnisotropicFilter 1
GstRender.AntiAliasingDeferred 1
GstRender.AntiAliasingPost 1
GstRender.Brightness 0.550000
GstRender.EffectsQuality 1
GstRender.FieldOfView 70.000000
GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1
GstRender.FullscreenMode 0
GstRender.FullscreenRefreshRate 59.978001
GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0
GstRender.Gamma 0.500000
GstRender.Mantle 0
GstRender.MeshQuality 1
~~GstRender.OverallGraphicsQuality 3GstRender.PostProcessQuality 1~~
GstRender.ResolutionHeight 900
GstRender.ResolutionScale 1.000000
GstRender.ResolutionWidth 1600
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHeight 0.950000
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.950000
GstRender.ScreenUIScale -1.000000
GstRender.ScreenUIXOffset 0.000000
GstRender.ScreenUIYOffset 0.000000
GstRender.ShadowQuality 1
GstRender.TerrainQuality 1
GstRender.TessellationQuality 1
GstRender.TextureQuality 1
GstRender.UndergrowthQuality 1
GstRender.VSyncEnabled 1
GstRender.WaterInteractQuality 1
GstInput.CameraAutoCenter 1
GstInput.GamePad 1
GstInput.MouseRawInput 0
GstInput.MouseSensitivity 0.400000
GstInput.MouseSmoothing 0.200000
GstInput.Scheme0FlipX 0
GstInput.Scheme0FlipY 0
GstInput.Scheme0Sensitivity 0.550000
GstInput.SwapMouseButtons 0
GstInput.Vibration 1
Before you make any corrections make a back up of "ProfileOptions_profile" by copy and save as "ProfileOptions_profile_old" just in case something goes wrong as you make changes.
In this example I underlined how the commands should read.
This is an example of how it should read:
GstAudio.AudioCompressionMode 0
GstAudio.DialogueVolume 1.000000
GstAudio.EnableSubtitles 2
GstAudio.MasterVolume 1.000000
GstAudio.MusicVolume 0.000000
GstAudio.SavedEnableSubtitles 1
GstAudio.SoundEffectsVolume 1.000000
GstAudio.TextLanguage -1
GstAudio.VoiceOverLanguage -1
GstAudio.VoipBehavior 0
GstRender.AmbientOcclusion 1
GstRender.AnisotropicFilter 1
GstRender.AntiAliasingDeferred 1
GstRender.AntiAliasingPost 1
GstRender.Brightness 0.550000
GstRender.EffectsQuality 1
GstRender.FieldOfView 70.000000
GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1
GstRender.FullscreenMode 0
GstRender.FullscreenRefreshRate 59.978001
GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0
GstRender.Gamma 0.500000
GstRender.Mantle 0
GstRender.MeshQuality 1
GstRender.OverallGraphicsQuality 3
GstRender.PostProcessQuality 1
GstRender.ResolutionHeight 900
GstRender.ResolutionScale 1.000000
GstRender.ResolutionWidth 1600
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHeight 0.950000
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.950000
GstRender.ScreenUIScale -1.000000
GstRender.ScreenUIXOffset 0.000000
GstRender.ScreenUIYOffset 0.000000
GstRender.ShadowQuality 1
GstRender.TerrainQuality 1
GstRender.TessellationQuality 1
GstRender.TextureQuality 1
GstRender.UndergrowthQuality 1
GstRender.VSyncEnabled 1
GstRender.WaterInteractQuality 1
GstInput.CameraAutoCenter 1
GstInput.GamePad 1
GstInput.MouseRawInput 0
GstInput.MouseSensitivity 0.400000
GstInput.MouseSmoothing 0.200000
GstInput.Scheme0FlipX 0
GstInput.Scheme0FlipY 0
GstInput.Scheme0Sensitivity 0.550000
GstInput.SwapMouseButtons 0
GstInput.Vibration 1
1. Once you have made the corrections use "save as" in notepad.
2. Under file type at the bottom select all files.
3. Find "ProfileOptions_profile" that has file as an attribute. Select it and then click save.
Hope this helps.
mcsupersport
Hero+
11 years ago
You can actually delete both those files and the game will remake them. I think you have to reset your options in game, but it doesn't hurt to just out and out delete them.
Anonymous
10 years ago
I agree ... Del the two or just sit them as old maybey and the game will make new ones
Thanx man

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