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2 years ago

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Dragon Age Origins :: keeps crashing

The game keeps on crashing. Sometimes during same play and sometimes during the loading page screen. The game just hangs and crashes. No Error message shown. I am playing n PC, windows 11. Please help.

Fred_vdp
2 years ago
I have recently posted about this in another thread, so I'll copy and paste what I wrote there. If my advice doesn't help, I think a DxDiag file might reveal more info.

Dragon Age: Origins crashes a lot on modern PCs. One way to reduce or even eliminate this is by using NTCore's 4GB patch. This is a tool (not specific for this game) that patches x86 executables to allow them to use more memory.

However, since this isn't officially supported or endorsed by BioWare or EA, I can't link to it. You can find more info by looking up Dragon Age: Origins on the PC Gaming Wiki.

10 Replies

EA_Illium
EA Staff (Retired)
2 years ago
Hey @Anshuld25 Could we grab a DxDiag file?
Fred_vdp
Hero+
2 years ago
I have recently posted about this in another thread, so I'll copy and paste what I wrote there. If my advice doesn't help, I think a DxDiag file might reveal more info.

Dragon Age: Origins crashes a lot on modern PCs. One way to reduce or even eliminate this is by using NTCore's 4GB patch. This is a tool (not specific for this game) that patches x86 executables to allow them to use more memory.

However, since this isn't officially supported or endorsed by BioWare or EA, I can't link to it. You can find more info by looking up Dragon Age: Origins on the PC Gaming Wiki.
Anshuld25
2 years ago
Here is the dxdiag file.
DxDiag.txt148 KB
holger1405
Hero+
2 years ago
@Anshuld25

Did you tried to make the DAO executable Large Address Aware as @Fred_vdp suggested?
Anshuld25
2 years ago
@holger1405
Just tried this. It worked.. game running smoothly now..
Thanks for the help
Fred_vdp
Hero+
2 years ago
Glad to hear it. Have fun!
marijane999
2 years ago
Worked like a charm
elladdan
12 months ago
@Fred_vdp not works for me ☹️
Fred_vdp
Hero+
12 months ago
@elladdan Could you describe exactly what happens? e.g. Is it a freeze or a crash, and when / how often does it occur?

Could you also post a DxDiag file? https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

Also, which version of the game do you have? The copy from GOG.com has gotten an unofficial patch by CD Projekt to make it more future-proof, so that's in my opinion the best version of the game to own. However, I can totally understand that someone wouldn't want to spend money on a new copy without being sure that it will actually help.
MsKayCeeSim52
Seasoned Traveler
8 months ago
Can you help me too? My DA:O game has been crashing for over 6 months. It goes to the Resume screen, and when I click the Resume button, it starts - then crashes. Every time. No error - it just takes me to the desktop. I've attached my DxDiag file.
20250501 DxDiag.txt102 KB