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Aemerys
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6 years ago
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Dragon Age Origins texture issues.

I am having an issue with the texture setting. If I set it at anything other than low, I get these weird, blacked-out textures on my character's skin as shown in the attached picture with no armor on...
  • Fred_vdp's avatar
    Fred_vdp
    6 years ago

    Do you get the issue only when wearing a mod outfit, or on all armor? In any case, try temporarily disabling mods to see if the issue goes away. If you have more than one mod, you can start reactivating them to see if the issue returns. That way you know which mod is causing the issue.

    I also see in your dxdiag that you have both a dedicated Nvidia graphics card and an integrated Intel chipset. Some PCs (mostly laptops) will use the Intel chipset most of the time to save power, then switch to the Nvidia GPU when you launch a game. This doesn't always happen, however, which means you sometimes play games on integrated graphics instead of your dedicated graphics card.

    Open the Nvidia control panel, go to 'manage 3D settings', open the 'program settings' tab and select Dragon Age Origins from the list (or add it to the list by browsing for the executable file). Then make sure the 'high performance NVIDIA processor' is used as its default device. If this is not clear enough, there's a more detailed guide on this League of Legends forum. Just change the references to League of Legends to Dragon Age in your head. 😉

Aemerys's avatar
Aemerys
Rising Rookie
6 years ago

Yes, I do have mods installed. I wasn't sure if that could be the issue. I attached that report. Thank you!!!

Fred_vdp's avatar
Fred_vdp
Hero+
6 years ago

Do you get the issue only when wearing a mod outfit, or on all armor? In any case, try temporarily disabling mods to see if the issue goes away. If you have more than one mod, you can start reactivating them to see if the issue returns. That way you know which mod is causing the issue.

I also see in your dxdiag that you have both a dedicated Nvidia graphics card and an integrated Intel chipset. Some PCs (mostly laptops) will use the Intel chipset most of the time to save power, then switch to the Nvidia GPU when you launch a game. This doesn't always happen, however, which means you sometimes play games on integrated graphics instead of your dedicated graphics card.

Open the Nvidia control panel, go to 'manage 3D settings', open the 'program settings' tab and select Dragon Age Origins from the list (or add it to the list by browsing for the executable file). Then make sure the 'high performance NVIDIA processor' is used as its default device. If this is not clear enough, there's a more detailed guide on this League of Legends forum. Just change the references to League of Legends to Dragon Age in your head. 😉

  • Aemerys's avatar
    Aemerys
    Rising Rookie
    6 years ago

    I tried the Nvidia settings suggestion and it seems to have worked! I'm not sure whether a mod is also a source of the issue, but changing that setting appears to have fixed the issue. Thank you so much for your help!!!

    • Fred_vdp's avatar
      Fred_vdp
      Hero+
      6 years ago
      @Aemerys wrote:

      I'm not sure whether a mod is also a source of the issue

      Since the Nvidia settings have fixed it, I doubt mods are part of the problem. Have fun!

  • sherlokiholmes's avatar
    sherlokiholmes
    6 years ago
    @Fred_vdp Sorry to Jump on this thread, I am having trouble sorting this. When I go on NVIDIA and follow the instructions it doesn't give me the drop down menu?
    • Fred_vdp's avatar
      Fred_vdp
      Hero+
      6 years ago

      @sherlokiholmes I don't know if they changed anything, and I can't check it, because I don't currently have an Nvidia GPU. Could you share a screenshot of what it looks like?

      • sherlokiholmes's avatar
        sherlokiholmes
        6 years ago

        Aw thank you for replying but I got it sorted. My boyfriend managed to fix the texture 🙂

  • axreios's avatar
    axreios
    5 years ago

    I have the exact problem, no menu that says I can choose between high performance NVIDIA processor etc. Thanks in advance!

      • axreios's avatar
        axreios
        5 years ago

        Yep, thanks in advance! I tried to disconnect from the internet and up until a point it seemed to work, but now after some hours it starts by displaying weird body and building textures and then sometime after that it crashes, FYI. Tried to do your way mentioned in the first page but again as I said there is no option of using the high power nvidia processor or whatever it is called.

  • Whitepawn23's avatar
    Whitepawn23
    3 years ago

    I tried the Nvidia suggestion and now I can no longer load my game.  I did a hard save before trying this, in front of the chantry person with the every changing robe textures.  I get as far as the load screen with the fun facts/lore to read and it CTD midway every time.

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