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Anonymous
12 years ago

Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition keeps crashing after campsite cut scene after Lothering

Basically what the subject says I'm on my first play through of DA:O UE and I cant leave Lothering after i save the Dwarfs and move out the cut scene loads as well as the dialog as soon as the dialog finished the game crashes to desktop. the same thing happened when i was on the map for the first time and i tried to go to campsite. I had mods on via nexus I have uninstalled them all, did the task manager>DAorigionsexe>right click> set affinity> 1 all others unticked. DAorigions.exe (in steamapps)>right click>properties> compatibility>tick disable visual theme, desktop composition, display scaling on high DPI settings and run as admin just in case (all solutions i read on forums) but it still crashes. I even tried in ticking all the DLC's in case that was an issue. 

Please help I loved this game years ago and wanted to reply it.

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  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
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    12 years ago

    @TheKnightRadiant Hey, did you try using the Verify Integrity of Game Cache option? There could be damage to the files.

    Do you have any alternate playthroughs, that you can use to test whether the campsite version of the issue pops up again.

    Also woo Stormlight reference!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Hey, Thanks for the speedy response but after verify through steam then a system reboot the problem has gotten a lot worse the game wont load not just a loop to the initial start up menu.

    I don't have another play through.

    You have a good literature sense 

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    EA_David
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    12 years ago

    Thanks for the update. Can I check if there are crash reports in the Reliability Monitor.

    It might also be worth seeing if removing local data will help. Please navigate to C:\Users\*username*\BioWare\Dragon Age and move the folders there to a backup location. Then try starting up DAO to test. If it does, you can then move back folders gradually to see where the issue lies. If it still doesn't work, then the issue doesn't lie here and they can be returned to their original position.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I have since updated all my drivers, deleted the files you recommended did a complete reinstall via steam and still stuck on a loop when verifying through steam as in the game launches initial menu i hit play the steam loading window appears then dragon age re loads. 

    I did that reliability history report but how do i attach it to the forum?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Thanks for all your help!

    The reload issue was due to steam all I had to do to fix that was run the admin.

    Once on I proceeded to campsite and loaded perfectly so happy i can progress.