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Anonymous
11 years ago
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Dragon Age Origins won't open on mac

Hi everyone,

I have the mid-2014 15" Retina Macbook Pro - the more expensive one, it has an Intel i7 I believe and Iris Pro graphics...? I recently bought DA Origins off Amazon DIgital and installed it. It looks pretty decent, but then I open it, and click play, and the loading screen comes up. There was a point where I had to install a DLC and it wouldn't let me log into my EA account? So I skipped the logging in part and just installs it.

But after the loading screen, the game just completely disappears. I hear sound and stuff, but I don't see anything. I know it's open because I see it there.

I really want to play this game, what do I do?!?!

Thanks!

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    Hey dudes, so I figured it out.
    Apparently our macbooks don't like the resolution that DA:O tries to start with.
    So go to DragonAge.ini which can be found at ~/Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/Settings/

    Open it with text edit, and you will need to change ResolutionWidth=1440 and ResolutionHeight=900.
    I got it to work (aka I can see things as well as hear them) after that. I haven't tried playing, but the person in the thread I found said it worked for them.
    Link to thread here:
    http://forum.bioware.com/topic/365949-dao-ultimate-for-mac-installs-fine-but-no-video-any-ideas/

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    I am having the same issue but the fix mentioned above doesn't seem to work for me.

    I have installed DA O ultimate edition on my mac in Wine.

    When I start the game, the screen displays flashing rainbow colours while I hear the sound from splash screens.

    Then it goes to a black screen instead of the game.

    The fix mentioned above seems to be for the retina screen macbooks, I am not using a retina screen.

    Does anyone have any solution for my issue?

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