When I try to leave Lothering to engage the bandits north of town, the game keeps crashing as the battle starts. Sometimes I get an error message, sometimes it just crashes. I've seen posts about downloading third-party software to fix an issue with too little available RAM on modern PCs, but I'm hesitant to try unauthorized add-ons. Is this the only fix, or is there another viable option?
Here is the screenshot of the error message I get when it crashes.
Its not really an add-on, it just lets the "daorigins.exe" address more ram on modern system.
This often helps with crashes of DAO, but I can't of course guarantee that it will help with your crash.
Still, it is a safe process and quickly done.
Which is the best? I've seen several third-party links addressing this issue.
A explanation and the tool to do that whit "DAOrigins.exe" can be found here.
My PC won't open the file. Does this only work for older PCs? Mine is only a couple years old.
No, it will work on any Windows PC from Windows XP till Windows 11.
Did you unzipped the downloaded file?
I keep getting this when I try.
I played Origins a couple of months ago and found that it was just a graphics issue. If you turn down the texture quality, you stop crashing, at least it was for me.
Is this happening if you start the "4gb_patch.exe" or if you try to patch the "daorigins.exe"?
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It happens as I try to start it.
