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AeronWarcliffe's avatar
9 years ago
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Is it possible to play Dragon Age Inquisitiom without having to log into Origin?

I have inconsistent Internet connection, right now I am on my phone to ask this because my home internet is not working again. Is it at all possible to start Dragon Age Inquisition without having to log onto Origin?
  • Fred_vdp's avatar
    Fred_vdp
    9 years ago

    It's perfectly possible to log into Origin while completely disconnected from the internet since your login and password are stored locally in the registry. Dragon Age Inquisition DLC may require a one-time online activation, but after that you should be good.

    In short:

    Do you need to log into Origin? - >Yes

    Can you do so without internet? -> Yes

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  • If you are just playing single player, then yeah, go into origin, top left should be a drop down menu to set origin to offline mode.  This should allow you to play all downloaded non-multiplayer games.  Origin will still be running and you only have to have connected and verified online at least once for a game after purchase, but after that, it should work fine.

  • So, your answer is essentially no.

    I have no internet at all at my home. I am not able to open origin because it requires me to log on before putting it in offline mode. And I'm not sure about you, but I turn my PC off each night, instead of running it for weeks at a time, which means that every day I need to log on, before putting it in offline mode, and being able to play my game offline.

    I am not able to go into origin, because I have no internet. thus I am unable to put it into offline mode, and consequently unable to play a single player game...

  • mcsupersport's avatar
    mcsupersport
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    9 years ago

    Sorry I wasn't clear enough in my first post.

    If you have ever launched DAI with origin and allowed it to verify that you own it, you can then play it anytime you want as long as Origin is in offline mode.

    If you can get internet access for just a few minutes(phone tether, working home system, piggy back off a neighbor, taking computer to a friends house) and log into Origin, you can then turn around and put it into offline mode where it will stay until you change it. 

    So if you can ever get Origin online long enough to set it to offline, then you are free to play as long as you want, and shutting down comp shouldn't make a difference. 

  • Fred_vdp's avatar
    Fred_vdp
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    9 years ago

    It's perfectly possible to log into Origin while completely disconnected from the internet since your login and password are stored locally in the registry. Dragon Age Inquisition DLC may require a one-time online activation, but after that you should be good.

    In short:

    Do you need to log into Origin? - >Yes

    Can you do so without internet? -> Yes

  • mcsupersport's avatar
    mcsupersport
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    9 years ago

    Cool Beans...they changed it sometime in past without me finding out.  Origin used to require you to have internet and then set to offline, now it just starts you in offline if you don't have connection.  So Fred is right, just fire up Origin and play, as long as you have DL'ed the game already...

    and yeah, I checked...lol