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1 year ago

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Is my system compatible + Missing DLL: [NxCharacter.dll] Error

I can't figure out how to run Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition on my PC. I don't really know what I am looking at on the "Can you run it?" site, and I need someone to decipher. These are my specs. Can someone tell me if I can run it at all?

PC BUILD SPECS:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE ATX AM5 Motherboard
Memory (RAM): Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory
Storage (SSD): Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card (GPU): ASRock Radeon RX6700XT CLP 12GO Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card
Capture Card: Elgato HD60 X 1080p60 HDR10 External Capture Card for PS5, PS4/Pro, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC/Mac(Renewed)
Tower Case: NZXT H6 Flow RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply (PSU): Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Edit Holger1405: Thread titel for clarification.

holger1405
1 year ago
@0Aisling0

You PC can easily run DAO.

For the error, you need NVIDIA PhysX installed on your PC to run the game.

go here > Download PhysX > Install > Restart the PC > Test

If that don't helps, create a DxDiag in text file format and post it with your next reply. You can do that with the "Choose file" button at the bottom right corner of the reply window.

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0Aisling0
1 year ago
I also keep getting this message when trying to launch: "Invalid License. Reason code = Missing DLL: [NxCharacter.dll] Error: 0x7E"
holger1405
Hero+
1 year ago
@0Aisling0

You PC can easily run DAO.

For the error, you need NVIDIA PhysX installed on your PC to run the game.

go here > Download PhysX > Install > Restart the PC > Test

If that don't helps, create a DxDiag in text file format and post it with your next reply. You can do that with the "Choose file" button at the bottom right corner of the reply window.
Sedgendary
1 year ago
I had this with an AMD graphics card so no PhysX. To solve getting the error I had to run the game as an Administrator
holger1405
Hero+
1 year ago
@Sedgendary

You can also install PhysX if you have an AMD card.

As a matter of fact the game will run without running it as Administrator if you install PhysX on your system.
Sedgendary
1 year ago
@holger1405 yes you can install PhysX but it won't actually run as AMD cards don't know how to talk to the PhysX API.

As far as I can tell there is something in the DAO runtime that Windows 11 does not allow to run without admin privileges. There are more than a few posts on here that say they have installed the PhysX install and still get this error so I assume Windows 11 is the issue and running the game as Admin seems to be the solution
holger1405
Hero+
1 year ago
@Sedgendary

The game needs PhysX to run, your CPU is capable of doing the PhysX calculations regardless of your GPU.

Sedgendary wrote:

There are more than a few posts on here that say they have installed the PhysX install and still get this error so I assume Windows 11 is the issue and running the game as Admin seems to be the solution

This people have different problem, the "Missing DLL: [NxCharacter.dll]" is always a missing PhysX error.
hobbeboy
1 year ago
Tried playing Dragon Age: Origins again today and got the same error.
Solved it by using the same fix that was requiered 10 years ago (you could think they fixed it by now)
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-Dragon-Age-Games/Dragon-Age-Origins-PC-quot-physXLoader-dll-is-missing-from/td-p/3178000
"And the last thing I read that can fix it is by entering the directory where psyix is installed "C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common",
copy all those dll files to the game directory under directory bin_ship."