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0Aisling0
4 months 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
 
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  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    4 months 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's avatar
    0Aisling0
    4 months ago

    I also keep getting this message when trying to launch: "Invalid License. Reason code = Missing DLL: [NxCharacter.dll] Error: 0x7E"

  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    Hero+
    4 months 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's avatar
    Sedgendary
    4 months 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's avatar
    holger1405
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    4 months 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's avatar
    Sedgendary
    4 months 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's avatar
    holger1405
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    4 months 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's avatar
    hobbeboy
    3 months 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."

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