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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 spec...
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    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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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.

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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
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    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.

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