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Re: Dragon age inquisition the descent crashing all the time

Does it crash in a specific place, or anywhere in the game (DLC or not)?

You should only have to change package.mft if you've used mods and removed the mod folder in order to get through a mod-unfriendly section of DLC, so you can load your saves. Otherwise you shouldn't touch this file.z

If your crash is occurring during combat, it may be related to changes to skills that came with the release of Trespasser, disable the sword & shield skill lunge and slash in the tactics of any party members you're bring with you (and obviously don't use it yourself). Line in the sand (champion) has also been said to cause crashing.

If the crash is happening when you interact with tables in the main camp, you have a mod that the DLC doesn't like. Redo your mod merge and try to avoid any cosmetic mods (especially things like facial textures, skara's hair texture, etc.). Things which only affect gameplay mechanics seem to be fine (well, I had no trouble).

If the crash is happening at the section where you examine some bodies, remove your entire mod folder, and change the package.mft file patch number to match that of the package.mft from the removed mod folder (so you can load your saves).

If it's none of these things, give more info (system specs, when/where the mod is crashing, etc). If you want to post a video, probably best to post it to YouTube or something and post a link here.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Thank you!

    I had Cassandra in my party who had the skill active, i disabled it and now i am able to play again!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    So happy I found this thread! Disabling the Lunge and Slash skill as described for combat crashing FIXED MY PROLEM IMMEDIATELY!!!

    On XBOX ONE,  it crashed every time during combat in the middle of the " Reclaiming the Thaig" mission.  Not always in the exact same spot but always in the middle of fighting all the Darkspawn,  The game would just die and the screen would revert back to the XBOX One Home Menu...

    Before finding this thread, I tried:

    • Clearing all the saved games
    • Clearing all the storage
    • Clearing the Persistent Disk storage
    • Reinstalling the DLC
    • Foul Language

    Thank you so much! Was about ready to give up and try contacting BioWare support. If that's even possible.