This game can go to hell
I've restarted this game 20 times today, when I finally quit It froze 5 times just by trying to go to haven, 3 times when trying to get vivienne and 12 times trying to recruit the Iron bull. I've pa...
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It's not a work around or a trick to ensure that your system is stable. The thing is, if the game works fine on 99 computers, and crashes on one of them, which is more likely?
a) The game is so badly written that it's a miracle it works on any computer
or
b) There's something specific to that one computer that is causing problems
The developers simply cannot account for every possibility, and thinking they can or expecting a game to work perfectly on every single computer is just silly. I hate to be the snobby guy who says it, but really, the console was made specifically for people who either don't know how or don't want to maintain a stable computer.
I'm not saying anyone who has problems with the PC version should use consoles instead. I'm saying PC gaming requires a certain amount of effort to keep up with. If you don't want to put in that effort, then you are going to have a sub-optimal experience. This is true for any PC game.
Yes, there are bugs. You can't get away from that. Just stop automatically blaming the developers for all your problems without putting in at least a little effort. PCs can have the superior gaming experience, but it takes work to get it.
In DAI, I have the occasional CtD on a brand new, out of the box gaming laptop. I've gotten it on a freshly rebuilt custom rig. All h/w tests pass and no other programs flaking out. I actually don't care about a few random CtDs, but OP seems to be having far more than a few random ones, which might make me think the problem lies with:
- System compatibility: PC does not fully meet game requirements
- GPU grasp exceeds it's reach: System is compatible, but graphics settings are too high and need to be scaled back to match system capabilities
- Just because Windows can multi task, doesn't mean you should: Other resident active programs are competing for resources. I run Teamspeak with the game because Origin sucks rocks, and antivirus which excludes the Origin game directory, but nothing else.
- Error, Will Robinson! There is an underlying problem with the system itself. There might be a disk that needs a little chkdsk /f love, a misbehaving driver, a missing driver (the first place people should look is the Device Manager for disabled, unknown or non functioning devices), or a hardware fault.
I do not think a commercial off the shelf program should require a full system rebuild to get it to run correctly. However, a little housekeeping never did a computer any harm. Unless you count that time a friend of mine stuck a vaccuum hose in her still running PC case to suck out the dust bunnies... -_-.
There should be a sticky letting people know that the best way to get help troubleshooting is start with basic info (like a DX Diag in the OP).
