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I'm seriously at my wit's end with this thing. I've been trying to fix this for hours and my head is about to explode :(

 

I've been playing Dragon Age Origins (I'm a sucker for old games) and recently started using Vortex to install mods. Today, while messing around with Vortex, I suddenly got the message "failed to deploy mods". When I asked to show details, it said "Vortex tried to access "C:/Users/[my username]/Documents/Bioware/Dragon Age/settings/AddIns.xml" but it doesn't exist.

 

I attempted to rectify this on my own, trying anything I could think of (such as changing the file name because it seemed to only be named Addins, not AddIns.xml) but none of it worked. I opened the game at one point and found that something had happened to the game! All the DLCs I had downloaded were gone, which made it impossible to open the saved game files because I've used the DLCs in those. I also noticed that I was logged out and I spent forever logging in and trying to recover my lost DLC files, but it was to no avail until I finally found the program I bought DA:O from and used that to open the file. I don't even remember what I did with the program, I think I went to "backup & goodies" and used that to re-install the DLCs, but I tried some things in that area and when I went back everything seemed to be back to normal with my game files.

 

Until I messed up and went back to Vortex, attempting again to deploy the mods, resulting in losing my DLC files AGAIN, and this time the last thing I did isn't working at all.

 

I really don't understand what is going on or why Vortex isn't working. My mods are "enabled" but not "deployed" and I can't fix it, I also don't see how any of what I attempted to do could lead to losing any pre-existing files inside the game or how I can get them back again. Should I try to delete and re-install the game, delete all Vortex files, or would that lead nowhere? I'm not great with these kinds of things and I sorely need some help figuring this out.

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Addins.xml is the file that Dragon's Age needs to determine if you have the DLC.

If you've changed the name of the Addins.xml (you said it was only named "addins" which makes me believe you have File Extensions Turned off) so essentially what you did was rename your Addins.xml to "Addins.xml.xml"
Because with File Extensions turned off, you will see just "Addins" in the folder with the .xml HIDDEN, so when you added .xml to the file, you added ANOTHER .xml "Addins.xml.xml"

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My mods are "enabled" but not "deployed"


So when you click Deploy (one at a time) on each file, you get the message "Failed to Deploy"?

Because under settings you can turn on the option to auto deploy mods when installed, it saves a lot of time.
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I would like to see how this pans out, because I'm having the exact same problem as Viscaraia. "Vortex tried to access "C:/Users/[my username]/Documents/Bioware/Dragon Age/settings/AddIns.xml" but it doesn't exist." Strange thing is, when I use my explorer to search for it, the directory actually DOES exist! I'm only a part-time geek, so after two days of trying to get several mods to work, I just gave up. Deinstalled all mods except for the two that did seem to work and played Vanilla.
Somehow, installing mods adds the extra problem that non expert me calls 'switching off the DLC'. I bought the Ultimate Pack on Steam, but after installing mods, it says I have to buy the DLC's again, and it warns me against loading my saves, for they rely on DLC's that apprently, are no longer there. So if someone can come to our rescue, that would be much appreciated.

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@HadToRegister. I just checked your tip, but my Vortex is already set to 'Deploy when installed', and I still get the error, so I guess that kinda rules it out. But thanks for the suggestion.

 

Read the last post in this thread from the Vortex Discussion Forum. It doesn't provide a solution but apparently explains why you currently cannot find a solution.

 

Dragon Age Origins E and Vortex not playing nice - Vortex Discussion - The Nexus Forums

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I appreciate all the patient responses here, I'm a newbie with this kind of stuff so there's a lot I have yet to learn. I'll check it again and see what I can do.

 

 

 

Addins.xml is the file that Dragon's Age needs to determine if you have the DLC.

 

I checked and my DLCs seem to be in the right files, but they don't show up when I start the game. I'm considering re-installing everything at this point but I'd rather not have to resort to that :geek:

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Zarqualyn, that's exactly the issue! Thanks for describing it like that, your description was cleaner than mine :) Let me know if you figure anything out. I tried deleting and re-installing the mods and nexus but it didn't solve anything and I still can't deploy mods or use the DLCs

 

 

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