ThancredLux Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 i'm using improved atmosphere plus flash creature compatibility files and stuff. so everything should work, although i should delete the duplicate are files? they could cause crashes? I have installed lots of texture packs, unofficial remaster, enviromental overhaul, elven scenery, fine dwarven craftmanship, dragontex, YAHD, DAI Fade, and a couple of more packs that i don't remember the names, then obviously with the duplicate tool, carefully deleted the duplicate files and kept what i wanted from one mod etc, but i mixed and matched when i could, to have every single texture not look like a PS1 game. But i'm stuck at Lothering it seems, (I have the GoG DAO version of the game, that already comes with LAA, I also installed DXVK mod) when i first arrive after the ostagar's debacle, all works fine, talk to everyone, enter to the tavern where leliana is, recruit her, go back out (where it can potentially crash) nothing happens, keep exploring a bit, save my progress and restart the game, then when i go to load the save file, it just crashes, and of course i can't continue my journey, tried loading a save where alistair and morrigan have the discussion of where to go and i can't load it either, I do the entire outside of lothering enter the chantry and when i try to go back outside it crashes, can't load a save either. I assume when i reach Denerim (if i ever reach it) it will be more of the same, so, what i should do? deleted the texture packs and go back to PS1 graphics? deleted the duplicate ARE files? Also if this information serves a purpose... i have a rtx3080 12gbvram, an amd cpu, good ram etc, and i play in 4k resolution (not natively, through dslr as i don't have a native 4k monitor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zloybelka Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) You've installed Unofficial Remaster on top of Dragontex (which is packed into erfs, so to remove all its duplicates you'll have to remove all other retextures, it might be a lot, even if Dragontex was correctly installed into the game directory and not in the override). Also, as we've learned recently a new pre-patched GOG version is pretty buggy and gives trouble with a heavily modded game (take a look at the topics posted a month or two ago, you might notice some similarities. update Here it is https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13503086-unable-to-load-area-when-starting-a-new-game-possible-mod-issue/?do=findComment&comment=130481325). And answering the original question, .are files with identical names usually override each other in alphabetical order (i.e. only the latest will work in-game), but the less duplicates you have in the override, the better. Edited January 4 by zloybelka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theskymoves Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 'Compatible duplicate files' would need to be 100% identical for no conflicts to exist. While theoretically it is okay to have conflicting files in override, in practice it is better to avoid that situation, since the game will sometimes ignore all the conflicting files and revert to the vanilla version. While area files could be the cause of your issues, it is far more like that it is caused by those 'lots of texture packs' especially if they are what passes for high resolution texures for DAO. The games engine handles large textures poorly. The easiest way to troubleshoot would be to remove the textures. If the game works correctly, that's what is causing the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThancredLux Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 f*#@ this game, uninstalling immediately, not worth the headache, unless someone rewrites it completely reverseegenering the game in full and making it 64bits plus all the modern enhancements, it's not worth losing time and sleep over. sad, though, it's the only dragon age still worth playing over and over, if it was on a playable state that is, but i don't wanna waste my time anymore with this. thanks and goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theskymoves Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 It's perfectly playable if you don't try it force it to do things it was never intended to do. I play DAO (with hundreds of mods installed) on modern mid-range gaming rig (Ryzen 5 3600, Radeon RX 5700XT, 16 GB RAM). The game is 100% stable. I actually cannot recall the last time it crashed, locked up, or refused to load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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