Character Creation Not Working

[mikkon463]

I just installed the 1.03 patch and everything seems to work just fine...for my SAVED games. However, when i go to start a NEW game, no character models show up on the left-hand screen, just a blank space. The cursor acts as if the model is there, but there's nothing. You can go through and select race, class, etc, but when it comes time to customize, still nothing shows up. Then I tried using the Character Creator, which worked just fine, and tried to import the character into the new game, and guess what...CRASH. Anyone else run into this, have a fix? When I tried to load an old game I had to force the load because after the reinstall/patch update it said I was missing DEMO_TUTORIAL. Could that be it? I have some appearance customization overrides but they've not caused any problems before. I posted this on the social.bioware boards too but instead of answers all they seem content to do is female dog and moan about the game instead of fixing the problems themselves, which is entirely possible...since I've been doing it since save 1.

[Shacary]

OMg this just happened to me too! i have been uninstalling/reinstalling DAO in efforts to get it to play. Before it was just lagging our/locking up 3 minutes into the origins story cutscene, and now this too... as roseanna de anna used to say ... it's always sumthin.

I am a pc noob but i hope someone figures it out as i would liek to play this game someday again too . I have also lost my finished mage file [ i saved on a second HD ] so... i have no saves left evidentally :(

[SpellAndShield]

OMg this just happened to me too! i have been uninstalling/reinstalling DAO in efforts to get it to play. Before it was just lagging our/locking up 3 minutes into the origins story cutscene, and now this too... as roseanna de anna used to say ... it's always sumthin.

I am a pc noob but i hope someone figures it out as i would liek to play this game someday again too . I have also lost my finished mage file [ i saved on a second HD ] so... i have no saves left evidentally :(

 

Uncheck all your mods and see if you still have a problem.

[DarkeWolf]

You should actually uncheck your mods before loading the new character anyway. (aside from your chargen mods).

This will help to avoid some of those issues where armors and other gear dont show up in the game. Wait till you can get to a spot where you can savegame, then save it, shut down DAO, check the mods back to active, and take up from the savepoint.

 

Also, if you've got DA:A installed, make sure to uncheck that.

 

Just a useful piece of advice, so we dont see more of those "My mods wont load" threads. :wink:

 

Is this the ingame character creator or the standalone CC that you can download seperately?

[nancyferg]

I had this problem today. Try setting graphics differently in the CC. It worked for me :)

[Shacary]

mine was the cc vanilla game . I did what stardusk suggested and it started to work again thanks guys.

[TundraMonkey123]

I know this is an old forum for dao but I did a clean install deleated all my mods and still at CC All I see is a black screen though everything else shows up except player model. Any tips on what I am doing wrong?

[Agatana]

I have the original disc set for DAo Ultimate Edition that I bought when it came out and played the hell out of it. Quit playing it for a few years, played Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and 4. Recently, since Covid hit came back to Origins. I now cannot create a new character, nor can I access the official website from the disc start screen(get a timed out message after a minute) and my screen reverts to desktop. Also cannot access non DLC mods to activate the few cheats I installed ( yeah, I'm that kind of player). When I key the letter I coded in to activate the cheat mod, the game locks up on me and I have to do a hard shut down. I have a fairly beefy computer that was made for me a couple of years before Windows 10 came out that still operates on Windows 7 Home Pro. It was installed with top of the line game processors then. Any ideas and\or help, please? I am also an avid table top Rp gamer/ storyteller/ gamemaster. NO cheating when live playing.

Anyone recognize my icon?

 

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

PS: I am a 75 year old gaming enthusiast who knows just enough about computers to get myself in deep s#*! easily.

Edited August 25, 2020 by Agatana

[theskymoves]

Bioware killed the link to the official site from the start menu screen quite a few years ago, when they removed all the content from the old Bioware Social Network site.

 

However, if you log in to your Bioware/EA account from that screen, it will sometimes upload new player characters to the Dragon Age Keep... it's VERY finicky, though, and often requires jumping through a great number of hoops (dev console can't be enabled, you have to remove and replace a piece of gear from the Warden and then hard save, and come other things I'm probably forgetting... I'm 62 and the old brain ain't what it used to be!)

 

Re the 'cheats' that aren't working... are they cheat mods (installed as DAzips or to the override folder), or trainer type cheats (like Cheat Engine or that sort of thing)?

[Agatana]

Thanks Mrs. GG.

Do I read your statement correctly by assuming the original character creation is no longer available? And that I am stuck with using other players creations? I'd rather start an old character of mine from a beginning save. I mean no disrespect, mind you, but I prefer my outlook on personality and corresponding physical traits. I have two powerful daughters that I raised to take no s#*! from nobody, and to not let anyone tell you you can't do something. Like their Mother. Thus I tend to create mostly female characters, in both video and live play scenarios.

As far as the cheats question I'll have to look and verify. One was to allow me to give a character 50 starting points in strength and dexterity that I could then distribute to other attributes. Not game breaking, but very handy.