tech issues

[Shacary]

Hi, I have been conversing in the forum usertroubleshooting, but I though mb this was perhaps a better spot to ask, as Darkewolf suggested,. HOW do i associate win7 compatiblity mod to run the program DAO? IM a total pc Noob, suffering horrible withdrawls from the game! I have MS and this game is very much my outlet~! Im so fustrated As mentioned before I had winxp pro and it ran for a long time w ith mods, now will not run off dvd or steam vanilla! Not to go thru the whole issue all over again, but can anyone advise me please? thanks so much for your aide in the other forum and here as well all!

[danscott84]

Hi, I have been conversing in the forum usertroubleshooting, but I though mb this was perhaps a better spot to ask, as Darkewolf suggested,. HOW do i associate win7 compatiblity mod to run the program DAO? IM a total pc Noob, suffering horrible withdrawls from the game! I have MS and this game is very much my outlet~! Im so fustrated As mentioned before I had winxp pro and it ran for a long time w ith mods, now will not run off dvd or steam vanilla! Not to go thru the whole issue all over again, but can anyone advise me please? thanks so much for your aide in the other forum and here as well all!

 

Ok, I know when I used XP Pro I used to put the mods in the c/programs/... for whatever game. Are you putting the mods in this override folder, or the one in the MyDocuments/BioWare/DragonAge/packages/core/override folder? The one in tthe mydocuments is where they need to go. If you have them on the c drive programs route, remove them from there.

[Shacary]

eep thanks Dan i do indeed have them in the c drive.... I will try this thanks a gain u guys are amazing! *crosses fingers*

[DarkeWolf]

Good job Dan :wink:

 

Also for the .exe files.... if you installed them to the default location, it should be C:/program files/ (Either Bioware/Dragon age/) or just Dragon Age.

Once in the Dragon Age folder, look for a folder called Bin_Ship.

Inside that are where you're exe files are.

 

Look for-

daorigins.exe

DAoriginsconfig.exe

and just for good measure, DAupdater.exe

 

Choose one of those. Right click on it once. Choose properties.

Theres several tabs running horizontally across the top of the new window that pops up. Choose the one that says compatibility

Then put a tick in the box that says Run this program in compatibility mode for: and choose windows xp sv2.

 

Tho after further research I've found that most folks dont fix the crashing issue by doing this with w7 (see other thread) :sad:

[Shacary]

ya, it hasnt helped my lock ups hat require hard reboot, or the blank character creator screen, I thought mb just to test the program thru i accepted first blank toon available, I chose a Dalish male elf, it loaded in invisible then suddenly appeared as a human male, holding an arrow but no bow.... very weird. I think my pc is possessed or something :( Im goign to check the realtek driver altho i updated them all via driver direct program, at this moment im about to pull my hair out lol ! thanks so much for the tips and i am dbl checking compatibility mode, for some reason my daoriginslauncher does not have the .exe after it so even under a file search function it would not pick / or is it find the item?

[Shacary]

OOO WOW! I reinstalled the dvd version of game, and set the game to pass thru firewalls? Sorry sometimes I cannot think of the correct phrasing. BUT hurray! i played thru with only the hair mods installed and it worked! NO lag no video lock up no game rebooting! OOO im so happy i hope w e have corrected the issue totally. I want to praise and thank again Danscott839 and Darkwolfe! I continual to be thankful and amazed at all of your patience and direction! Kudos!

[DarkeWolf]

FIREWALL PERMISSIONS!?!? It was your FIREWALL !?!? Holy crap, I'm floored. I never, ever would have thought that a firewall could cause a reaction like this to the game.

I mean, I know that it's capable of going online to verify your account to update your screenshots. But to cause lockups and crashes!?

Wow. Yeah, I'm floored.

 

But hey! I'm glad to hear that you figured it out and that you're able to start playing again! That's awesome!

 

I wouldnt worry too much about the daoriginslauncher. The daorigins.exe was the primary concern. The other two were just "for good luck" kinda items.

 

Hrm. Unless maybe your firewall has IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) which is capable of shutting down a program which doesnt have permissions.... Ok, sorry. Thinking out loud. Still trying to figure out how the heck a firewall crashes a game, hahaha.

[danscott84]

OOO WOW! I reinstalled the dvd version of game, and set the game to pass thru firewalls? Sorry sometimes I cannot think of the correct phrasing. BUT hurray! i played thru with only the hair mods installed and it worked! NO lag no video lock up no game rebooting! OOO im so happy i hope w e have corrected the issue totally. I want to praise and thank again Danscott839 and Darkwolfe! I continual to be thankful and amazed at all of your patience and direction! Kudos!

 

Glad to hear you got it working. I totally forgot about that firewall issue. About any program that has web access possibilites will ask for permission to place a firewall exception in the regisrty.