Gaoxin Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Hi there, I know its kinda hard to guess what it could be, with only a vague description of the problem, but maybe this is a somehow known issue. Ok here we go: I played DAO and A on my laptop(windows 7) first, then upgraded my desktop PC(vista64) and copied all DA folders to the desktop PC - this includes the game folder and everything that was in "my documents" just to keep all the mods. It worked at first, but now when I try to play DAO or DAO:A it freezes up my pc after 5 or 10 minutes. Doesn't matter if im in game or just in the character creation. It also doesnt matter if the game runs in fullscreen or minimized - the result is the same. To describe that "freeze" thing a bit more: - screen freezes- mouse and keyboard power off (external hdds still work)- I cant access the task manager- I dont get a blue screen and PC doesnt reboot on its own- all I can do is hiting the reset or power off button PC specs:i5 760GTX 460 768RAM (overclocked or default specs - both lead to the same problem), drivers are up to date (266.58 WHQL)6GB DDR3 RAMVista 64 (up to date)avast antivirus + comodo firewall At first I thought that it could be some hardware issue, so I tested a few games:Warcraft 3WoWRiftMass Effect 2Crysis: WarheadLost Planet 2Resident Evil 5AionLOTRO Everything runs fine and doesnt lead to a freeze. (even over a period of several hours to exclude a temperature problem) Last mods I installed: http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1218http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=686http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=548 I didn't try to disable these mods, because I don't think thats the reason for my problem, when the game freezes up my PC even in the character creation, while DAO is minimized or in fullscreen.I also tried to disable all unnecessary programs, or reboot and run DAO right after...same problem. Could this have to do something with copying all files from one system to another? Windows7 (32bit) > Vista64 (64 bit)It worked for other games like Mass Effect 2. Is it even possible that a mod can cause this? I would expect DA to crash, but not the whole PC. :/ well....any ideas? Edited February 21, 2011 by Gaoxin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naomis8329 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 lol I have had this problem too, I had DAO/DAA on my secondary machine which was Windows XP with a very low spec GC. I installed DAO/DAA and copied all files across to the 64 bit machine which is Win7. At first everything was fine but I now suffer badly with lagging which has surprised me as the processor has been upgraded to 3Ghz and the GC is brand new and a Nvidia 430. The only thing I can think of is the mods I have copied across are interfering in some way graphically, possibly due to the lower spec machine having different settings. I have changed these manually and had hoped this would solve the problem. As of yet they haven't. I will be clearing the mods and adding them again to see which one (if any) is causing the problem. If I have any news I'll get back to you asap. Should you find a solution let me know between us we may be able to figure this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaoxin Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 reinstalling DA:O&A right now and will test it without mods first :[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naomis8329 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 cool, let me know what happens. looks like I may have to strip the game back down to installation level. (I saved all files etc before copying the game over from the other PC.) If there is a problem with the mods it will soon come to light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codifer Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I have also upgraded and cloned, in a way, DA:O. No problems. There might be some differences in procedure however. Initial install was with XP and the new machine is Win 7 32 bit. When I completed the new machine I installed DA:O and patched the game to 1.04 and configured the game from the Dragon Age launcher. I renamed the My Documents/BioWare file "BioWare Prime". I then copied the old My Document/BioWare file to the new machine. The new install recognized it as one of its own. Did you follow a similar procedure of installing a fresh Dragon Age program file? I am not sure at all if this would make a difference but I thought I would toss in this bit if information. I should also mention that my Dragon Age is very heavily modded and does seem to run with only the rare CTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaoxin Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 bleh... :/ I reinstalled DAO and DAA and tried to run it without mods, with the same result...after 5 or 10 minutes DA kills my PC, even when its minimized...buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulll craaaaaaapp! Its one of my fav games :|I really dont get it. I played Lost Planet 2 today for about 2-3 hours and this is a dx11 game, with soooooooo many special effects and whatnot. Do I really have to install a new OS to play it or just wait for DA2? bleh bleh bleh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naomis8329 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I wouldn't have thought so hun. I'll have to have a rethink.. I added the mod files etc after installing the game however the mods were taken off the Deluxe edition which I had to download on the other machine, this one was the disk version which could make a difference to settings etc. I don't know and I'll have to have a rethink on this I believe. Maybe moving the mod files, uninstalling the disk version and installing the deluxe to see if its the difference in game versions that is causing the problem. However is this similar to you Gaoxin?? Have you more than one version of the Game (not patches, the game itself)?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codifer Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Strange. Does Vista give you the option to "Run As" and let you choose to emulate XP? Also, in your program files, is DA:O under "x86"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaoxin Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) @nao, I have only one version of DA, correctly installed, no mods, updated to 1.04 and it still kills my PC after 8min and 34sec (to be accurate^^).@codi, I used custom install, just like always and DA is therfor not in the x86 folder, but that shouldnt be an issue. The only thing it offers is to run as admin, but since I have only one account... Ill try to run it with XP sp2 emulation. Edited February 21, 2011 by Gaoxin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaoxin Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 aye, same result! However, I tested to run DA a few more times and always watched the timer: it doesn't matter what I do, playing, character creation or just leave DA minimized it will freeze my pc after 8m and 3x seconds. Every single time. I watched temperature, event handler, cpu/ram usage and so on...no errors or high numbers, which makes it difficult identify the source of evil :/ ..BLEH! My crappy 3 years old laptop is running the game but my monster pc from hell is being defeated every single time >< ..sure I could play DA on my laptop but I want to see it on very high details and 8AA Before I continue to write more useless crap, Ill stop here and further google it. When I come up with a solution, Ill write it here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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