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Guide for stability for an over 15 years old but still brilliant Action-RPG in 2024 (& 2025:)

By HeyJoe-HUN-(SNAKE)PCRPGCommunity

DRAGON AGE ORIGINS MODDING

The bare minimum for stability (Since the game is like 15 years old now and no more official support, official updates.) to go to Nexus, get the essential fix, unofficial patch (Qwinn's fix pack), + 4 GB patch for the exe file, + DXVK memory leak fix. All you can get from the Nexus mod site. https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage

With these 3 modifications, tweaks the game should run much more reliable on modern HW + on the latest version of Win 11.

If it's still not enough, some may wanna try this mod, fix too: Automatically set CPU Affinity - CPU Core Crash Fix for Dragon Age Origins https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/6368 For me this fix was a must have too, since got 16 cores. Since no more crash for me with 160+ mods installed and active.

If ng. happens, still crash without even getting into the main menu of the game, you may already messed up some files for the game by following whatever previous guides earlier...

If that's the case, and the game doesn't boot at all from Steam, then try to uninstall via Steam, and after make sure no folders left with some mod files, delete all game folders if there is still any after the uninstall via Steam. YES, on C drive too within the documents/BioWare/DA folder or wherever stored for you on the C drive... Some have within the ONEDRIVE folder actually...)

When you sure you totally cleared the game, then start to redownload and reinstall the Ultimate Edition of DA via Steam. If again ng. happens, you can verify the files via Steam. If sg. is missing, Steam client will download for you. Then apply all 3 mods at least I mentioned above.

I play this Steam version of Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition on highest graphics settings on the latest version of Windows 11 with also the latest version of driver for my RTX 4070 without any issues since I installed all the 4 mods mentioned above. Hope it's helps for others as well, have fun, game ON! :)

NOTE: This is a guide for players, who doesn't really want to mess with mods, just want to be able to run and enjoy the game. For a full modding guide, check out this video for examplpe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeTkPTkGInE

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Guide for stability for an over 15 years old but still brilliant Action-RPG in 2024

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Guide for stability for an over 15 years old but still brilliant Action-RPG in 2024

The bare minimum for stability (Since the game is like 15 years old now and no more official support, official updates.) to go to Nexus, get the essential fix, unofficial patch (Qwinn's fix pack), + 4 GB patch for the exe file, + DXVK memory leak fix. All you can get from the Nexus mod site. https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage

With these 3 modifications, tweaks the game should run much more reliable on modern HW + on the latest version of Win 11.

If it's still not enough, some may wanna try this mod, fix too: Automatically set CPU Affinity - CPU Core Crash Fix for Dragon Age Origins https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/6368 For me this fix was a must have too, since got 16 cores. Since no more crash for me with 160+ mods installed and active.

If ng. happens, still crash without even getting into the main menu of the game, you may already messed up some files for the game by following whatever previous guides earlier...

If that's the case, and the game doesn't boot at all from Steam, then try to uninstall via Steam, and after make sure no folders left with some mod files, delete all game folders if there is still any after the uninstall via Steam. YES, on C drive too within the documents/BioWare/DA folder or wherever stored for you on the C drive... Some have within the ONEDRIVE folder actually...)

When you sure you totally cleared the game, then start to redownload and reinstall the Ultimate Edition of DA via Steam. If again ng. happens, you can verify the files via Steam. If sg. is missing, Steam client will download for you. Then apply all 3 mods at least I mentioned above.

I play this Steam version of Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition on highest graphics settings on the latest version of Windows 11 with also the latest version of driver for my RTX 4070 without any issues since I installed all the 4 mods mentioned above. Hope it's helps for others as well, have fun, game ON! :)

NOTE: For the best experience (even if you want just to play the vanilla game) please install this mod as well:
FtG UI Mod - More Readable Fonts and UI https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/73 With this mod, the texts will be easily readable on any resolutions. You can adjust the text size for your taste with this mod, plus you can decide, choose where should be the subtitle for the game... So, for example originally subtitles on the top of the screen but with this mod you can add them to the bottom of the screen.

A few screenshots and videos from my recent gameplay sessions:

NOTE #2: This is a guide for players, who doesn't really want to mess with mods, just want to be able to run and enjoy the game with the vanilla experience. For a full modding guide, check out this video for example:

(Also don't forget to check out the video's link for a full guide for hundreds of mods.)

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johann.knigge 3 hours ago

I cannot find the LAA 4 GB patch anywhere.

HeyJoe-HUN-(SNAKE)PCRPGCommunity [author] 27 Jan @ 6:58pm

@Franco Nice, & thanks for the feedback!

Franco 27 Jan @ 1:26am

Thanks and I up-voted your guide. The only advice I followed was to replace the encrypted steam daorigins.exe file and patch the decrypted version. This worked for me and I am now playing with zero freezes, errors or crashes.

HeyJoe-HUN-(SNAKE)PCRPGCommunity [author] 2 Jan @ 6:40am

Yeah, I tested only on Windows 11 + with latest updates and this guide doesn't help for players with very old PCs, low-end sys. configs, etc. I wrote this for players like me with modern/latest SW/OS+HW.

Mr.House 22 2 Jan @ 5:49am

sadly too finicky and even after trying doesn't work for every system RIP.

HeyJoe-HUN-(SNAKE)PCRPGCommunity [author] 29 Dec, 2024 @ 4:58am

Well, sometimes an OS restart can make magic happen, true! :D At least, your problem is solved, nice. :)

Juli 29 Dec, 2024 @ 12:40am

Honestly, I do not know what the problem was, but the day after I tried again and it worked. Such as it is.

The PC can be a capricous mistress.

HeyJoe-HUN-(SNAKE)PCRPGCommunity [author] 28 Dec, 2024 @ 5:38pm

Sorry Juli, but you are too vague. You didn't mentioned your OS, the updates you use such as driver update for GPU, no idea about your overall system config. and so on. One thing for sure, just because a game doesn't close properly, you don't have to restart your PC. Just press Shift+ Escape or Ctrl+Alt+Delete and close the game in the task manager's window. Other option with Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log out from your account then that will close the game too. And after you can just log in again.

Juli 24 Dec, 2024 @ 9:21am

Thank you for sharing. I uninstalled, deleted everything, re installed with only the stuff you mentioned but I still get stuck in the Loading screen. And must restart my computer after because it won't close. Any idea what might be causing that? Again many thanks.

HeyJoe-HUN-(SNAKE)PCRPGCommunity [author] 9 Dec, 2024 @ 12:40pm

@Chase Yeah, it's an over 15 yrs. old game so some weird things are there, such as: during cutscenes, like when we have dialogue options as well with other NPCs the game engine provide a 30 FPS lock. But because it's a solid, constant 30 FPS, so shouldn't cause any real issues unless you have some short of FPS counter on your screen while you play the game and you watch the number 30 there and you are too sensitive about any numbers under 60 or 120... During gameplay as always for every Single-player game I capped the FPS to 60. As you can see from my gameplay videos the 60 FPS during gameplay parts are also constant, I doesn't have any lag, slow response etc. issues. Hope it's helps! :)

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