So I am going overseas soon and all I want to do is be able to play DA a little while I'm gone. Good thing I tested this. I turned off my network adapter and started up the game. Boom, no saves, no DLC.
How can I play this game offline?
Can't play offline?
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Cryo84
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Posté 13 février 2011 - 11:01
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Cryo84 wrote...
So I am going overseas soon and all I want to do is be able to play DA a little while I'm gone. Good thing I tested this. I turned off my network adapter and started up the game. Boom, no saves, no DLC.
How can I play this game offline?
Yes, but with some limitations, as you've discovered. A disclaimer, I don't have a lot of experience playing without internet access, someone else please post to confirm or correct this:
1) You must have a physical disc in your laptop to make a check at start-up of the game. Digital download copies from EA and Steam require an online verification.
2) You cannot use any DLC-- this too is checked online at the start of the game.
3) Any saved games you made with the DLC active (and which contain, say, DLC loot) will also cause problems.
So in essence, if you have the disc, you can only play the game itself, and possibly the Awakening expansion (which would also require a disc). You should be able to "uncheck" the DLC listed in the Downloadable Content screen and then start a new game in your existing installation.
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Edit: Okay, it seems this analysis was WAY full of crap. See below.
Modifié par RaenImrahl, 14 février 2011 - 01:29 .
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Posté 14 février 2011 - 12:24
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I'm fairly certain the intent was to allow you to use DLC off-line after it checks in the first time you run it following DLC installation. (Same with digital downloads.) I could be mixing up ME2 and DAO, but I thought they were the same on that.
So I don't believe the game is working as intended if you cannot play off-line. I'm pretty sure the disk check on the disc version is the only thing that is supposed to be necessary every time you start the game. Unfortunately, intentions and reality are sometimes different things, particularly where this DLC DRM seems to be concerned.
Cryo84: This is something I keep hammering on just because it happened to fix this for me, but it's a quick thing to check: Does your CD key show up in the Game tab of the DAO Config utility? If not, that's likely the problem, and I can dig up instructions on how to fix that.
You might also try disabling auto-login in the game before pulling the network plug. I remember that for a few ME2 players with off-line play issues, there were only problems if the game tried to log in but failed.
So I don't believe the game is working as intended if you cannot play off-line. I'm pretty sure the disk check on the disc version is the only thing that is supposed to be necessary every time you start the game. Unfortunately, intentions and reality are sometimes different things, particularly where this DLC DRM seems to be concerned.
Cryo84: This is something I keep hammering on just because it happened to fix this for me, but it's a quick thing to check: Does your CD key show up in the Game tab of the DAO Config utility? If not, that's likely the problem, and I can dig up instructions on how to fix that.
You might also try disabling auto-login in the game before pulling the network plug. I remember that for a few ME2 players with off-line play issues, there were only problems if the game tried to log in but failed.
Modifié par Kloreep, 14 février 2011 - 12:24 .
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Posté 14 février 2011 - 01:18
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Okay... I just killed my connection and waited a while, and it worked. Kloreep is on the money here, it seems, which is good news. I am using UE through the EA download manager... The key was to turn off the auto-login feature in DA:O *after* the DLC showed it was authorized. So... if you do that, you should be good.
I should also note that if you have a disc version of the game, you can still reinstall it using the EA DM and, after authorizing it once, it should work fine offline. I don't believe you can install the DM version of the game over an existing installation, so you'd have to backup your disc version's saved games and uninstall it first.
I should also note that if you have a disc version of the game, you can still reinstall it using the EA DM and, after authorizing it once, it should work fine offline. I don't believe you can install the DM version of the game over an existing installation, so you'd have to backup your disc version's saved games and uninstall it first.
Modifié par RaenImrahl, 14 février 2011 - 01:29 .
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Posté 29 février 2012 - 12:31
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ok so my registration code doesn't so up in the config menu. I bought the game online with all the DLC. i tried the log in activate DLC, make sure the auto loggin is disabled thing but i'm still not able to play offline.
Is there a way to add the game reg code in the config?
Is there a way to add the game reg code in the config?
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Posté 01 mars 2012 - 01:40
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so i think i got it...
The DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML.exe doesn't work, at least not on Windows 7.
I poked around at it and figured out that if you change the "RequiresAuthorization="#" it won't check the sever for autorization every time the game restarts.
The file is located in the users Documents\\Bioware\\dragon age\\settings folder, just do a ctrl+F for RequiresAuthorization and change the following number to "0". this causes the game to not look to the server to play your DLC.
The DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML.exe doesn't work, at least not on Windows 7.
I poked around at it and figured out that if you change the "RequiresAuthorization="#" it won't check the sever for autorization every time the game restarts.
The file is located in the users Documents\\Bioware\\dragon age\\settings folder, just do a ctrl+F for RequiresAuthorization and change the following number to "0". this causes the game to not look to the server to play your DLC.
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Posté 01 mars 2012 - 04:35
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Azgrubob wrote...
so i think i got it...
The DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML.exe doesn't work, at least not on Windows 7.
I poked around at it and figured out that if you change the "RequiresAuthorization="#" it won't check the sever for autorization every time the game restarts.
The file is located in the users DocumentsBiowaredragon agesettings folder, just do a ctrl+F for RequiresAuthorization and change the following number to "0". this causes the game to not look to the server to play your DLC.
Patch 1.05 should fix this.
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Posté 07 mars 2012 - 07:14
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so I got the batch and when i run it it says DAO is not installed. But if i have the game or config open it says that DAO or one of its components are running, shut it down and......
i downloaded the batch from the bioware server
i downloaded the batch from the bioware server
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Posté 09 mars 2012 - 10:37
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is there anyway i can manually correct this without the patch? they say its a registry error where they miss placed the registration codes or something, would be nice to just show us how to do it.
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Posté 09 mars 2012 - 11:03
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I never needed any patch beyond 1.02. Can't be of direct assistance. You do need to know that almost everyone who formerly visited here has gone away. The game has run its course after two and a half years. This forum was intended for gamers to discuss tech with other gamers in here. The various stickied threads on top have solutions for 95% of the problems. The Archives can cover the rest. Official support is on the EA Help pages.
