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[CesUtd]

I not sure if this is an issue but I noticed lately that I have two see through tables, curtains that go right through my character and a floating chess set? I noticed the chess set before so its not the new nvidia driver. I had the same issue on windows xp. I now have windows 7 64bit ultimate edition.

What causes this? I have no malware etc on my computer. None of my other three games do this. The other three are Mass Effect 2, Football Manager 2011 and Dragon Age: awakening. It is only Origins doing this.

Modifié par CesUtd, 16 février 2011 - 04:50 .

[RaenImrahl]

CesUtd wrote...

I not sure if this is an issue but I noticed lately that I have two see through tables, curtains that go right through my charater and a floatign chess set? I noticed the chess set before so its not the new nvidia driver. I had the ame issue on windows xp. I now have windows 7 64bit ultimate edition.

What causes this? I have no malware etc on my computer. None of my other three games do this. The other three are Mass Effect 2, Football Manager 2011 and Dragon Age: awakening. It is only Origins doing this.

Could you please post your hardware specs?  It's the only way we can troubleshoot.  Thanks.

[CesUtd]

I have a gigabyte 470 gtx 1,25gb ddr5. I am using the latest nvidia driver and physx. I have 4g ddr3 1333 corsair ram, 750 watt true power supply, 2 x 500gb sata 2 harddrives, 20x dvd drive samsung dvd-rw. My OS is windows 7 64bit Ultimate edition - fully updated. I have onboard sound with an Asus P4P45TD motherboard - also fully updated with the latest drivers. I have direct x 11 and also have updated all directx versions.



All programs on my computer are fully updated. I am using the 1.04 patch for Origins. I am not sure if it is just my current playthrough that is glitched because I have 2 sets of Dragon armour as well for some reason. I did not experience this armour problem before. The dlc I have is dragon armour and the stone prisoner. I have the disc version of Dragon Age: Origins and not the ultimate editon. I have no mods installed. As the game came out is how I have it besides all the patches and the two dlc.

[RaenImrahl]

The one thing you didn't mention is the CPU type/speed... more on that in a moment.



First, are you in the "real" Circle Tower or in the "Fade" version of it? The Fade version actually features weird floaty stuff as part of the otherworldly effect....



If not, then the next question... do you have any 3rd party mods installed? These can sometimes affect graphics positioning in strange ways.



Third, depending on your CPU, it sounds like you may be experiencing the old Nvidia "spiky graphics problem"... which causes strange polygon errors to morph into existence. I had this issue and found that it happened when I put a new, factory-overclocked video card on a system with an older AMD processor... the trick was to turn down the card's memory clock by about 20%. The problem was resolved and performance was not otherwise affected. Likewise, DA is very sensitive to both overclocking GPUs and CPUs.



Of course, finally, it could be part of some buggy save, as you suggest, or a combination of some or all of the above. BTW, the Blood Dragon armor does have some known bugs. See http://dragonage.wik...od_Dragon_Armor



Good luck! Let us know if you resolve this!

[Gorath Alpha]

CesUtd wrote...

I have a gigabyte 470 gtx 1,25gb ddr5.
750 watt true power supply
My OS is windows 7 64bit Ultimate edition
an Asus P4P45TD motherboard

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Asus doesn't admit to having sold a motherboard with that descriptive numbering, but all of the ones they did sell that had "P4" as the first two characters were for the Intel Pentium P4 CPU, a very long-obsolete processor.  The game's minimum CPU is some type of Intel Core descendant, not any of the P4s.  It wouln't do any good to seek official help from EA, if that really is what you have.  Also, it will severely bottleneck a Geforce GTX 470 to saddle it with a P4. 

A sizable proportion of the game players using either Vista or Windows7 have experienced difficulties after updating this game beyond the 1.02A patch.  Most users of those Windows versions have no trouble at all, but there still are too many who have no end of problems with the 1.03 / 1.04 patches.

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 17 février 2011 - 03:04 .

[CesUtd]

Hi. Sorry. Wrong number. The model is ASUS P5P43TD. I made a small mistake. I use an Intel E8500 3.16 ghz core2duo. I don't have crashes on rogue playthroughs. The thing is on windows xp I only used until 1.02a. Only on windows 7 did I go further because I then bought the expansion. It has to be physx doing it. Everything is up to date. I less freezing problems now than before and very little lag. I run the game in compatibility mode in windows 7.



So far in a new playthrough it has not arisen so I wonder if the archer playthrough had an issue.



I am saving up for a better windows 7 computer.



This whole problem is giving me a headache. The guy at ea support said try older drivers. That is not a solution. My photoshop wants a newer driver. It must be a dragon age: origins problem as I stated that no other game and not even the expansion have this problem. I work and play on the same computer.

[CesUtd]

RaenImrahl wrote...

The one thing you didn't mention is the CPU type/speed... more on that in a moment.

First, are you in the "real" Circle Tower or in the "Fade" version of it? The Fade version actually features weird floaty stuff as part of the otherworldly effect....

If not, then the next question... do you have any 3rd party mods installed? These can sometimes affect graphics positioning in strange ways.

Third, depending on your CPU, it sounds like you may be experiencing the old Nvidia "spiky graphics problem"... which causes strange polygon errors to morph into existence. I had this issue and found that it happened when I put a new, factory-overclocked video card on a system with an older AMD processor... the trick was to turn down the card's memory clock by about 20%. The problem was resolved and performance was not otherwise affected. Likewise, DA is very sensitive to both overclocking GPUs and CPUs.

Of course, finally, it could be part of some buggy save, as you suggest, or a combination of some or all of the above. BTW, the Blood Dragon armor does have some known bugs. See http://dragonage.wik...od_Dragon_Armor

Good luck! Let us know if you resolve this!

I have an Intel E8500 CORE2DUO 3.16Ghz. I made a small mistake with the board number. It is not a big deal. But the board is a asus p5p43td with latest drivers for it, bios fully updated. All at stock speed.

I was in the real mages towers. I seen the floating chess board before but not  a piece of table missing before.

[RaenImrahl]

Your processor is the bottleneck in the system. DA:O depends on the CPU for a lot of graphics-related work. I suggest you set the Nvidia Control Panel>3D settings to "Let the 3D application decide". Then reduce all of the in-game graphics to minimum and the resolution to 800X600. See if the problem persists. Then you can being incremental upping the graphic quality until you reach your limit.



Regards,



RI

[CesUtd]

Hi. How an an Intel core2duo be a bottleneck?

[Gorath Alpha]

That's part of the territory. Trying to be helpful when parts of a message thread have been badly organized. You left out CPU details and misquoted your system board model number and then I mentioned how out of date your PC would be if you had the P4 that matched to Asus' naming scheme. RI missed your more recent correction in that regard.

[CesUtd]

Hi. I have small problems with the website trying to edit posts so I posted it underneath. I looked at it again and other than the one small table and piece in the inn the rest of the game is fine. the only thing I can think of is graphic card driver or physx causing that.



No other game does it which is weird.



I do want to get new parts which would greatly benefit both my PC gaming and use of Adobe creative suite CS4.



I was thinking of:



Asus P7P55D-E LX LGA1156 Dual-Channel DDR3 PCI-E x 16

Intel Core i7-870 Quad-Core LGA1156 2.93GHz Boxed Processor

Coolermaster RS750-ACAAE3 GX 750w (12v: 720w) , ATX 12V V2.31

Corsair CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 2x2GB DDR3-1600 2.1v CL8 Desktop



Suggestions? Also will Dragon Age have problems with these?



I live in South Africa.

[RaenImrahl]

CesUtd wrote...

Hi. I have small problems with the website trying to edit posts so I posted it underneath. I looked at it again and other than the one small table and piece in the inn the rest of the game is fine. the only thing I can think of is graphic card driver or physx causing that.

No other game does it which is weird.

No problem... and I should clarify the "bottleneck" thing.  I realize we are talking about a Core2Duo... my point was, if you're maxing out the graphic settings on your new video card, you'll find that the CPU will be the limiting factor... especially with the clunky coding of Dragon Age.  It's still a fine processor and should play the game well without too many enhancements Nvidia wise.  I'm glad to hear the game is working other than the chess set thing... so I agree, best to move on.

CesUtd wrote...
I do want to get new parts which would greatly benefit both my PC gaming and use of Adobe creative suite CS4.

I was thinking of:

Asus P7P55D-E LX LGA1156 Dual-Channel DDR3 PCI-E x 16
Intel Core i7-870 Quad-Core LGA1156 2.93GHz Boxed Processor
Coolermaster RS750-ACAAE3 GX 750w (12v: 720w) , ATX 12V V2.31
Corsair CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 2x2GB DDR3-1600 2.1v CL8 Desktop

Suggestions? Also will Dragon Age have problems with these?

I live in South Africa.

Yeah, it should run nicely.  You may be generating a little more heat with your new setup, of course, so be mindful of airflow in your case.  I switched to a Coolermaster HAF 922 case recently... it's.... well... cool. 

The new board supports the Intel Turbo function.  You may find that DA actually runs better with it off... but that's not for sure, and if it is, Turbo boost can be turned off easily.

I've always had good luck with Asus motherboards, although I've tended to stick to the AMD or Nvidia chipsets over the years... the latter of which is, I think, being phased out.  On my motherboard (Asus M4N98TD EVO) I had to manually set the RAM timings, which was no big deal.  I've also stuck with AMD processors, but that's driven by finances as much as anything else.

[CesUtd]

Hi. Thanks. I see if I can get a new case as well. I might look into a sound card as well and get off onboard sound. The only sound card interesting for me is the asus Xonar Essence STX.



I listen to music, use adobe creative suite cs4 and play 4 pc games so its fine.



I don't think I max out my graphic card as I only play at 1400 x 900 (or something like that) settings - the size of my monitor. Thanks for the help.

[CesUtd]

I started a new game and it is fine. Looks like my one save game is bugged.