My iMAC's hard drive recenlty had a total meltdown and I was only able to have a handful of files saved from it (DA:O being one on them). I am trying to transfer my original DA:O files onto my new HD but it is not working ingame the way I want it to. I have all of my original game files but when I try to transfer/copy them into my new DA:O downloaded game, the files are not showing up. When I go into MY Documents under DA- the copied files are all there but when I click on the DA:O icon to start the game, it is simply starting as an entirely new game and none of my saved games/add-ins, etc are there. I clearly am not doing something incorrectly and am missing some steps to complete this file transfer properly. I would truly appreciate if someone could help me out with this- thanks so much:D
My specs, just in case:
MAC OS Leopard ver 10.6.8
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
Trying to salvage/copy my DA:O files onto my new iMAC's hard-drive
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Bratt1204
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Posté 25 octobre 2011 - 10:59
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Just to be sure, your old save games are in /Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/Characters/YourCharacterName and your old addins are in /Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/Addins?
Did you install and run DAO first, or did you copy your old files first?
Are all of your expansions and DLCs authorized as on the old system?
Did you install and run DAO first, or did you copy your old files first?
Are all of your expansions and DLCs authorized as on the old system?
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Posté 25 octobre 2011 - 11:03
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StoneTheCrow wrote...
Just to be sure, your old save games are in /Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/Characters/YourCharacterName and your old addins are in /Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/Addins?
Did you install and run DAO first, or did you copy your old files first?
Are all of your expansions and DLCs authorized as on the old system?
I moved the saved game files to that location, yes. I did intall/run DA:O first- then I cpies the files. Yes, all files have been authorized.
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Posté 25 octobre 2011 - 11:11
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I moved the entire DA:O saved file over into My Documents- not just the add-ins and characters
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Posté 25 octobre 2011 - 11:28
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And you are sure it is /Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/?
It's very strange... DAO should recognize all and any save games if they are in the right folder.
It could be that your old files got corrupted when the harddrive failed. If you don't mind, you could upload one of your savegames on DragonAgeNexus or any other filehosting site, and I'll see if I can get it to load.
It's very strange... DAO should recognize all and any save games if they are in the right folder.
It could be that your old files got corrupted when the harddrive failed. If you don't mind, you could upload one of your savegames on DragonAgeNexus or any other filehosting site, and I'll see if I can get it to load.
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Posté 25 octobre 2011 - 11:52
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I'll upload on of my saved games to DragonAgeNexus. I wont be able to do it until later this evening. Thanks for your help.
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Posté 26 octobre 2011 - 12:13
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StoneTheCrow wrote...
And you are sure it is /Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/?
It's very strange... DAO should recognize all and any save games if they are in the right folder.
It could be that your old files got corrupted when the harddrive failed. If you don't mind, you could upload one of your savegames on DragonAgeNexus or any other filehosting site, and I'll see if I can get it to load.
I tried uploading to the DAX site but I failed miserably- I didn't get an option to actually upload the file. I am going to uninstall and reinstall a clean copy of DA:O and see if it works this time. I will post again if I'm not successful. Thanks again
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Posté 26 octobre 2011 - 04:19
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I was able to get all of my saved games working but now I cannot get Modazipin to install. I never had a problem running/installing it until now.
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Posté 26 octobre 2011 - 07:20
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It should just be a ZIP file which contains the application, no installation involved... so it just fails to run?
And cheers on the savegames!
And cheers on the savegames!
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Posté 27 octobre 2011 - 11:45
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StoneTheCrow wrote...
It should just be a ZIP file which contains the application, no installation involved... so it just fails to run?
And cheers on the savegames!
Yes, it's quite odd. I had Modazipin installed and working when the saved game files were not working properly. Now that I have installed DA:O again and it is recognizing all of my saved game files- Modazipin will not install. I am getting the following error messages when I run the zip file:"You don't have permission to save the file" or " The file Addins.xml couldn't be opened because there is no such file". It is asking me to locate the Dragaon Age folder under my Documents- but it is there. All of the correct files are there and I had never had a problem running or installing Modazipin before I had the new HD installed. It must have something to do with the original saved game files but I cannot figure out how to fix it; very frustrated
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Posté 27 octobre 2011 - 12:11
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Hm, looks like some faulty permissions on the files from your old HD.
Please go to your Documents, select the BioWare folder and hit Command-i. In the info window, go to Sharing & Permissions and assign Read & Write to your user account. Then click the cogwheel at the bottom and select Make ... (Me) the owner and afterwards Apply to enclosed items (if your are not on an admin account, you will have to unlock the feature first, click the little lock at the bottom and enter your admin details).
If this does not help, open Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities), select your HD and run Repair Disk Permissions.
Please go to your Documents, select the BioWare folder and hit Command-i. In the info window, go to Sharing & Permissions and assign Read & Write to your user account. Then click the cogwheel at the bottom and select Make ... (Me) the owner and afterwards Apply to enclosed items (if your are not on an admin account, you will have to unlock the feature first, click the little lock at the bottom and enter your admin details).
If this does not help, open Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities), select your HD and run Repair Disk Permissions.
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Posté 27 octobre 2011 - 09:44
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StoneTheCrow wrote...
Hm, looks like some faulty permissions on the files from your old HD.
Please go to your Documents, select the BioWare folder and hit Command-i. In the info window, go to Sharing & Permissions and assign Read & Write to your user account. Then click the cogwheel at the bottom and select Make ... (Me) the owner and afterwards Apply to enclosed items (if your are not on an admin account, you will have to unlock the feature first, click the little lock at the bottom and enter your admin details).
If this does not help, open Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities), select your HD and run Repair Disk Permissions.
So happy- followed your instructions above and all is working fine now. Thank you kindly for all of your help.
