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[Apex Sammoth]

So let me get this Straight Bioware I paid $50 for your broke game. Now I am going to pay $35 for an Expansion hoping there is some sort of fix. It would be nice IF BIOWARE actually acknowedge something about this issue before the release of the expansion.

[Bfler]

I doubt that it will be fixed with Awakening, because there isn't any kind of statement from Bioware. If they would have solved the problem there would be an update message to calm us down.

[Jynxze]

There is no way i will buy awakeing, simple fact they cant fix this problems wonder what else wil happen and they not fix it. Ya they are right 60 hours of play time but 40 hours of game time loading isnt worth my 40$ again. Played it 1 time all the way and that was my history of DAO. Plus the DLC is a wast since you can even use it in awakening >_>. I CALL THIS GAME A RIP OFF =)

4 gig ram
AMD Phenom™ 9550 Quad-Core Processor
ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series

Modifié par Peonfailer, 06 mars 2010 - 03:09 .

[UltimoCrofto]

Been trying various things since the game's release to get past this issue but to no joy. Don't get me wrong, I haven't been looking for ways to fix it everyday since release, but after beating the game a month or so after release and coming back to it again recently I thought there would be some sort of work-around by now.

I'll still buy Awakening because I can still enjoy the core game despite this issue, but really I shouldn't have to exit my game every couple of hours and reload it just because the loading screens take forever. Would be nice to play a BioWare game for once without it having some sort of error, maybe they should spend more time testing their games before rushing them out and hoping to fix them later.

Modifié par UltimoCrofto, 06 mars 2010 - 08:48 .

[accessd]

The worst part is that here are probably people out there that think that everything is as it should be. A non-technical friend of mine thought the loadtime was long but he though that it was only his system that suffered.

BioWare have lost a lot of respect from me not going out with an official statement that this is a bug they will/will not fix. Since they are silent I assume that they won't fix this in Awakening either. Hope I'm wrong.

[Edge2177]

Single core option didn't solve the problem on my AMD. The load time is still a pain in the butt.

[FattyVM]

Is this being worked on? It's seriously grinding on my nerves that it doesn't even seem to be a priority.

[Lyphen]

I love that Bioware expects us to think they won't pull this kind of crap with Old Republic. They're such a bugfest crew.

[lbgsloan]

I was considering playing through Dragon Age again and checked back here to see if anything had been done about this serious issue, but I guess they don't care. I guess Bioware really is just a console developer now. This is last time I buy anything with an EA label on the box; I will not get burned by their non-existant patch support again.

[sambuka]

If you really think about it, game developers would really like to see the PC for games die a death. It is becoming increasingly harder to actually get a game to run for a PC. In fact PC gaming is slowly becoming a "dead parrot". I have recently bought a PS3 due to the fact that I am so fed up with the PC game roundabout, that is owning a PC now takes all the fun out of gaming.

This PC version of Dragon Age has had major problems with loading faults etc, and has, up to now  had no feedback from either Bioware or EA. No one knows if this issue will be fixed either before or after the  "Awakening".  - It is not just Dragon Age although DA has more than enough issues, more and more PC games are slowly becoming harder to get to play, a patch for this, a patch for that: do you have the right GFX card? do you have a top notch processor? do you have this? do you have that? it has become a minefield.

Is it any wonder that Bioware hasn't answered the questions, they just don't know, or can't be arsed with PC people. The PC as a Gaming medium is slowly becoming a nightmare for game devs and owners. Has the PC as a gaming platform, seen it's last sunrise? I personally think it has.

This however doesn't excuse Bioware for their non involvement in these forums.

Modifié par sambuka, 07 mars 2010 - 08:44 .

[ANDY5151]

sambuka wrote...

If you really think about it, game developers would really like to see the PC for games die a death. It is becoming increasingly harder to actually get a game to run for a PC. In fact PC gaming is slowly becoming a "dead parrot". I have recently bought a PS3 due to the fact that I am so fed up with the PC game roundabout, that is owning a PC now takes all the fun out of gaming.

This PC version of Dragon Age has had major problems with loading faults etc, and has, up to now  had no feedback from either Bioware or EA. No one knows if this issue will be fixed either before or after the  "Awakening".  - It is not just Dragon Age although DA has more than enough issues, more and more PC games are slowly becoming harder to get to play, a patch for this, a patch for that: do you have the right GFX card? do you have a top notch processor? do you have this? do you have that? it has become a minefield.

Is it any wonder that Bioware hasn't answered the questions, they just don't know, or can't be arsed with PC people. The PC as a Gaming medium is slowly becoming a nightmare for game devs and owners. Has the PC as a gaming platform, seen it's last sunrise? I personally think it has.

This however doesn't excuse Bioware for their non involvement in these forums.

I am die hard PC but I cannot argue with you.(yes i have a 360 and a PS 3 as well)

[Shadowh4wk]

I've found a solution to this "bug". Or at least it worked for me. I used to get loading times up to 5 minutes or more, before I decided to quit, but now it's a consistent 10 seconds.

First my specs:

AMD Phenom 9950
8800GT
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
4 gigs of ram. (3.2 usable)

I'm not sure exactly what individual procedure fixed it for me, but this is what I did: 

1. Installed .Net Framework 4 beta 2

2. Installed and ran TLB Disable -- This is for Phenom processors.  Apparently in Windows Vista and 7 there's a patch that conflicts with this processor, which hinders performance. TLB Disable disables that patch.

3. I just decided to try this on a whim:  Ran the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3 and changed the privilage level to Administrator. This is what finally fixed it for me. What a stroke of luck.

Hopefully this will fix it for all of you. I've been playing the game for 3 hours now with no slowdowns at all.

Modifié par Shadowh4wk, 08 mars 2010 - 12:50 .

[JonOsterman]

I've also come upon a solution. I used to be able to play for 20 minutes with great framerates and short load times but after that, I would get 1 frame per 5-7 seconds with long load times. I took my computer and compressed-air the s*** and dust away. I ran DAO again and was able to play for over 3 hours without poor performance.

[Yorick of the Damned]

I have a question. Have any programmers tried fixing the problem themselves? 

[BenwaSmash]

AMD Phenom II quad 945

4.0 Gig ram

Radeon ATI 4850 video

Microsoft home XP sp3

My loading times at e different locations have hit the forever button. game freezing on certain loading sequences after 1.02 patch? - had to patch to download DLC, did all of the DLC but now having issues with entering harromonts's estate, the werewolf lair, or the Quarian bandit camp - starts loading and then hangs - thought it might have been the memory leak issue - - but after 5 hours still hung - won't close (have to restart the computer) tried running in windowed mode - no such luck, cleared the tmp files, cleared out the mods and retried - nothing, forceloaded without the mods - nothing makes a difference - have already played through the game, but would like to play this character to the end for awakenings. - Any suggestions?

[L0n3w0lf1971]

my solution is so simple.. save and then shut the game down restart game and everything will be fine. i have noticed that it happens after you have been playing non-stop for about 4+ hours.

1 thing everyone should know.. they had the same problem with the "Baldur's Gate" series and that was never fixed.

OS: Windows Vista 64bit
4094MB RAM
GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB

Modifié par L0n3w0lf1971, 08 mars 2010 - 04:10 .

[Freak10]

L0n3w0lf1971 wrote...

my solution is so simple.. save and then shut the game down restart game and everything will be fine. i have noticed that it happens after you have been playing non-stop for about 4+ hours.

1 thing everyone should know.. they had the same problem with the "Baldur's Gate" series and that was never fixed.

OS: Windows Vista 64bit
4094MB RAM
GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB

That's not really a solution. Thats pro tempore, a solution would eliminate the problem, you're just treating the symptoms not the underlying condition. 

Modifié par Freak10, 08 mars 2010 - 04:33 .

[angelo1907]

L0n3w0lf1971:Realise my friend that while for you this may happen after 4+ hours..for some others it happens every 20 minutes.So thats not really a solution,the problem still exists and it must be solved.Personally i did not have any problem like that with any of the BG games.

[FattyVM]

angelo1907 wrote...

L0n3w0lf1971:Realise my friend that while for you this may happen after 4+ hours..for some others it happens every 20 minutes.So thats not really a solution,the problem still exists and it must be solved.Personally i did not have any problem like that with any of the BG games.

Just on board with this.  It's not a heat issue on my end, my case is clean enough to eat (something very dry hopefully) off of it.

[L0n3w0lf1971]

i have no prolems with the game (or any game for that matter) other than this loading 1. and i have no heating problems i can have my pc on for weeks and its dosnt even get warm (120mm rear fan, 2 80mm front fans, and 80mm top fan)

[FattyVM]

L0n3w0lf1971 wrote...

i have no prolems with the game (or any game for that matter) other than this loading 1. and i have no heating problems i can have my pc on for weeks and its dosnt even get warm (120mm rear fan, 2 80mm front fans, and 80mm top fan)

The only real reason for dust affecting your rig (minus some weird shorting) is if it's hindering air circulation, or acting as a thermal insulator. It may increase resistance to some components but that isn't affected by longer or shorter run times, it's a problem that is constant, which this thread is obviously not dealing with. (As a slight aside, most people forget that the component resistance is also constantly varying with temperature i.e. a thermistor which means that both effects can be directly tied to increasing temperature.)

If cleaning the dust fixed the problem for you, it was indeed a heating problem. Regardless of your PC running fine for extended periods under normal load, the game taxed it enough for it to become an issue.

Modifié par FattyVM, 08 mars 2010 - 07:19 .

[Mooglator]

UPDATE! Bioware said they have fixd a major reason for this

[TheSmilingDude]

Get off your whaaaambulance and on the lollercoaster, steam is updating DAO with the following in the patchnotes:

"Some players were experiencing increasingly long load times. A major cause of this problem has been fixed" (link)

Modifié par TheSmilingDude, 08 mars 2010 - 09:37 .

[BosnianCowboy]

Now it's going to be a flood of "too little, too late" posts with people telling us how they've moved on, and of course they need us to know.

Modifié par BosnianCowboy, 08 mars 2010 - 09:40 .