Mav99 @ 11.34am
You might not like to hear that, but random crashes, especially if most people don't experience those, are usually rather a problem with the computer than the game itself.
The typical reply to that is, that "other games run well". My reply to that is that this is irrelevant. Every program is different, and DA:I might bring up dormant issues with a system that other programs don't.
It can be hardware-issues, ranging from overheating to unstable components. CPU, graphics card, RAM, power supply, there are many possible sources for trouble and sometimes the only way to really find them is to swap components until the problem is gone.
But it doesn't have to be your hardware, it can be issues with your software-environment as well. There's an almost unlimited number of background-programs, some of them very intrusive, that could be at fault. Antivirus programs are likely candidates but there are many more.
It can also be a driver issue which does not necessarily mean the graphics driver. Sound-cards, mice, game-controllers, even some keyboards require drivers that can cause problems. And that's just the hardware directly used by the game.
Sometimes it's a freak combination of multiple issues.
It can be really hard to find such issues, and you might need help doing that. But it might also be the only solution.
Bioware can only fix problems that are caused by the game itself and only if they can reproduce them. You can't fix problems you don't have...
You are absolutely right, it could be anything - my machine, my software, even me. I assume from your comments that I am indeed the only player with an AMD card that is having this problem and that for everyone else (not Nvidia users, of course) the game has been plain sailing. It was alright for me, too, at the beginning before (I believe) patch 3 came along. Obviously, something in that patch exposed the shortcomings of my poor computer. This, of course, puts the blame on me, and absolves Bioware of all responsibility. And just to make sure I am left with no ground to stand on you added the line: "The typical reply to that is, that "other games run well"". Well, I hate to say it, but they do.
I have read many things about this game, with complaints ranging from DirectX errors to misreporting of resources leading to overheating - did these only affect Nvidia users and have they been fixed without forcing players to go through hoops to make their rigs work? My machine may not be pristine - I accept that - but it seems strange that I didn't have the problem from the start.
The truth is that every PC is different and this is the real reason, in my opinion, why studios prefer making console games. One PS4 is like every other PS4 making life much easier for the programmers. It is also the reason why I believe PC game development and console game development should be kept separate - a console to PC port is asking for trouble as this game proves. Indeed, I think a PC to console port would have caused less of a problem, but, then, I'm no programmer.
Of course, I accept that it could all be my fault that I cannot play this game - even though I'm saddened by the attitude that the customer (if a PC user) is always wrong. However, I'm afraid I am not prepared to pay the equivalent of up to three times the price of a PS4 to change my machine to play it, especially with no guarantee that I will be able to do so even then. I'll reinstall it one more time and, if that doesn't work, I'll shelve it and wait for another game to take its place (Witcher 3 beckons). Of course, I won't be fodder for all the downloadable content that EA and Bioware have planned for DAI or, indeed, any other games they decide to make on the Frostbite engine.
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