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[Trefalen]

I went the way of uninstall, re-install amd chose to save settings and save games. I then downloaded all the premium content, and loaded patch 1.02a, and all seems good now.

[CultKiller]

I hope they don't delay awakening in order to fix this patch.

Edit: I mean they should fix the patch befoe tuesday so the launch isnt disrupted.

Modifié par CultKiller, 12 mars 2010 - 04:24 .

[Kepha]

KristelW wrote...

Since installing this patch on my PC, every time I attempt to click "Play" on the launcher, I get "Could not find the Dragon Age disk. Please insert disk and try again." I put the disc in my DVD drive and then I can play fine, but I never needed to have the disc in my drive to play before.

Dragon Age has a disk check, so you not needing the DVD before is odd.  If you have the DVD version you are supposed to have to have the disk in the drive to play it.

[Martanek]

Unfortunately, I hate to confirm that the newest patch is bugged to the bone. My observations so far:

- crashes a lot often than before

- pickpocketing is broken

- damage stat not showing properly after a weapon is unequipped

- sustaineable abilities not increasing appropriate stats

- loading times slightly sped up, but overall the game seems to lag more, in particular during fights





I am mostly disappointed with this patch, a patch is supposed to fix things, not to add more bugs, right? What is wrong with Bioware's testers not having been able to discover such blatant issues? Somebody, please, if you know somebody from Bioware urge him/her to patch this faulty piece of software ASAP as I doubt it seriously that somebody competent will bother to show up here soon to apologize for this and announce a quick enough rectification. I was so looking forward to the new expansion but after this "incident" I am not sure at all that I will be buying it in a near future. At least not before all the issues are fixed and THOROUGHLY TESTED for bugs.



I have a hunch that Bioware has made us guinea pigs and we are now expected to play testers to find out how the new "patch" fits together with the soon-to-be-released expansion. Okay, Bioware, I am willing to bug-test for you but I expect my payment at the end of this month.

[Skeptic Scott]

I'm new here -- I just got DAO two weekends ago. I had no problems with 1.02a. I have not tried 1.03, and after reading this thread I'm not about to. These problems reflect so badly on quality that I canceled my 'Awakening' pre-order. If BioWare quickly fixes these patch issues, I'll probably change my mind and order DAA.



Martanek, I like your idea. I'll bug-test for Bioware too. They'll find my rates very reasonable for someone with 25 years of real-time embedded programming experience.

[Angband21]

Martanek wrote...

Unfortunately, I hate to confirm that the newest patch is bugged to the bone. My observations so far:
- crashes a lot often than before
- pickpocketing is broken
- damage stat not showing properly after a weapon is unequipped
- sustaineable abilities not increasing appropriate stats
- loading times slightly sped up, but overall the game seems to lag more, in particular during fights


I am mostly disappointed with this patch, a patch is supposed to fix things, not to add more bugs, right? What is wrong with Bioware's testers not having been able to discover such blatant issues? Somebody, please, if you know somebody from Bioware urge him/her to patch this faulty piece of software ASAP as I doubt it seriously that somebody competent will bother to show up here soon to apologize for this and announce a quick enough rectification. I was so looking forward to the new expansion but after this "incident" I am not sure at all that I will be buying it in a near future. At least not before all the issues are fixed and THOROUGHLY TESTED for bugs.

I have a hunch that Bioware has made us guinea pigs and we are now expected to play testers to find out how the new "patch" fits together with the soon-to-be-released expansion. Okay, Bioware, I am willing to bug-test for you but I expect my payment at the end of this month.

Looks to me as though Bioware has adopted the MessySoft QA model. Release and let the masses do the beta testing. Bugs will now be called "undocumented features"

[kingjezza]

I've decided against buying Awakening for now as well. To release a patch that actually breaks more than it fixes (did anybody actually bother to test it?) is just extremely amateurish and it doesn't really matter if Awakening will play fine with it or not as i'm not willing to mess up Origins just to play Awakening. There seems to have been very little thought given to Origins with this patch, all the work looks like it has gone into making Awakening work, sadly at the expense of Origins which is quite frankly ridiculous considering this is simply an expansion pack and you actually need Origins to play it.



Thankfully I held back on Mass Effect 2 so i'll now play that instead.

[Baka-Shiroi-Neko]

Never even tried it, what it claimed to fix I did not care about. The things I wanted fixed it did not. Shame to see they messed this up (again).

Is it now going to be standard to have various abc incarnations for every patch?

[slaaleth]

HI heum since I've installed the patch the skill Cleansing Aura from spirit healer doesn't cure injuries of allies anymore

[LH000]

What disturbs me the most about this patch (although DA:O-steam version users probably would not agree) is not that patch itself is quite a failure (this just happens from time to time, I suppose...), but a lack of Bioware's response on this issue. I think something like "we are sorry and trying to solve these issues" would appropriate i think, though just a formality. Sometimes I feel like Bioware's treatment of their fanbase is quite poor.

[cmessaz]

I have played many hours with this patch. My system has crashed on me one or two times, but the insane load time being gone is worth a couple crashes. There is quite a bit of lag in certain areas, I've mostly noticed in the urn of sacred ashes areas. These were not present before the patch. Also in a few areas there is a delay when searching bodies/chests. This is tolerable, although sort of annoying.

[Nomen Mendax]

I'd love a response from Bioware about the patch, and  I won't be buying Awakening until I hear an official response about it.  This is not a threat or because I'm sulking but simply because I don't know what effect it will have on Origins, which I haven't yet completed with all my characters.  Communicaton about these things is really important and it is disappointing that Bioware really doesn't seem to have worked this out.

For all I know all of the issues being reported may be very local and related to specific system configurations or mods.  Right now, just as an example, I don't know if anyone has played with 1.03 and not experienced issues related to pickpocketing.  Until I know if the patch works fine with no issues for most people there is no way I'm installing it.  The only way to reliably find this out is for Bioware to say something.

While I'm at it here are some other things that I'd really  like to know.

• Why does the patch contain balance fixes (shattering and armour penetration) - are these necessary for Awakening?
• Are Bioware intending to release a patch to fix dialogue and other known issues?
• Are the patch notes complete (and if not please release a complete description)?

[AloraKast]

kingjezza wrote...

I've decided against buying Awakening for now as well. To release a patch that actually breaks more than it fixes (did anybody actually bother to test it?) is just extremely amateurish and it doesn't really matter if Awakening will play fine with it or not as i'm not willing to mess up Origins just to play Awakening. There seems to have been very little thought given to Origins with this patch, all the work looks like it has gone into making Awakening work, sadly at the expense of Origins which is quite frankly ridiculous considering this is simply an expansion pack and you actually need Origins to play it.

I second that thought kingjezza.

I was really excited about dishing out USD $40 on March 16th for my retail box of Awakenings for PC. However, since reading this thread and noticing the lack of ANY sort of responce from Bioware (like many have said before, even a "Hey guys, thank you for bringing the lag, crashing and other issues to our attention, we are looking into this and will get back to you as soon as we know anything" would go a LONG way to let the community (i.e. the people that Bioware WANTS to buy their new product) feel... oh, I dunno... assured, not feel abandoned).
I am very concerned about making my DA:O unplayable or problematic. Yes, the increasingly longer loading times are... irritating. But when it gets to the point where I want to leave deep scratch marks in my monitor, I simply exit the game and re-run it.  It takes away from the amazing experience of blissful immersion in this fantastically rich world but I would rather do that than expose myself to the disturbing problems that people have been posting in this thread after installing the 1.03 patch.
The fact that this buggy patch is already included in Awakenings and if I install that I will (most likely) have to deal with greater problems than increasing loading times... well, I can definitely hold off on spending my money until such a time as these issues are addressed (and hoping that the next patch doesn't introduce even more and greater problems). And should these pleas for help fall on deaf ears... well, I can live without experiencing Awakenings. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see what this expansion has in store for us... but I most certainly will NOT sacrifice Origins just to do that.

In 50+ hours of gameplay, I have only experiences ONE crash of Origins and that was (most likely) brough upon by me sometimes windowing out (or Alt Tabbing) to read over a quest on the internet while I was playing the game. To be exposed to such crashes every 2 hours or so... I think I'll take my chances with 1.02 Origins and an Awakening-free experience.
Dear Bioware, please, if it is not too late (although I am afraid that by this point in time it is, considering we are talking about actual physical discs shipping out to the stores, as opposed to the digital download, as with the DLCs), hold off with the Awakenings release until you can address these problems, until you have a viable fix for them (again, one that doesn't cause other problems).

As it was the case with Return to Ostagar, the release was delayed until such a time when sufficient testing was done and potential problems addressed. And it was well worth the wait! I absolutely adore Return to Ostagar, it was such a wonderful experience to be able to set foot in that part of the world again, after the carnage that occured there... return for justice... return for honor. What a powerful and fabulous experience that was.

I am more than willing to wait longer, if it means that the product will run as intended, will not have any adverse effects on Origins, thus providing a wonderful and enjoyable experience (one as frustration-free as possible).
So no, I will not be buying Awakenings until such time as these issues are addressed. By this point in time, I am guessing it will be by another official patch. I am on my first full playthrough of Origins and already see the many different playthroughs in my future, for there is so much to be experienced in so many different ways in this rich world. And am I very happy to enjoy my version 1.02, dealing with the loading times as best I can, as from reading through this thread, the alternative is most definitely less desirable.

(Sorry for prattling on so... guess I had to vent a bit)

[Hrodberht]

Unless and until these issues are dealt with, I will not be purchasing Awakenings, and will recommend that my friends avoid doing so as well.

[Dokarqt]

It truly boggles the mind why, as many others have posted, no bioware rep has even come forward to simply say "we are aware of the issues and are looking into them". I mean its been quite some days now.

As things are now it sends the message that they couldn't care less about all this.

[schalafi]

Did anyone install the latest patch over a previously patched game? I was just wondering if that may be the cause of some trouble, as it was said that the 1.03 patch contains all the previous patch info. Would it work better with a new install of DA with no previous patches or dlc? Just curious since I'm only patched to 1.01b and don't want to wreck the game I'm playing now.

[LordFess]

Well I have held off installing the patch as well...I have preordered and prepaid for the Awakenings expansion from GameStop.....I will go ahead with my order but will hold off installing it untill Bioware fixes the problems. This patch didn't seem like it fixed much of anything important to me .... I have never had a problem with load times at all...... So I can't see the need of installing it especially since there seems to be so many problems.

Modifié par LordFess, 12 mars 2010 - 05:10 .

[dan107]

@schalafi

I installed it over 1.02b IIRC. While finishing up a post-landsmeet playthrough the only problem that I noticed was that the game crashed 3 times during the Archdemon fight and a couple of times in the few hours before it (Pre-patch I think it crashed once or twice at most during the whole 200 or so hours that I played it) . All my items were still in my inventory and all the abilities that I used appeared to function correctly. But then again I wasn't looking for problems, nor did I try to pickpocket anyone.

Modifié par dan107, 12 mars 2010 - 05:23 .

[Grimgor79]

Dokarqt wrote...

It truly boggles the mind why, as many others have posted, no bioware rep has even come forward to simply say "we are aware of the issues and are looking into them". I mean its been quite some days now.
As things are now it sends the message that they couldn't care less about all this.

 I agree, I play on XBOX as my current PC cant handle Dragon Age and we honestly never get any responses in the "XBOX Tech support" thread. I totally understand putting out a product and having issues, nobody's perfect and these thing happen from time to time. 

 All I ask is that they keep us somewhat updated or atleast let us know that (pick one) issue is not ever going to be fixed. A little common courtesy can go a long way.

[Hrodberht]

Dokarqt wrote...

It truly boggles the mind why, as many others have posted, no bioware rep has even come forward to simply say "we are aware of the issues and are looking into them". I mean its been quite some days now.
As things are now it sends the message that they couldn't care less about all this.

Apparently Bioware has retained the same anti-PR company they used for RTO, and have been given the same advice-large stretches of dead air to intensely irritate their customers.  I'm sure when we eventually get a reply, we'll be told something like "We didn't say anything because of all the flack we get when we do".  Circular logic, Bioware.  Yes people are irritated about the borked patch, but the silent treatment does *nothing* except infuriate people.

[Nightsoul1]

come on bioware, say SOMETHING.

[st6212]

Having patched from 1.02a to 1.03:

- Game crashes to desktop on occasion, even after a few minutes into play. Never did this before
- Pick pocketing is broke, successful steals with no items
- Vartag Gavorn no longer appears at the Proving. He used to appear in 3 locations, the Assembly, the Provings, and the Palace.


This patch is FAIL.

Update/clarification on the Vartag Gavorn bug - the problem is that as soon as you enter your first fight in the proving, your journal gets updated and "A Prince's Favor: The First Task" becomes a failed quest.  This update is supposed to happen after the final match. 

Modifié par st6212, 12 mars 2010 - 07:30 .