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[BrianFitzgerald]

I want to support PC gaming because i do believe -- at least as far as RPGs go -- that they offer a richer experience. But there is too much variability with PC and driver configs for any developer to stand a change. Not so with consoles -- everyone is using the same system.

[Sup3rBill]

PC gaming will never die and it is in fact growing. Consoles on the other hand will eventually die off due to the massive expense to the companies developing next generation console hardware. The only way for consoles to succeed is to follow the example of Nintendo and produce less capable hardware and attempt to offset the balance through other areas of 'innovation'............

[Unichrone]

Hey guys, I'm getting random crashes. No specific error numbers, it simply says "Dragon Age Has Stopped Working." It tries to search for a solution, and can't find anything.



Am I going insane? Did I install some weird mod that messed up my game? Please, please give me some feedback. I'm running the Digital Deluxe Edition off of Steam, using Windows 7 64-Bit version.

[akanounnikoff]

Unichrone wrote...

Hey guys, I'm getting random crashes. No specific error numbers, it simply says "Dragon Age Has Stopped Working." It tries to search for a solution, and can't find anything.

Am I going insane? Did I install some weird mod that messed up my game? Please, please give me some feedback. I'm running the Digital Deluxe Edition off of Steam, using Windows 7 64-Bit version.

Hi,

For random CTD problems on 64 bits windows OS (and maybe on 32 bit) there is a working fix here: http://social.biowar...3999/31#2037048

Regards,

[TheAristocrat]

akanounnikoff wrote...

Unichrone wrote...

Hey guys, I'm getting random crashes. No specific error numbers, it simply says "Dragon Age Has Stopped Working." It tries to search for a solution, and can't find anything.

Am I going insane? Did I install some weird mod that messed up my game? Please, please give me some feedback. I'm running the Digital Deluxe Edition off of Steam, using Windows 7 64-Bit version.

Hi,

For random CTD problems on 64 bits windows OS (and maybe on 32 bit) there is a working fix here: http://social.biowar...3999/31#2037048

Regards,

That does not fix the problem.  Running Windows 7 64 bit on a Phenom x4 955, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a GTX260, and there are no issues with my newly built system.  I took the steps that you wrote in your post and also checked the daorigins.exe file dump to make sure that the software supported over 2GB of RAM and it did.  Heard anything else about this problem?

I suspect it has to do with the 1.03 update.

Any help?

[WonderGamer]

wolfwarp wrote...

In my humble opinion, patch 1.03 has to be out because if it doesn't, they won't be able to sell Awakening at all.  Awakening needs patch 1.03.  That doesn't mean they would care to fix the game after they have made money from Awakening.  At least not the signal I have got.  Sorry.

Patch 1.03 aside, there has been successful attempts in bug fixes before (i.e. 1.01, 1.01a, 1.02, 1.02a).  1.03 may have been a step in the wrong direction (a big step if you ask me), but there have been successful patches before.  The question is, how long are we going to need to wait for a fix to this joke of a patch. 

Modifié par WonderGamer, 22 avril 2010 - 12:37 .

[gediv]

Checking in after a few weeks.  Can't finish Archdemon fight after patching.   Didn't get Mass Effect 2 because of DAO's lack of innovation and this game breaking 1.03 patch ensures Bioware games are no longer up for my consideration in the future.  A simple "we are aware of it and are working on it" would be enough to placate me A-ss-hats.  RIP another legendary PC developer. 

PS.  Somebody please correct me if I missed a Bioware response to the gamebreaking bugs introduced by 1.03.

Thanks!

[Unichrone]

So just to be clear, the random crashes are not due to any faulty drivers I might have... it's just a design flaw in the game?

[Desasosiego]

Unichrone wrote...

So just to be clear, the random crashes are not due to any faulty drivers I might have... it's just a design flaw in the game?

It's definitely the new patch. Other than performance degrading after some time, I never had any problems at all with Dragon Age, now it crashes whenever it feels like it.

Most people seem to consider the: Let's not buy Awakening approach. I agree, let's not until we have our game fixed.

[WonderGamer]

gediv wrote...

PS.  Somebody please correct me if I missed a Bioware response to the gamebreaking bugs introduced by 1.03.

They're obviously aware of the issue as it has been added to the Common Issues and Troubleshooting Index, but I have seen no indication that they are working on a new patch yet.  I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt that they are working on one, but even I am beginning to lose hope on this one.

[Unichrone]

WonderGamer wrote...

gediv wrote...

PS.  Somebody please correct me if I missed a Bioware response to the gamebreaking bugs introduced by 1.03.

They're obviously aware of the issue as it has been added to the Common Issues and Troubleshooting Index, but I have seen no indication that they are working on a new patch yet.  I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt that they are working on one, but even I am beginning to lose hope on this one.

Not trying to be confrontational, but I don't see any acknowledgement in the BioWare Rep's statement that there are crash problems.  It seems to be a vague, wave-of-a-hand, PR obligation.  

[Unichrone]

EDIT: After more browsing, I discovered that the game sometimes crashes to desktop due to Quad-Core processors. I have an i5 750. This is absolute garbage... does this mean if I don't want crashing, I have to disable some of my cores?

[Desasosiego]

Unichrone wrote...

EDIT: After more browsing, I discovered that the game sometimes crashes to desktop due to Quad-Core processors. I have an i5 750. This is absolute garbage... does this mean if I don't want crashing, I have to disable some of my cores?

I tried that, didn't work for me, but good luck, maybe it works for you, I also tried downgrading my video drivers to no avail if this was your intention after that (some people have reported this to fix it for them). So yeah, give it a shot, didn't work for me though.

[akanounnikoff]

Unichrone wrote...

EDIT: After more browsing, I discovered that the game sometimes crashes to desktop due to Quad-Core processors. I have an i5 750. This is absolute garbage... does this mean if I don't want crashing, I have to disable some of my cores?

Hi,

In my case (core i7 950, 12 GB ram, radeon 5970 and win 7 64bits), the cpu affinity trick changed nothing.

I also tried the change of the "max parking" value for cpu's (another thing I have read in some forums), and it had make  the game crash much more often.

The only thing that cured my ctd (and i'm fine since) was to patch of the header file to bypass the 2 GB ram limitation.

But it seems that it isn't working in all configurations, sorry if you are in this case.

Regards,

[Jallard]

I have a dual AMD Athlon processor on my system and the only thing that I have experienced since I installed the Awakening; that also included the 1.03 patch; are random crashes to the desktop. When I initially installed the patch by itself ---before installing the Awakening-- all kinds of things happened. Although sometimes my teams equipment seems to randomly disappear, now that I think about it: However, I can usually remedy that situation by closing the game and restarting it. Sometimes, however, it takes doing that a couple of times. Also, I failed to mention that this occurs when I play both games. It's not just in Awakening.

[Unichrone]

akanounnikoff wrote...

Unichrone wrote...

EDIT: After more browsing, I discovered that the game sometimes crashes to desktop due to Quad-Core processors. I have an i5 750. This is absolute garbage... does this mean if I don't want crashing, I have to disable some of my cores?

Hi,

In my case (core i7 950, 12 GB ram, radeon 5970 and win 7 64bits), the cpu affinity trick changed nothing.

I also tried the change of the "max parking" value for cpu's (another thing I have read in some forums), and it had make  the game crash much more often.

The only thing that cured my ctd (and i'm fine since) was to patch of the header file to bypass the 2 GB ram limitation.

But it seems that it isn't working in all configurations, sorry if you are in this case.

Regards,

How would I go about doing that?  How do I bypass the 2GB limitation?

[akanounnikoff]

Unichrone wrote...

How would I go about doing that?  How do I bypass the 2GB limitation?

Hi,

Answer was in the thread:

http://social.biowar...3999/31#2037048

Regards,

[Thandal N'Lyman]

akanounnikoff wrote...

Unichrone wrote...

How would I go about doing that?  How do I bypass the 2GB limitation?

Hi,

Answer was in the thread:

http://social.biowar...3999/31#2037048

Regards,

I can confirm (almost) total success using this "re-purposed" Fallout3 fix for >4GB.

Had immediate and incessant CtD problems after installing 1.03 on DA:O.  Made it unplayable and so I rolled back to 1.02 and delayed installing (my pre-ordered copy of) DA:A until a fix was available.  Must admit, I presumed that Bioware, not the community, would be the one providing it!

Have now logged over 40 (probably closer to 60) hours of DA:O and DA:A combined play and have experienced CtD maybe 3 or 4 times. 

No specific, obvious, or repeatable triggers.  Able to reload and replay the same scenario  without a crash.  Although I do feel like it's only happening when I've combined several different types of actions; e.g. "Begin to cast an AOE spell, then immedately pause before completing, while having another party member toss a freeze bomb, and activating an ability (with visual effects) on a third."  The CtD occurs when I un-pause.

Anyway, (as I do every time I comment on this issue) I want to thank akanounnikof for finding, tweaking, and providing the rest of us with this workaround.  Merci, mon ami(e?)!

[wolfwarp]

WonderGamer wrote...

wolfwarp wrote...

In my humble opinion, patch 1.03 has to be out because if it doesn't, they won't be able to sell Awakening at all.  Awakening needs patch 1.03.  That doesn't mean they would care to fix the game after they have made money from Awakening.  At least not the signal I have got.  Sorry.

Patch 1.03 aside, there has been successful attempts in bug fixes before (i.e. 1.01, 1.01a, 1.02, 1.02a).  1.03 may have been a step in the wrong direction (a big step if you ask me), but there have been successful patches before.  The question is, how long are we going to need to wait for a fix to this joke of a patch. 

Hi, I have observed that.  But these 1.01a, 1.02a patches seem to be released within the same month (in terms of days) the main patch was released.  As for 1.03 patch, it is long overdued and hence I suspect this fix is not their priority, if at all.  Well, I would be glad that if BioWare proves me wrong.

[flixerflax]

This topic deserves mention in this thread:
social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/9/index/2382114

Explanation for the game suddenly becoming ridiculously easy?  Not that I would know as I could never complete a battle under 1.03.

[Siegfried.m]

Yes, the new patch decrease difficulty of the game.....Is not so good...

And there is also a small glitch.

Now for see mana and vigor (I hope is this in english), I have to pause the game and go on party memebers with arrow.

[NeoEnkida]

Greetings, just confirming that I noticed the pickpocketing coin bug already stated here.



Also, dog and shale tactics are buggy after the patch. They don't attack targets of character x anymore despite having that tactic set. specific to dog and shale only that I noticed, instead they freeze up in battle until I take manual control of them both.



After the patch, the DAupdater did not update itself to 1.03 and now will not run at all, saying there is a program error every time I try to start it.



Last but not least and definitely most annoying, my previously purchased DLC now registers as unauthorized, and I can only load old save games while offline to play with all my content. My purchased content page on the site and my account looks just fine, just none of it is registering as legal in the game itself. Annoying.

[WonderGamer]

The thing I noticed with the pickpocketing bug was that I was still able to pickpocket money; I just wasn't able to pickpocket items. Don't know if that's especially helpful, but I'm curious if anybody else noticed that you could still pickpocket money?

[Surango]

Ok, I just finished Awakening and got an odd bug I haven't seen posted here yet...



The end, after the text epilogues, the Mother's death scene loops endlessly. I'm not sure if having a couple grubs still alive matters or not, but the only way to stop it was quitting the program via alt-f4. Also, the living grubs had the red combat circles around them in the initial death scene (before the epilogues) but after did not.

[dragonsouce]

Consoles are evolving two ways,One into true PC. And second into over priced over clocked throw away systems that die in about 3 to 6 months.And who is going to keep paying 300 dollars for a Game system that lasts at best 6 months before dieing. Game consoles are dieing out or Evolving into true PCs So no consoles will not wipe out the PC Gaming market they will die out, there just a phase in the industry nothing but a fad.
Moore's law of computers every 18 months doubles the power of computers and consoles force this to be fact not idle speculation.

Sony already supports Linux and Open Office. And Xbox was always just MS trying to get some of Sonys pie.And do you realy see MS wanting to make Home PC to witch they own the monopoly to the OS and is there bread and butter less Popular?
No the future will remain PC not Consoles. As Consoles become PCs.
As for EA there behaver is inexcusable and will in the long run cost them money. I for will no longer buy there games. Patch 1.03 and EA pretending it's ok is ignorance beyond measure and for me the strew that broke the camels back.

Modifié par dragonsouce, 24 avril 2010 - 03:03 .