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[Muzouka]

mikkon463 wrote...

I just installed the 1.03 patch and everything seems to work just fine...for my SAVED games. However, when i go to start a NEW game, no character models show up on the left-hand screen, just a blank space. The cursor acts as if the model is there, but there's nothing. You can go through and select race, class, etc, but when it comes time to customize, still nothing shows up. Then I tried using the Character Creator, which worked just fine, and tried to import the character into the new game, and guess what...CRASH. Anyone else run into this, have a fix? When I tried to load an old game I had to force the load because after the reinstall/patch update it said I was missing DEMO_TUTORIAL. Could that be it? I have some appearance customization overrides but they've not caused any problems before.

This happens to me too. Tried removing all the mods I had installed except from teh official ones. The character model now shows up.

[Forumzilla]

I'm at the end fight. Just installed 1.03. I have the retail version.



It now crashes to the desktop during the archdemon fight. It ran flawlessly before.



The patch is causing this and Bioware isn't acknowledging it?



Vista Ultimate 32-bit

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition processor

Radeon 5870, with Catalyst 10.4 (tried 10.3 as well)

System fully patched and up to date

[Thandal N'Lyman]

Forumzilla wrote...
It now crashes to the desktop during the archdemon fight. It ran flawlessly before.
The patch is causing this and Bioware isn't acknowledging it?

Yes, as the now 42-pages-and-counting of posts to this thread indicate!

[Forumzilla]

dannehhhh wrote...

yay, glad i helped you

Btw to be clear. i also have the original version 

I also have the retail.  Crashing due to 1.03.

I just downloaded the cracked one.  Will it work with previous saves?  I don't want to start over...

Many thanks!

[Forumzilla]

Thandal NLyman wrote...

Forumzilla wrote...
It now crashes to the desktop during the archdemon fight. It ran flawlessly before.
The patch is causing this and Bioware isn't acknowledging it?

Yes, as the now 42-pages-and-counting of posts to this thread indicate!

Lovely.

Bioware - please remove your head from your...well, you know. 

Modifié par Forumzilla, 03 mai 2010 - 03:30 .

[didymos1120]

Thandal NLyman wrote...

Forumzilla wrote...
It now crashes to the desktop during the archdemon fight. It ran flawlessly before.
The patch is causing this and Bioware isn't acknowledging it?

Yes, as the now 42-pages-and-counting of posts to this thread indicate!

I'm pretty sure this counts as acknowledgement:

Gathering Technical Information for Stability and Performance Issues

Reading between the lines, it's pretty obvious that the reason they haven't fixed these problems is because they simply don't know what the hell's causing them.  Hence that thread.  And they definitely won't be pushing out a patch for comparitvely minor bugs like incorrect plot flags being set or whatever until they've dealt with the crashing issues. 

[Forumzilla]

I was able to fix it in my case.
It seems the patch has memory leak issues, IMO.
I ran the game in Windows XP compatibility mode and forced DX9 (-dx9 tag).
This did the trick, just finished the game.
If anyone needs instructions how to do so, I'll happily post.

Modifié par Forumzilla, 03 mai 2010 - 04:41 .

[Thandal N'Lyman]

didymos1120 wrote...

Thandal NLyman wrote...

Forumzilla wrote...
It now crashes to the desktop during the archdemon fight. It ran flawlessly before.
The patch is causing this and Bioware isn't acknowledging it?

Yes, as the now 42-pages-and-counting of posts to this thread indicate!

I'm pretty sure this counts as acknowledgement:

Gathering Technical Information for Stability and Performance Issues

Reading between the lines, it's pretty obvious that the reason they haven't fixed these problems is because they simply don't know what the hell's causing them.  Hence that thread.  And they definitely won't be pushing out a patch for comparitvely minor bugs like incorrect plot flags being set or whatever until they've dealt with the crashing issues. 

As far as I'm concerned, if I have to "read between the lines", it's NOT an aknowledgement! 

If the thread had started with "Since the release of DA:O patch 1.03 we have received reports of...", maybe.  But it didn't. 
Nor is there any update/warning/disclaimer on the Official site mentioning the potential game-breaking behavior of the patch.  Itf there were an aknowledgement, then one might expect that they leave an actual copy of 1.02a for download, and not just a description of what it fixed.  Or that they suggest (recommend) that players might want to backup their entire DA Program Files folder before installing 1.03 to enable a roll-back?

I'm just saying, there's been no real acknowledgement.

[Surango]

Have to agree with Thandal. If they know there is a problem (and they've forgotten how to read if they don't) there should be some acknowledgment on the site and a download of 1.02a for those who don't have awakenings installed.



I have a copy of the old patch backed up on my dropbox account. If anyone wants the download link just send me a message.

[WonderGamer]

didymos1120 wrote...

Just download the EA Download Manager, enter the reg key, and get a free digital copy of DA.  You can do that with any recent EA game, in fact.  The one caveat is that you have to uninstall before you can download and install the digital copy.  If it finds the game directory on your hard drive, all it'll let you do is launch.

I'm a little hesitant on that method, considering I don't know if it's going to be like Steam where I'm going to be forced to update to new versions of the game (this thread is enough proof why we shouldn't be forced to use buggy patches). 

dragonsouce wrote...

What dose some one have to do to get fired at BioWear?

I doubt anybody needs to be fired, but they do need to start at least giving us some answers instead of ignoring the issue. 

Forumzilla wrote...

I just downloaded the cracked one.  Will it work with previous saves?  I don't want to start over...

Shouldn't make a difference as long as you download the same version crack as the version of the game that you have installed.  You will run into the problems that you're worried about if you downgrade your version of the game, however.

Surango wrote...

I have a copy of the old patch backed up on my dropbox account. If anyone wants the download link just send me a message.

I already posted a link to the old patch:

WonderGamer wrote...

FilePlanet no longer has the 1.02a patch, I did find it on FileFront however (I also have it backed up; I'll upload it to a file hosting site if needed).  You'll need to uninstall & remove all folders (including Character Creator, MOD Manager, override & files in your My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age folder), then reinstall & patch back up to 1.02a.  If you don't remove all files in these folders (safer just to delete the whole folder), then you'll run into patching errors when you try to repatch (I ran into these errors also); you can back up your Character Creator, MOD Manager, override & save folders beforehand, but they cannot be in the destination folder when you reinstall.  The 1.02a patch is more recent than the 1.02 patch; it can be found on FileFront here.  Xfire only has the 1.02 patch, but I'll see if I can get them to upload the 1.02a version patch since I have some connections over there.

Modifié par WonderGamer, 04 mai 2010 - 12:20 .

[Eurypterid]

WonderGamer wrote...
I'm a little hesitant on that method, considering I don't know if it's going to be like Steam where I'm going to be forced to update to new versions of the game (this thread is enough proof why we shouldn't be forced to use buggy patches). 

It won't. You choose whether you want to update or not.

And guys, let's just stop the suggestions and talk about cracked copies. I know the reasoning behind it, but it's against the rules here. Thanks.

[Koralis]

didymos1120 wrote...
Reading between the lines, it's pretty obvious that the reason they haven't fixed these problems is because they simply don't know what the hell's causing them.  Hence that thread.  And they definitely won't be pushing out a patch for comparitvely minor bugs like incorrect plot flags being set or whatever until they've dealt with the crashing issues. 

If they don't know what to fix for wierd crashes, and they can easily fix plot flags, then they should be fixing all the plot flags.  Siting on your hands and shrugging isn't a good use of time.

[didymos1120]

Koralis wrote...
If they don't know what to fix for wierd crashes, and they can easily fix plot flags, then they should be fixing all the plot flags.  Siting on your hands and shrugging isn't a good use of time.

Umm, not what I said. I said they won't put out a patch for plot flags and the like while they're trying to figure out the cause of the crashes.  That's rather different than sitting around shrugging.  It is possible to hunt for and do testing to reveal the source of bugs you don't yet know how to fix.  And for all you or I know, they are fixing plot flags and such in the meantime.  That doesn't mean they're gonna release another patch for that stuff.  Sure, just fixes for plot flags would probably be fine, but what about other, somewhat lower-level stuff?  Might make the crashing worse, and ****** people off even further. Or ****** additional people off who up to now weren't getting a ton of crashes. 

[WonderGamer]

After playing through the Dwarf Noble plotline again, it appears that The Provings placement bug is not specific to 1.03 (it happened in 1.02a as well).  I'm wondering if all patches need to be installed rather than just installing the latest patch? 

Eurypterid wrote...

And guys, let's just stop the suggestions and talk about cracked copies. I know the reasoning behind it, but it's against the rules here. Thanks.

I kinda figured that, which is why I had to point out that my copy was legit.  Cracks are usually used to enable illegal copies of games & most gaming forums will not tolerate any conversations reguarding them.  This is why I didn't go into detail & didn't explain on where to get them. 

Modifié par WonderGamer, 04 mai 2010 - 10:15 .

[Zepplin_Rules]

"Are you stuck playing Dragon Age: Origins or any of the DLC?"

Why yes, yes I ****ing am Bioware.


Stop talking about the crack? Someone finally gives us a fix and nobody can mention it. This comedy of errors could not get any more over the top.

Modifié par Zepplin_Rules, 04 mai 2010 - 10:58 .

[Golgafrinchian]

After the patch all of my buttons have disappeared. I did a search here and cant find anyone else with this issue. I am in Denerim and when I left one building I noticed I had no buttons at all on my bar, matter of fact its only buttons 1-10 that are gone and then 20-25 at the other end. In the middle there are graphics for the boxes around where the buttons go but they are empty.

I have restarted both the game 2-3 times, switched resolutions, full screen window, and restarted the pc 2x. Nothing working to fix this issue.

Modifié par Golgafrinchian, 04 mai 2010 - 12:27 .

[DBscotsdragon]

Pre-Patch:

x No crashes.

x No lagging.

x Pickpocket worked correctly.

x Dog fetched items correctly.

x Item sets worked correctly.



I installed several mods:

x Better Sex Scenes (WIP)

x More Hairstyles

x Natural Bodies All In One

x The Winter Forge

x Sexualised Mabari

(the last one was a personal annoyance due to Dog scent-marking & urinating by cocking his leg, yet lacking [male] genitalia)



The game STILL ran perfectly.

Though to be fair, that's probably because I only downloaded trusted mods.

(eg; those that a sizeable amount of users had tested and approved)



Then I unfortunately downloaded the latest patch without checking it out.

1.03

The number of the goddamn Archdemon, I swear.



Post-Patch:

x Crashes randomly. Thankfully I seem to get it less often than most have.

x Lagging when moving and/or in combat.

x Pickpocket is HORRIBLY broken (can't steal items anymore) & I didn't realise at first, thus losing out on a lot of loot.

x Dog doesn't fetch items properly.

x Item sets broken. No set is recognised other than ones made in 'The Winter Forge'

--------



Bioware need to get off their asses & at least allow undoing the patch for those of us who want to.

I, for one, do not even have Awakening so that's not a problem.

Nevermind the fact that I will not get it now, due to terrible reviews & this terrible patch.



What bugs me is.. this patch broke many things & fixed.. hmm.. one?

"At higher levels, non-player characters now receive a bonus to armor penetration"

is the only thing I count as a "fix"



Could they not have fixed the problems with the Ranger summons vanishing between cutscenes/areas?



I've corrected the Pickpocket & Dog problem with a fan-made mod..

Which is funny, because Bioware could've fixed that problem just as quick, & maybe even announced they were working hard on fixing the other problems caused by the 1.03 patch.

As it is, i'm sad to say it appears Bioware has faded from the days of Baldur's Gate & Neverwinter Nights.. or even from the days of KotOR..



Stupid EA ruining everything they touch.

[didymos1120]

DBscotsdragon wrote...
 Item sets broken. No set is recognised other than ones made in 'The Winter Forge'

Just unequip something, then re-equip it.  Set bonus should then become active. It doesn't seem to matter what.  Even a ring or an amulet will get it to trigger.

Bioware need to get off their asses & at least allow undoing the patch for those of us who want to.
I, for one, do not even have Awakening so that's not a problem.

You can undo it.  Uninstall and then reinstall (or revert to a pre-patch restore point if you've got one).  Yes, it sucks. I'd still rather they not spend any time on a rollback utility that would be much better spent fixing the actual bugs.

[DBscotsdragon]

didymos1120 wrote...
Just unequip something, then re-equip it.  Set bonus should then become active. It doesn't seem to matter what.  Even a ring or an amulet will get it to trigger.

Tried that. Doesn't work, no matter what I unequip/re-equip.

You can undo it.  Uninstall and then reinstall (or revert to a pre-patch restore point if you've got one).  Yes, it sucks. I'd still rather they not spend any time on a rollback utility that would be much better spent fixing the actual bugs.

Unfortunately, I struggled for quite a while before realising what the problem was.
So.. i'm loathe to risk corrupted saves or anything like that..
& i'm a tad lazy.

I agree that fixing the bugs should be their main priority, I just wonder;
(1) Why they couldn't release say "1.03 fix" with the Pickpocket and Dog fixes.
(2) Why they've not even acknowledged these problems, despite 42+ pages of discussion.
(3) Why they didn't test this patch, & if they did, why they didn't notice the multitudinous problems!

[dragonsouce]

dragonsouce wrote...

dannehhhh wrote...

Uhm, a cracked 1.03.exe fixed my crashes. Maybe it does the same for you guys and girls.

Cheers

You are God and ViTALiTY are greater gods! I downloaded
DragonAge1.03pluscCrack.rar
reinstalled 1.03 patch used there crack and YA HOOO!!!
 And no more crashes !!

They did not just crack the exe they fixed it!!! EA should hire these guys!!!
Thank God for pirates Google vitality dragon age 1.03

check out forum links you find it.


My stats
Windows 7 64 bit 2 sli Geforce 9800 gt 6 gigs of ram CPU quad Q9400
2.66
GHz
not steem real cd install

Still it's sad when the Pirates are the only ones supplying tech support.
Wish they got my 60.00 dollars instead.

No disrespect intended
Eurypterid
Spoke to soon anyway It's crashing still but now it takes a long combat about  5 to 7 minutes instead of 2.
Amost playable. But not quite, the cracks a bust.(Sorry dannehhhh and I mean that) Do not bother with it. We need a real salution.

GODS, I Hate this! BIOWARE Fix your GAME! 

Forumzilla Windows XP compatibility mode and forced DX9 (-dx9 tag)
 fix ,sounds like it might work as I said before it XP pure use mostly seem immuned exect 1 report here. And they might have anther unrelated issue (like the ATI driver issue that can be fixed by downgrading the driver).All trouble free users have been using pure XP and there for DX9 Nvidia cards, Reinstalling and testing,compatibility -dx9 tag..

Weaping. restalling and
Testing again.

Modifié par dragonsouce, 04 mai 2010 - 04:45 .

[dragonsouce]

Ok it work thank you Forumzilla for the -dx9 command. It IS Direct x 10 or 11!!!!

I Fixed it and this time I had my mage hide in a room for the fight and made breakfast (set all my video to max) combat lasted 35 minutes no crash !!!!!
ATI Catalyst uses might want try this as my guess is there downgraded drivers do not use the Dx fuction that doing the leak.So they might be able to re upgrade.
Here how to do it.
Go to your Dragon Age Origins folder look inside for a folder named bin_ship then look for a file named daorigins.exe
in my case that's H:\\Dragon Age Origins\\bin_ship (yes I got lot drives.)
then create a shortcut for daorigins.exe.
in the shortcuts property's look for target line.and put this in using the correct path AND INCLUDE the " " marks and a space before -dx9 !
"H:\\Dragon Age Origins\\bin_ship\\daorigins.exe" -dx9
in my case in most it will be
C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dragon Age Origins\\bin_ship\\daorigins.exe" -dx9
hit apply
go to the compatibility tab set to run in windows XP system pack 3 mode
set privilege Level to administration and apply.

OK Your Crash free so long as you run the game from this shortcut.

PS
I derlibratly stressed my system to make certain this works (not only did I run video to max and ram Combat beyond normal time I also left my Fire fox browser running with 150 tabs open and a bunch of explorer windows, so all I had was about 1 gig ram free and it still worked!

Modifié par dragonsouce, 04 mai 2010 - 05:54 .

[Ganondorf2002]

Not all trouble free users have been using XP and Nvidia Dx9 cards. I've used Win7 64 bit and my Nvidia 285's which are Dx11. At first Awakenings would crash occasionally. I used the Explorer Suite program to allow the usage of more than 2gb ram. That worked fine for me.

[dragonsouce]

Ganondorf2002 wrote...

Not all trouble free users have been using XP and Nvidia Dx9 cards. I've used Win7 64 bit and my Nvidia 285's which are Dx11. At first Awakenings would crash occasionally. I used the Explorer Suite program to allow the usage of more than 2gb ram. That worked fine for me.

It's a nice fix if you got the ram but it's still a Memory leak your just over powering it by giving it enough room to grow by 4 gigs or so.LOL
It might work for some. But the game should not need more than 1.5 gigs of ram in windows 7.(system requirments listed on the case)


And you were not trouble free you said it your self You needed to use Explorer Suite.
To tweak it.
So you were not trouble free.
Truth is your still not.
The nature of a memory leak is to grow till you crash, Not nit picking here just warning you that your system could still be unstable.And you might fry your ram and hardwear by giving a leak unlimited room to grow till your combat done and the ram clears, If you get my meaning.

Not to mention Exporer Suite is a very cool but very powerful peice of High level oft wear complete with disassemblers and hex editors and scripting and most likely a kichen sink.
http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php
and can fry your system faster than a blow torch if you not a high level user .
Hence the dissclaimer and Hot Pepper on the webpage.

No offence Ganondorf2002. You know what your doing since you made it work but for the rest of the world.
Yes this is a warning to other people that app powerful, Way to powerful for a common user and it still not solution . As I said its not fixing the problem just over powering it. And giving the leak a lot more room to grow so giving you more time in combate till it crashes.
And if it crashes It will be a lot worse than normal.
The crack dose the same thing giving you more memory access and rope to hang your self till the bigger badder crash. Hence I removed mine.
Truth be told I 'm suprised it worked at all for you. Mine only last 7 minutes and it got hot and it used all my ram.
The leaks a leak.

Just use the short cut solution till Bioware come out with a new patch ,If they come out with one that is.


PS
Just so you know Ganondorf2002 I am not a total azz,I fryed my hardwear once about oooh let's see 9 months ago with simillar antics.(3000.00 dollars down the toilet. Yes for using free softwear to tweak my Memory setting that said it will not be held responceble for destroy your system in the disclaimer makes me stupid but wiser.

Modifié par dragonsouce, 04 mai 2010 - 06:50 .

[abadomen]

Now there's this http://kotaku.com/55...pawn-chronicles





Man....well I know what's more important...

[dragonsouce]

abadomen wrote...

Now there's this http://kotaku.com/55...pawn-chronicles


Man....well I know what's more important...

Looks like there be a patch then, maybe I hope!