God I HOPE this worked for you guys and helped yall fix the problem..REMEMBER BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING UNINSTALL THE GAME AND DELETE THAT DRAGON AGE FOLDER IN THE DOCUMENTS/BIOWARE FOLDER!!! That is the MAIN step!
@@The_Gent I was going through reddit threads looking for solutions and someone linked this video + the 4g mod in response to a thread with a similar problem as mine. lifesaver!
Thank you for helping me out! I spent a good chunk of my day off trying to figure out what was going on, and looking online I was having difficulty finding someone experiencing a similar issue. it's so nice to be able to play DAO again. Thank you again my friend.
Yea I went through the same crap before figuring it out that's why I made this video. Ita bullshit that we have to go through this. Just wait until 20 years from now you think this is bad, its only gonna get worse with them forcing digital downloads and stores discontinuing the sale of physical media like dads, Blu ray movies, videogame disc's.
Wow! Hello, I live in Korea. I'm new to the Dragon Age series, and I was having trouble with the game not running after purchasing it on Steam. I came across this video through the steam community, and I was able to solve this problem with 3 minutes or so. Thank you so much.
I'm not good when it comes to downloading other files and adding them to games to get them working but I was able to complete this easily and now I can enjoy a childhood game... Thank you so much for the easy instructions!!
Awesome!!! so glad this is helping people. because it was a CHORE in and of itself sifting through forums and reddit posts. There isnt a guide for this on RU-vid becasue this must be something new that Steam just did that broke the game for everyone
@@The_Gent I just deleted all the data, and downloaded the game again, in general, there were no problems with the gameplay. But the only thing I struggled with was launching it on Steam. The clock did not go there and the cards did not fall out, as if I were playing a separate game, sometimes it wrote that the game was already running. As a result, it was only necessary to launch the utility and clean the PC from debris. This is a useful video, I hope it will help others too)
Today you balanced out the tech support and zoomer vibes on the net :) thankfully it worked without a reinstall just deleted those files in the folder. Bought this game on steam because silly me thinking it wud be all working. GReat rant btw and cheers for saving me alot of head banging
Dude you just saved me from uninstalling the game and trying my luck on a different platform (Origin/GOG) when I got this game for 3 bucks. Games working amazingly, thank you for making this video, you are a godsend. I wish you nothing but the best 'cause man, I was clawing my eyes out for 3 hours lmao, so I appreciate it!
Cheers Lad i followed all instructions and it worked out. I can finally start playing the game after having it in my library for several years without touching it. I'll recommend this video to any of my friends who want to get in to dragon age.
your lucky because ihad this video on private for about 2 months now i just recently have been slowly unprivating my videos becuse i have had 2 strikes on my account AGAIN. glad it worked. theres a mod to make the Kunari guy look like a KKunari and not some random black guy
My man I haven’t been able to play origins in YEARS because of the crap steam pulled but your video helped me fix all of it! Thank you so much! You a real one!
thanks. i know. ive had ppl comment on here saying it doesnt work when i know it does and your comment is just more proof that it does work they are just retards
Be aware that if you uninstall the game and remove the dragon age folder, your save games ARE GONE! might wanna mention that. otherwise, good tutorial. totally agree about the necro post stuff, absolutely rediculous.
@@The_Gent Indeed. To be honest, it's totally worth losing my saves, since your method solved all of my problems with the game, and now there are no more crashes or texture glitches. Thanks for making the Tutorial, you really helped me out a lot!
I tried to do your method but sadly did not work, so I updated my system and tried launching the game again and it worked for me. thanks for your help none the less
This solution worked for me save for one extra step. After I did everything in the video, I found I still needed to do the step where I needed to make a fake .xml file called "systeminformation" and placed that in the documents>bioware>dragon age folder. Essentially, you make a notepad file and save it in that folder with that systeminformation name. You need to navigate to the notepad doc and change the .txt extension to .xml and after that, the game loaded up from Steam like normal. Thanks for this video, it really did help!!
You're a legend mate! I can finally get started on my DA playthroughs before the next game comes out! I got 80 hours into a modded playthrough before I stopped playing for a while and had this issue! Any recommended mods that don't change the overall experience much but improve the game? Thanks again!
For anyone having the issue where the Configure window immediately closes, follow all the steps in the video and only launch the game directly from the "daorigins.exe" file. For some reason, the game fails to gather my system information which was causing all the issues, so you have to just circumvent the configure screen entirely.
@@Ben-oc3li tell me about it it took me all day to figure this shit out. and theres so many other games that are like this too that just straight up wont launch its a SCAM. it should be illegal
@@The_Gent I am sure steam knows about the problem which makes them just as culpable in this situation. I've been trying for years to figure out how to get dlc to work. I told them. I am sure others told them as well that the dlc doesn't work and users have to find massive work arounds. EA should fix their crap, yes, but steam shouldn't sell it until it's very clear on what to do in order to play the full game people spent money on. I'm hoping this video will help. But I'm still blaming EA and Steam for not doing anything to help customers out.
Okay, I did everything, and it works now. The only problem I had before was that I didn't extract the ntcore and unencrypted files, so my game wouldn't even open, so once I extracted the files and did everything again, it works. Thank you
No problem. Yea that's what I did too that's why I wrote out the steps 1 by 1 in the description. Is there anything missing or anything I should fix in them to male it easier to understand? Or are they fine thebway they are?
@davidborja8054 please make sure you thumbs up 👍🏻 the video...this is effing stupid man, whenever you write out the persons name with the @ it doesn't ever tag their name. Neither does the thumbs down thing that don't work either. It's like why even have it on their then if you removed the function then..
It deleted my save file by doing this, so I am not sure if it worked at all. but thank you for the video and helping all the others anyway - I am glad it worked for some people! I followed your steps exactly, to the letter and did not deviate.
Hey so I hope you can help, I followed the instructions up until 2:29 but when I click the DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML_Steam.exe it throws up a notice about needing to activate the game and needing the CD key. There is no DLC option in game settings and the link shows a dead page. Do you know any work arounds?
Okay so followed advice in the comments, got the two executables to run and complete, checked the docs/BW/DA/settings file, addins and offers both in there. but now I press Play and it does nothing... ffs...
Sadly this didn't fix my problem, game keeps crashing after launching. Seems no fix is out there to help. And no it's not a user error. Great video btw
So in the redist folder, none of them are installing wtf do I do, like, when you say drop the daorigins.exe into the file and then just word vomit about the 4GB patch? It doesn’t make sense, I clicked it, then I clicked the DAO one and nothing, did it vice versa, nothing.
enjoy! goto nexus mods and search for this mod for Dragon Age Origins...its called: Dragon Age Origins Unofficial Remaster . It makes the textures so much more crisp and clean.
i don't know why but when i try to replace the file, it says i can't. i followed another tutoriel but the only thing it did is delete my dlc's and not fix my problems. so yeah, i think i'm going to pass playing origins, enjoy the game for me
OMG THANK YOU i spent 2 days trying to do this 😢 big life saver. Im restarting completely and playing for the first time on pc. I was so confused on why it wouldnt work... anyways, i appreciate you for this! Also, do you only make videos on youtube or do you stream too? Its nice to meet people who like dragon age
Thanks worked, i couldnt start "DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML_Steam" file (it was asking CD key) , so i clicked play Dragon age from Steam and its showed "Completed, Press close to start Dragon Origin" etc.. and then clicked file "DAUServiceSetup_Steam", soo in the end everything worked, thanks mate
Could you elaborate on this? Currently stuck at this portion and cannot get past this part. Nothing I do get either of these to work. -Edit- I got this to work mins after posting this. Relaunch the programs with the dragon age O screen(First mini screen, not the in game one) up and both will run properly.
sadly my problem is my graphic card isnt reconize even if i did all the step from another tutorial , to prioritize my nvidia card. Feel like i'll never find a way :')
Hi, great video! I'm trying to get it to work but when I do the redist stuff nothing loads. I'm not super tech savvy so I'm not sure where I could've gone wrong, but the video itself was easy to follow and I hope I can fix what I messed up.
it worked?!!! thats awsome news! a couple idiots in these comments said it didnt work, I know they just did something wrong and didnt watch the whole video and do everything step by step. because it should work and if it doesnt, youre doing something wrong lol
It worked for me, I can play normal... But what I didn't like is that the game becomes Steam independent, as if I wasn't playing the game through Steam, it doesn't count the game time and it seems that I have the game closed.
Unfortunately it didn't work for me, it crashes when i launch it from Steam, it sasy that the executable file is missing from the steam folder but it is there.
I just bought the game on steam. There was a huge bundle with all dragon age games. So do I need to download the game then delete that one folder and everything i side after I Uninstall game. Then re download it? Or just start after that step. I only ask because I know these steps usually have to be followed to the T or it doesn't work. Thanks for this vid and the help!!
@The Gent ok cool that's what I figured. But didn't know if for some weird reason you needed the other files. Haha yeah I know I'm retarded lol Thanks for the response. I also thought this was to get it running on my steam deck video and realized after trying all this that it was a video for steam. Haha But I got it running but controls suck ass for the deck. It's one of my all time favorite rpgs of the past. I'll have to get a keyboard and mouse for my deck. Thank you so much for the video and responding. Have a great day!!!
I've done everything fine up to the point where you went into the redist file and clicked the addins. When I click those, it just gets stuck loading them. Any idea what's going on there?
Try uninstalling everything. Use the file explorer and search for Dragone Age. Delete everything Drsgone Age from your computer. Restart your computer. Load steam, Redownload Dragone Age. Verify integrity of the file in Steam settings. Then try again. If that don't work, idk what to tell ya. Are you doing everything I said specifically in order as I did and wrote in the description?
hi! thank you so much for the video. I'm trying to double click the two things to install the DLC, but it took me to a webpage that doesn't work and the loading bars won't complete. Also, when I went to check to see if they were installed just in case, when I went to the documents-bioware-dragon age folder, it's not there. like at all. It's gone. Did I do something wrong? anyone please help. Edit: I followed everything exactly EDIT 2: okay I just went to steam and hit play and it loaded for a bit but then that same launcher came up that happens on the first thing to double click, and it did the thing where it says complete. Then I went and checked for the folder again, and it's there and it says addons and the other thing that it's supposed to for the DLC so fingers crossed it works!!! Thank you!!!!
I got the same thing; it froze on me. You have to open the game to where it gives you the pre-game launcher, then exit. After that, re-try installing those redist files.
the unencrypted didn't replace the original and wouldn't open at all. and the patch said catastrophic failure. the offers folder isn't there either. now all of the progress I had managed to make last night is lost, and the game is still crashing after character creation. what am I doing wrong? I did everything you said to do in the video
not sure what I did, but it seems to be working now. I'll try to update again once I hit Ostagar, since that's where I ran into trouble last time I got it working
Very silly question, at this point: I luckily did not encounter your problem, but I see that on your list and mine as well, "return to ostagar" does not feature in the other campaign. Is it normal? I'd hate to start the game and fins myself without that DLC ....
This is for fresh install and the DLCs will be loaded in whe.n you do the one step. But you have to do them in the order I showed and this is for a clean install. Deleting all saves and everything
It seems that it is ok. "Return" is literally not the "other campaing", but part of the base game. You couldn`t play it outside of the main campaign. So it shouldn`t be featured there. Same with Warden`s Keep and Stone Prisoner.
@@The_Gent thanks! I panicked a bit because return to ostagar has been a tricky DLC even on console, that's why I was concerned 🤣 but thanks again for this guide. Life saver.
That's something your doing wrong. Read the comments 99% of the ppl say it works the only ppl not getting it to work is due to user error your not doing something right
@The_Gent nope its not..anyway i solved the problem by completely different way...i opened EA app with my steam account then the game was in my EA library..i deleted the steam version and downloaded it from EA app and all working
did you follow the instructions in the description step by step and do everything i said ? I also like to note this is probably not going to work if you are on Windows 11. Windows 11 is completely broken and does not work with most older games. Thats why its so frowned uppon and everyone stays away from it
I bought the game yesterday and I spent 14h so I got some issue it's crashing when I changed the tab to the window, I watch some streamer play before their graphic is good and look beauty is it mod if I install mod now I will lose my save game? thanks for the video
this isnt for that. you have a bug/corrupted save file i think. if you restart you will have to purge your pc, including save files, because they are now corrupted. just follow the steps in the description if you don't understand the video if you decide to go that route. This will fix everything, my method, but you will have to start over.
i cant replace the file on bin_ship bc it keeps saying i dont have permission, i followed every tutorial under the sun to try and allow me permission but nothing works!
@@Yxtxxyxx yea, theres a ton of different responces and little bit of feedback peopel have said what they used ontop of my method to get it working. I cant belive we even ahve to go through with this crap still. I have my original Rainbow Six & MEch Commander discs from 1996 and when i goto install them thorugh the CDROM drive, it wont even install them anymore says some ERROR and the game is in perfect condtion.
I wish I could see this video earlier and simply follow your steps instead of searching how the hell I activate DLC in 2023 when services are off now and the DLC itself is free from 2022
well it does activate the DLC its part of the Ultimate Edition if you dont have the Ultimate Edition idk what to tell ya. But if you do everything i say to do as I say to do it (READ THE DESCRIPTION FOR STEPS AS WELL) it will work I just did it again for the 3rd time and did it for my friend as well.
Follow the steps. If you haven't installed the game before then you don't need to delete anything🤷🏻♂️...but like I said you NEED TO DELETE THE DRAGON AGE FOLDER and start over from scratch. This is fora fresh install of DRAGON AGE ULTIMATE on Steam..it's not hard. It's 3 steps. Read Description...if it's not working for you then your doing something wrong. If you follow the steps EXACTLY how I have them in the Description, it'll work.
@@davidborja8054 everything works, you are just doing something wrong. Follow the steps step by step in the description. Read the comments, see how 99% of the comments say thank you? Thats because you are a.) doing something wrong or b.) your not using the Steam version or Ultimate Version. If my method doesnt help you then Idk what to tell you. It works for me and everyone else I know.
I think I'm having a difficult time- I did everything except double-clicking on two things in redist. Once I click on either of them, they're stuck frozen on the loading screen (and yes I'm doing this at 3 am because it takes an hour to reinstall the game-) should I be concerned that the game's file didn't appear in the Bioware file?
i dont know what your talking about. did you follow the instructions exactly how i have them written out in the description? you have to delete everything Dragon Age Origins from your computer, uninstall and start fresh before you do anything.
@@The_Gent I did, I redid everything but the only problem is double clicking DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML_Steam and DAUServiceSetup_Steam, once they load up, their progress bar doesn't finish all the way through, it's stuck like that, and act like they're done with their progress. Aside from that, do you have a video covering the CD Key? It says it wants me to activate it but the Bioware site for that link doesn't exist and I have no idea where to get the CD Key so I can activate it manually
@@twistedstorm2986 I had that same problem. All I did was cancel the load, opened dragon age origins game through steam, left the game and tried to download them again and it worked. I really have no clue why it worked lol
@@twistedstorm2986 there is no key that's been fixed with the patch. Go through the comments on here and read the replies to what theey said they did to get it fixed. There's a couple ppl that had small issues that ended up fixing it and they all got it working. So yea, go look through them and see if they have the answer.
@@twistedstorm2986 I would also recommend before installing the game, you're gonna want to first uninstall the game via steam (I would recommend using iObitUninstaller because that removes registry stuff and other junk files that the uninstaller misses). After thats done, goto your File Browser and search Dragon Age Origins Ultimate and delete everything that has anything to do with DAO (besides other dragon age games) that pops up. Because everything related to DAO has been corrupted. Screenshots, u can move them all to a new folder on the desktop for now. Do all that before you install the game. But the only thing I cam tell u is follow the instructions in the Description while you watch this video. 2nd, if your having problems. Go through the comments on this video and read the ppl who are having problems, their were a few that had minor issues (like you), and figured out what to do. Reach out to them and see what they say. If you figure it out get back to me if you don't still let back to me I'm anxious to know what you did to fix it. If you do fix it please make a new post describing the problem and what you had to do to fix so others can use it for a reference. Good luck!.
It said something about the CD key and that I could get it from Steam by right clicking the game, 'Manage', and then 'CD KEYS' but I do not have that option in Manage?
All I can tell you is to follow the instructions in the Description step by step. I dont know nothing about no CD Key...you might have to contact Steam Support regarding that, just take a screenshot of what its saying and attach it to the ticket. Its a very simple process..
@@The_Gent Huh? But that's the name attached to the Dragon Age Origins 4gb file. I saw someone else post 'the link doesn't work' and you replied 'hey r-word just look at the video' So I did and wow I found it and didn't need to be called an r-word.
Did you watch the whole video like I said and read the description? Try looking that up on Google just copy and paste that into Google search you'll prob find the answer.
@@The_Gent Yes, for me, seems it fixed everything. Before, all settings defaulted on every restart, constant crashes and no DLC. Just finished Leliana's DLC with zero hitches, no further steps required, just smooth sailing all the way. Playing on a hand-me-down hp probook 640 g2, thanks granma.
I might try this out and see what I can do. My specs on my computer blow the recommended away, but for some reason my 'create new character' screen is black, I see 2 dots as eyes. I have to lower the graphics on my I9 Intel, 3090 TI card, just to see myself or guess what my character looks like, but then in game increase graphics back. Random crashes too, some of those mods have issues seems like. Does anyone know of a 'crash log' generator? If I could see what the issue is, I could fix it.
@@The_Gent I meant my own mods, not anything you showed. I was just saying I wish I could find a Crash Log to find out which one was doing it. I understand no mods in this video, but it may help make it more stable.
@@The_Gent I actually tried to run it without mods and without your guide at first, then was black with 2 dots, following your info, I can see my character... This time though one mod made my Elf Commoners stomach see through... Wish I knew more about it.
THIS IS FOR THE ULTIMATE EDITION ONLY (says in the title). Ultimate comes with all the DLC. You can try it and it might work idk but I specifically said this is for the Ultimate Edition in the description. Not trying to be a asshole but read the description and watch the video first before asking questions next time :)
Read the description...your not doing something right. Read the comments, it's definitely something you're not doing cause everyone else says it works besides a small monitory of ppl, that most likely aren't doing something
RU-vid wants a picture of my driver's license to verify my account to post links and pin comments. It fucked up all my links. I'm not giving them my drivers lilicense 😂
@@The_Gent I had already unistalled the game prior to coming across your video, which I deleted the files according to your steps. What happens is the game wont launch, just closes after I push "Play" on the DAO Launcher, it attempts to launch but then closes. Im on Windows 11 and I dont have WinRar? So maybe those two things may play a role in this? I can launch the game from the files but not through Steam.
@@daltoncopenhaver8680 yea Dude Windows 11 is your problem. And you need to launch through Steam not through the DAO launcher too. That shit has been disconnected for YEARS and you need WinRAR to extract the files. You need the patch and all did you do everything i said to do ?
@@The_Gent What I meant about launching without steam is I actually HAVE to launch through the "doaorigins" file in order for the game to launch. Trying to launch through Steam causes it to close right away. I did all the steps as you said, the only thing that was different was that the files didn't load into Winrar and I'm on Windows 11. Ill make a second attempt today. Thank you for continuing to reach out, I appreciate it.