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Dragon Age: Origins

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Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins cover
Developers
BioWare
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Eclipse
Release dates
Windows November 3, 2009
macOS (OS X) December 3, 2009
Dragon Age: Origins guide on StrategyWiki
Dragon Age: Origins on Wikipedia
Dragon Age
Dragon Age: Origins 2009
Dragon Age II 2011
Dragon Age: Inquisition 2014
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf TBA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Ultimate Edition DLC must be activated online.
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Windows
Amazon.com
Origin
Windows
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Origin
Ultimate Edition; Awakening expansion is also available.
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Origin
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
Origin
Ultimate Edition; Awakening expansion is also available.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Windows
Steam
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The Ultimate Edition is region locked in some countries
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Windows
All product keys can be optionally activated on Origin.
The GOG.com version includes all the DLC like the Collector's Edition items, A Tale of Orzammar and the Camp storage chest with a patch
macOS (OS X) version is no longer available for purchase after TransGaming Inc. shut down their GameTree Mac service in 2015.[1]

DLC and expansion packs

Free DLC can be installed manually from the EA support site.
All of the DLC is now available in a bundle on Origin.
Name Notes
Blood Dragon Armor Free.
Windows
The Darkspawn Chronicles
Windows
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
Windows
Feastday Combo Pack 1 & 2 Includes both Feastday Gifts and Feastday Pranks
Windows
Feastday Gifts
Windows
Feastday Pranks
Windows
The Golems of Amgarrak
Windows
Leliana's Song
Windows
Promotional Pack
Windows
Return to Ostagar
Windows
The Stone Prisoner Free.
Windows
Warden's Keep
Windows
Witch Hunt
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch is Dragon Age: Origins 1.05. Applying this patch is highly recommended (Steam and Origin users do not need to install the patch).

Numerous issues are fixed in Qwinn's Ultimate Dragon Age: Origins Fixpack v3.3.

Modifications

  • NTCore's 4GB patch allows you to patch the game's executable to let it use up to 4 GB of RAM (as opposed to the default 2 GB limit). You must be running a 64-bit version of Windows to properly use the patch. To patch your game, be sure to install the latest update and backup the game's executable before patching it.
    • Works with the Origin version[2] and the GOG.com version. The Steam version can use the exe located in this Steam guide to use the 4GB patch.
  • Console font is the file that is often missing from the install data. Install this to make console commands visible.
  • FtG UI Mod: By default, the game uses a small font that is difficult to read when running the game at a higher resolution. This mod increases the font's size.

Skip intro videos

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open DragonAge.ini.
  3. Change the line DisableIntroMovies=0 to DisableIntroMovies=1 and save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings\DragonAge.ini
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/47810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Characters\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/47810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Syncs save games and settings.[citation needed]
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Multi-monitor

Custom resolutions, wider than 16:9[citation needed]
You may need to manually add resolutions wider than 16:9.
  1. Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings\DragonAge.ini
  2. Change ResolutionWidth= and ResolutionHeight= to the resolution you want.

Notes

Use Widescreen Fixer with this plugin to fix HUD position.

Input settings

Controls settings.
Controls settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See also Helix Mod: Dragon Age:Origins UPDATED.
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Issues unresolved

Ultimate Edition crashes to desktop on exit

The Ultimate Edition of Dragon Age: Origins sometimes crashes upon exiting.

Issues fixed

  • Steam users have been compiling a list of in-game bugs on the Steam Forums. Some bugs, and their solutions, may be listed there.

EA Account Log-In Issues

EA Account Log-In Issues[citation needed]

If you are having issues logging into Dragon Age: Origins with your EA Account it is most likely because you have special characters (like "#") in your password which the game does not support.

Failed to find supported Video Card driver

Failed to find supported Video Card driver[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open DAOriginsConfig.exe and disable Fullscreen mode.
  3. You can activate Fullscreen from the options in-game.

Crash to desktop

Change processor affinity[citation needed]
  1. Open task manager
  2. Right click on daorigins.exe
  3. Select 'Set processor affinity'
  4. Uncheck the first 2 cores

Can't use DLC offline

Disable automatic login[3]
  1. Log in in-game with internet access to authenticate the current DLC.
  2. Log out of the account in-game.
  3. Ensure "always log me in" is unchecked.
  4. Continue playing normally. If you add more DLC repeat these steps to authorise it for offline use.

PhysX fails to initialize when starting game

PhysX fails to initialize when starting game[4]
  1. Uninstall currently installed PhysX driver (even if it is the latest version)
  2. Install the latest NVIDIA PhysX System Software.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD Ex
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Single Core 1.6 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
1.5 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X850 (XP)
ATI Radeon X1550 (Vista, 7)
Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT (XP)
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT (Vista, 7)
128 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 17 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce GT 7300

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/47810/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (47810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References