Posted December 22, 2024
Bought Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition yesterday,,,game will not even launch.
My system:
Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2
i5-4690K @ 3.50 GHz
16 GB Installed RAM
nVidia GTX 960 2 GB (not 4 GB version)
Installed first time via Galaxy after purchase.
Press 'Play' in game library in Galaxy and very small configuration window for the game opens...I set my resolution (1920x1080, full-screen) save and then click play at bottom of that window. Configuration window closes, and then...nothing. Play button in game library changes from grey back to active color.
Ran verify/repair option...then tried again with same lack of results. Logged out of Galaxy, shut down computer; then restarted everything, ran verify/repair second time...then same results (nothing...)
Tried launching game directly from the 'exe' file (...>games>Dragon Age Origins>bin_ship>DAOrigins.exe)...nothing at all happens. Tried with and without 'administrator privileges', and tried each compatibility mode one after the other (Vista, XP, Win7, Win8, along with the service packs)...nothing at all happens after clicking 'run' for the 'exe' file.
Uninstalled game, deleted start-menu files/folders and re-installed game using the offline down-loader/installer outside of Galaxy.
Shut down computer, then after restarting tried again to run directly from 'exe' file, trying each compatibility mode one after the other, and again NOTHING happens -- no sound/music, start-up screen...nothing to indicate it at least tried to start and crashed.
Read a lot of stuff via Google regarding launch issues, but saw in multiple places that the latest 'GoG version' supposedly included the needed 'fixes' (GoG version 1.05 GOG 0.8 was just updated 20-days ago). I'm basically 'computer illiterate' -- I can use the games & software, etc. -- but know basically nothing about how the 'magic' happens inside...so I am not comfortable trying to manipulate code/files, etc. and hoping someone can explain in simpleton's terms how I can fix this, before I refund.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
EDIT: Note, I have just the 'vanilla' version of the game as sold via GoG store -- no mods or third party patches, etc.
My system:
Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2
i5-4690K @ 3.50 GHz
16 GB Installed RAM
nVidia GTX 960 2 GB (not 4 GB version)
Installed first time via Galaxy after purchase.
Press 'Play' in game library in Galaxy and very small configuration window for the game opens...I set my resolution (1920x1080, full-screen) save and then click play at bottom of that window. Configuration window closes, and then...nothing. Play button in game library changes from grey back to active color.
Ran verify/repair option...then tried again with same lack of results. Logged out of Galaxy, shut down computer; then restarted everything, ran verify/repair second time...then same results (nothing...)
Tried launching game directly from the 'exe' file (...>games>Dragon Age Origins>bin_ship>DAOrigins.exe)...nothing at all happens. Tried with and without 'administrator privileges', and tried each compatibility mode one after the other (Vista, XP, Win7, Win8, along with the service packs)...nothing at all happens after clicking 'run' for the 'exe' file.
Uninstalled game, deleted start-menu files/folders and re-installed game using the offline down-loader/installer outside of Galaxy.
Shut down computer, then after restarting tried again to run directly from 'exe' file, trying each compatibility mode one after the other, and again NOTHING happens -- no sound/music, start-up screen...nothing to indicate it at least tried to start and crashed.
Read a lot of stuff via Google regarding launch issues, but saw in multiple places that the latest 'GoG version' supposedly included the needed 'fixes' (GoG version 1.05 GOG 0.8 was just updated 20-days ago). I'm basically 'computer illiterate' -- I can use the games & software, etc. -- but know basically nothing about how the 'magic' happens inside...so I am not comfortable trying to manipulate code/files, etc. and hoping someone can explain in simpleton's terms how I can fix this, before I refund.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
EDIT: Note, I have just the 'vanilla' version of the game as sold via GoG store -- no mods or third party patches, etc.
Post edited December 22, 2024 by Bsrlinmaz
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