Taking forever to load after launching.

[VG_Cambrian]

I don't know what's happening. Origin is ok. Managed to link game to origins. Even managed to synchronise with golden nug for awhile. Upon using .daimod. the game just takes forever to load just to get to the main menu! I removed the modding folders and reverified the files via steam. But the problem still persists. Please I need help. I don't want my money wasted and I love this game.

*I have not experienced any crash. I've played this game (pirate) on my PC before, with the highest settings and it works well. Tried launching game from both Origin and Steam, no difference.

[Maffeketel]

Try removing the version that youre not currently using. The Origin version can conflict with the Steam version.
Also make sure that the game folder is on the same disk drive as the game's files. If you've previously played it on Origin then this folder might not be on the same drive as the game files.

Disabling both the Origin and the Steam overlay might also help as Dragon Age Inquisition really dislikes overlays for some reason.

Reinstalling the entire game from scratch might be an option as well as verifying the files isn't exactly fool-proof.

It sounds like a mod issue based on the information that you've provided so I'm unsure whether your saves are still usable. You could delete them and see if that works, but I would consider that to be an absolute last resort.

[Kurosu]

I will be the devil's advocate here and say this is probably due to mods. You already needed to be exteremely carefull with your mods on Origin , I cant imagine it became any more simple now that there are 2 clients involved.

A random example that comes to mind is the dorian-no mustache mod. It works perfectly on base game but as soon as you try to enter a dlc with the mod enabled you will get stuck in an endless loading screen. Not a crash/freeze , just endless loading without errors.

[Mr.Hmm]

Originally posted by Kurosu:

I will be the devil's advocate here and say this is probably due to mods. You already needed to be exteremely carefull with your mods on Origin , I cant imagine it became any more simple now that there are 2 clients involved.

A random example that comes to mind is the dorian-no mustache mod. It works perfectly on base game but as soon as you try to enter a dlc with the mod enabled you will get stuck in an endless loading screen. Not a crash/freeze , just endless loading without errors.

While you are right, this issue happens even without mods.

[Kurosu]

No clue in that case then mate, I dont know how exactly da2 and inquisition work on steam at the moment.

[VG_Cambrian]

I've tried these range of things:

1. Delete save files (I keep a back up at a separate location)
2. Desync from Dragon Age Keep
3. Delete all other versions and maintain only a steam version (never had the origins version though, only had pirate)
4. Remove all software overlays (Steam, Origins, Nvidia Shadow)
5. Remove all mods
6. Reverified everything
7. Reinstall everything
8. All above at once

Still the launch time 'takes forever' persists. I guess this is the pits. Perhaps there some things I haven't discovered that may contribute, besides that I'm all out of ideas. There is a thing about Origins that lets it save to Cloud, I'm guessing it remembers my save files and/or settings? Its just a guess. Will update if there are changes. Thanks for all your responses.

[Maffeketel]

Originally posted by VG_Cambrian:

I've tried these range of things:

1. Delete save files (I keep a back up at a separate location)
2. Desync from Dragon Age Keep
3. Delete all other versions and maintain only a steam version (never had the origins version though, only had pirate)
4. Remove all software overlays (Steam, Origins, Nvidia Shadow)
5. Remove all mods
6. Reverified everything
7. Reinstall everything
8. All above at once

Still the launch time 'takes forever' persists. I guess this is the pits. Perhaps there some things I haven't discovered that may contribute, besides that I'm all out of ideas. There is a thing about Origins that lets it save to Cloud, I'm guessing it remembers my save files and/or settings? Its just a guess. Will update if there are changes. Thanks for all your responses.

Do you have an HDD or an SSD? Are there any other games that have similar issues or is it only occuring in Dragon Age inquisition?
Are the loading screens really long when youre in the game itself or is it just the first loading screen?

I'm quite frankly out of ideas. Mods do seem to have had a hand in causing the issue, but I cant say that for certain. It's pretty hard to ascertain why the game is performing this way for you. It might be hardware related, but then the issue has to be present in other games as well.

[VG_Cambrian]

After giving my pc a good long rest. I reinstalled DAI and it worked. Like nothing ever happened. Even used the dragon age keep for world editing. As I was playing I realised something off. The Golden Nug was available straight away in Haven. Was nothing though, thought it was something you get when you buy the original one.

Then the schematics come streaming in from cloud. That's when I found out the schematics also included the modded ones I had before. My guess is my save files used modded schematics that can removed once modding is done. Hence, when the original DAI was installed, it brought along the schematics into the cloud. Yes, I synched my old save games to the cloud before I started a fresh mission on the original.

Guess it caused the loading to go haywire for quite sometime. Still didn't explain why though. But I'm happy that I can play without much worry about loading times anymore. Perhaps my case is a rare one? I don't know, I'm just glad that it's okay.

[rockshana]

You need to run steam and origin as administrator. For me, it worked.

[Mukasi]

Deira you're a god. Thank you so much

[Uryon]

Originally posted by Deira:

You need to run steam and origin as administrator. For me, it worked.

Thanks for taking the time to post this, I was having 4 minutes long loadings that now take just a minute!

[Ayeng]

Originally posted by Deira:

You need to run steam and origin as administrator. For me, it worked.

This helped me to have faster loading times. thanks.

[ROU.Artigas]

I almost set myself in ‘’delete everything mode‘’ XD thanks Deira .

[Vashra]

Originally posted by VG_Cambrian:

I don't know what's happening. Origin is ok. Managed to link game to origins. Even managed to synchronise with golden nug for awhile. Upon using .daimod. the game just takes forever to load just to get to the main menu! I removed the modding folders and reverified the files via steam. But the problem still persists. Please I need help. I don't want my money wasted and I love this game.

*I have not experienced any crash. I've played this game (pirate) on my PC before, with the highest settings and it works well. Tried launching game from both Origin and Steam, no difference.

Normally I start all my advice with "kill your mods and start over" but in this case what you describe is very similar to what many others have faced, and the fault was in antivirus software conflicts.

So....before you go uninstalling mods and/or changing game versions, try just *completely* disabling your antivirus software.

!. Exit out of all launchers (steam and origin).
2. Completely disable your antivirus software.
3. Launch Inquisition from its shortcut WITHOUT deliberately booting either Steam or Origin.

4. Be ready to bang the OK button because there's a high likelihood that Windows will pop up with some kind of gripe about firewalls, and you'll need to give Inquisition permission to look at your digital knickers.

5. At this point, the game will either launch...or not. Avast and AVG are *notorious* for blocking Inquisition (to the point there's a whole thread over on EA support about it). So...if this turns out to be what was holding you back, you'll need to put DragonAgeInquisition.EXE into your virus exception stuff. That way you can turn your antivirus software back on and not be waving your nekkid harddrive at every hacker on teh Interwebs. ;)

If it still doesn't boot up even with your antivirus software disabled, you're back to swapping Origin's version for Steam's or scragging your mods or both.

Good times!

[Aleddra]

If i read correctly, the loading time is The one for Bioware and "Please don't close the game". I think if your fps is capped at that time, it will take forever to actually load. Possibly something to do with the console versions. "FPS" goes way up during that phase, if it is capped outside the game, it's going to take forever.

[glowsticky]

Any time I had a problem.. Just restart the computer. Worked for me