Saying it does not appear to be installed although it is

[Wubba Lubba Dub Dub (KETH)]

through origin from ea play on steam

[Vashra]

I went through this too.

For me, what fixed it was to *completely* disable my antivirus software (shut it all the way down/disable it) and then reinstall from steam (not ea/origin). You should be able to just to a file verification, not have to sit through a new download.

THEN open origin and see if it notices the game is there. If not...try going into your library from the steam client and clicking play from there. The game has to get through all its "first install setup" for Origin to believe it's there.

Anyway, when I first tried to launch it after shutting down all my antivirus, windows firewall popped up and had its own gripe, and I had to OK it there too. Having said all that, this game MUST be making some huge security holes in your system to blow up that many separate alarms, so be cautious about tabbing out of the game window to surf the net or whatever. Ugh.

Anyhoo, after all that everything was fine. I added the DragonAgeInquisition.exe to my antivirus exceptions and went on with my day. There's a sticky post at the top of the forum for other things to try if this fails you.

[Kmany]

happened to me too.
I reinstalled.. then the controller did not work. restarted the game a few times..
but then i launched it from the origin launcher instead of from steam and the controller worked lol.

[Aleddra]

You could rename the game with the files. Q an install from Origin just so it starts downloading. Then swap the folder, have Origin validate the install.

I'm not 100% sure how this works with steam. If at all possible, i would use the Origin launcher to play this game. Just less buggy.

[glowsticky]

restart computer. worked for me

[1sg.bishop]

I disabled my antivirus for 19 min then loaded the game works great after that. But I have to do that every time.

[Aleddra]

Originally posted by 1sg.bishop:

I disabled my antivirus for 19 min then loaded the game works great after that. But I have to do that every time.

You would have to whitelist the game's exe file. I don't know what you use, look it up online?

[Danite]

This happened to me with DA2 And Inquisition. I deleted my download cache in steam settings. That sorted it out for me.

Happy Gaming.

[HobbyGoblynn]

I've consistently run into this issue trying to launch DA:I, along with crashing on launch, and the sublime eternal load screen. After what seems like endless trial and error I've found that I can get it to run without issue if I do the following launch sequence every time I start the game:

1. Disable ALL antivirus software: for me this means the full suite of AVG as well as the pre-installed Windows Defender. Usually I set to turn back on in 10 minutes so I don't have to worry about it later.
2. Run Origin as Administrator
3. Run DA:I as Administrator from its file location in the SteamApps folder.

Additionally, I have DA:I set to run in Windows 7 compatibility mode.