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L May 15, 2021 @ 6:36pm
Origin In-Game overlay refuses to turn off [solved]
I have no complaints about the game itself, but something is driving me crazy and any suggestions would be appreciated. Origin is the dumbest platform created in the history of ever and I despise it with a passion. I understand that EA has to ruin everyone's fun because that's just their nature, but there has to be some kind of limit. I've tried disabling Origin In-Game overlay from "Application Settings" 100 times and it's still active when I launch the game. I tried disabling the overlay directly from Mass Effect legendary edition's game properties and it's still active when I launch the game. It's disabled in the settings but enabled as soon as I run the game. What kind of occult ritual is required to turn this overlay off for good? Like, I just want this stupid overlay off so I can at least "pretend" that I'm playing this game on Steam. I apologize if this post sounds/feels snappy, but I have only one wish - to disable this dumb overlay that's been infamous for creating bizarre unexplained FPS drops since the dawn of time. Thank you.
Last edited by L; May 15, 2021 @ 7:31pm
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Originally posted by Rhino1931:
Rename igo64.dll in Origin's install location; this'll disable the in-game overlay.

I just tried it and it works.
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Ka-mai19 May 15, 2021 @ 6:40pm 
I have the same issue. It's definitely annoying.
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Replica May 15, 2021 @ 6:40pm 
I sent an error report via Origin and posted in their Answer HQ. I don't even use it for games I just play on Origin for how buggy it is.
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Wiz33 May 15, 2021 @ 6:46pm 
Did you disable both the launcher and in game?
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L May 15, 2021 @ 6:48pm 
Originally posted by Wiz33:
Did you disable both the launcher and in game?
Yes :/
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Sidian May 15, 2021 @ 6:50pm 
Killing the origin.exe process via the taskmanager after you started the game (not the launcher) might work. It's an annoying solution though.
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Rhino1931 May 15, 2021 @ 6:53pm 
Rename igo64.dll in Origin's install location; this'll disable the in-game overlay.

I just tried it and it works.
Last edited by Rhino1931; May 15, 2021 @ 6:54pm
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Kage Goomba May 15, 2021 @ 6:54pm 
Originally posted by MantusTobbogan69:
Rename igo64.dll in Origin's install location; this'll disable the in-game overlay.

I just tried it and it works.

Now that is clever - anyone else tried this and seeing if it helps?
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Subatomic May 15, 2021 @ 7:01pm 
Originally posted by Kage Goomba:
Originally posted by MantusTobbogan69:
Rename igo64.dll in Origin's install location; this'll disable the in-game overlay.

I just tried it and it works.

Now that is clever - anyone else tried this and seeing if it helps?

I actually deleted the file and have not had any issues whatsoever. The overlay is gone.
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Websteroni May 15, 2021 @ 7:12pm 
Originally posted by Pricefield:
Originally posted by Kage Goomba:

Now that is clever - anyone else tried this and seeing if it helps?

I actually deleted the file and have not had any issues whatsoever. The overlay is gone.
The overlay is gone (You can't access it) but it still pops up if you get an achievement....

It's annoying seeing Origin + Steam achievements :/
Last edited by Websteroni; May 15, 2021 @ 7:15pm
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L May 15, 2021 @ 7:14pm 
Originally posted by MantusTobbogan69:
Rename igo64.dll in Origin's install location; this'll disable the in-game overlay.

I just tried it and it works.
THIS INDEED HAS WORKED :praisesun:
Thank you
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L May 15, 2021 @ 7:17pm 
Originally posted by The Web Doctor:
The overlay is gone but it still pops up if you get an achievement....

It's annoying seeing Origin + Steam achievements :/
I second this :( It's annoying as hell... but hey, as long as the lags related to the overlay go away - I'll weep tears of happiness. Here's to hoping that they do go away.
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NatEff3ct May 15, 2021 @ 7:24pm 
Right on, good find!
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Rhino1931 May 15, 2021 @ 7:42pm 
You're welcome everyone!
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Kage Goomba May 16, 2021 @ 1:23am 
YESSS - it works - love it.
Just renamed the DLL and that annoying buggar is gone.

Also I thought it was rather cute they ghost the option in the control panel in origin - talk about EA being an total ass.

Updates may overwrite this - but at least I know where it is and its easy to find.
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NatEff3ct May 16, 2021 @ 1:38am 
Originally posted by Kage Goomba:
YESSS - it works - love it.
Just renamed the DLL and that annoying buggar is gone.

Also I thought it was rather cute they ghost the option in the control panel in origin - talk about EA being an total ass.

Updates may overwrite this - but at least I know where it is and its easy to find.

The option is there as long as you don't have controlled access turned on or are already in game, it just doesn't seem to work...
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