Inventory, Journal & Character UI Crashing The Game

[Arcane Hermithood]

Don't know what is going on here verified all my game files, checked the physx driver it's okay, pc drivers are up to par. Is it me or do I have to open this game with CFF Explorer and set it to Large Address Aware? I read all the guides and the last part I read was about setting the affinity to 1 core? Why is this even a thing? Apparently it does not fix the random crashes it only slows them down to only occur every so often. Has anyone ever found out what is actually causing this issue? If you have please let me know so that I could crack this egg open and write a mod to overwrite it?

[Fictus22]

Hi Arcane Hermithood, this is ZDuke17, and I will try to help you the best I can.

You do not have to use CFF Explorer to set forth the LAA (Large Address Aware), simply install the pre-patched exe in the following guide linked below for max compatibility/stability/performance. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=233222451

The Affinity fix to 1 core does fix the issue you mention if working alongside LAA. See, the game was originally designed for older lower count core cpus compared to modern day cpus. So when often times the game is ran on a "modern" pc, there can be a risk of a multitude of various issues in-game. Now if this fix is done without the LAA patch, that is when the game slows down after certain time of gameplay due to there not being enough memory to sustain it. The link to the following guide below will actually give you a method on setting the affinity fix without having to do it over and over again through task manager. Skim the guide to the section named "Frequent Random Crashes" and follow the instructions. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=260437327

Also, another thing to look into is Quinn's Ultimate Fixpack ( https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/4689 ), which also plays an essential part in fixing all things Dragon Age: Origins. Read the contents of the webpage to form your own opinion if it is worthy of an install. I will say once you do read it, you'll definitely install it :)

If none of these fixes work for you particular problem, let me know, and we can try a couple other things. I can understand how frustrating it can be for sure to have to deal with all these issues right out of the box. I'll do whatever I can to ensure you get the best stable experience for the game. Another thing to note, you could always try your luck using the Origin version of the game instead of Steam. You can activate the game on Origin using the key for the game. Check the following link out for more details: https://techgage.com/article/migrating_your_ea_games_from_steam_or_retail_to_origin/

[Fictus22]

To add, you can take my information for what it is worth. You are absolutely free to do what you feel is best, this is just me trying my best to be of assistance and personal recommendation. I have done all except the Origin version of the game and have had no problems since. Even with mods, I still have no issues to present time.

[Arcane Hermithood]

Setting the affinty to one sometimes works but other times the game just crashes. Kind of like a rush'n roulette. Leliana was just imprisoned in today's episode so as I get ready to record tomorrow's I can only hope the inventory doesn't crash so I'll save frequently before activatig the inventory ui. As far as setting the target? I don't understand as all my steam games are on an external drive that's fairly large and has room for over a thousand more games. Anyways when I create a shortcut it gives me a URL to the steam rune game id and a shortcut key. If the target is the URL how would that line be changed to direct to my steam library on the external drive instead of on the C drive? As I said I do not understand the target as it is not specified as to what the target is and the screenshot appears to of come from a mac or linux based pc.

[Fictus22]

Sorry for the late reply Arcane Hermithood, I am sorry to hear the results, I will try to help you further. Your hard drive isn't the issue friend, especially if it can house so many games. Now if you had anything below 7.2k RPM, now there may only be minor but not at all important concern when it comes to loading screen performance or OS performance, if this is what you are referring to. Now to the matter of the shortcut, I will try to walk you through it and explain. First off, go to your game's install/bin_ship folder in your external hard drive, and right click "DAOrigins.exe". Once the little menu pops up, hover over the option "Send to", and click the option in the next little pop up menu "Desktop (create shortcut). Right click the shortcut you just made on your desktop, and click "Properties" in the pop up menu. Once you are in properties, in the area named "Target" in the "Shortcut" tab, copy and paste the following line of code:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 DAOrigins.exe

What this will do is automatically set the affinity to 1 everytime you use this specific shortcut. You don't have to worry about the fact your game is on the external drive. This fix uses the OS Drive or C: Drive system files to do the affinity fix towards DAOrigins.exe file. Hence the target line code, this tells Windows where to send the affinity command to, which will be the DAOrigins.exe where ever the game is installed at.

Now with the matter of the game still crashing during the Inventory UI. Please do the LAA pre-patched exe method in the LAA Patch guide I linked you to. The game will be able to use more RAM than it can by default. By doing so, the game is ensured better stability, along with the Affinity fix. Both must be utilized in order to deliever max stability for the game. They both equally play a part of allowing the best stability possible on modern day computers. Especially those running Windows 10, modern graphics cards, modern multi-core cpus, and ddr3-4 memory.

[Josh]

Hi ZDuke17, this is Edward_Jam, you are a very helpful guy.

[Arcane Hermithood]

Works like a charm. Screenshots appear to be disabled though Action! seems to take those for me when pressing F12 anyways. Win, win if you ask me. Thanks for the help guys :)

[Fictus22]

Originally posted by Edward Jam:

Hi ZDuke17, this is Edward_Jam, you are a very helpful guy.

Thank you very much for saying so Edward_Jam. I appreciate the compliment, same goes for you too bud. I have seen you in a couple posts on the discussion page helping out. I appreciate all your efforts in helping those on the discussion page, keep up the good work! Let me know if there is any help I could provide for you, assistance in helping another, questions about the game, or just simply chat. I will respond as soon as I am able. :)

Originally posted by Arcane Hermithood:

Works like a charm. Screenshots appear to be disabled though Action! seems to take those for me when pressing F12 anyways. Win, win if you ask me. Thanks for the help guys :)

I am glad everything is in order, and that I was of assistance to you. Enjoy playing the game with better stability! If any more issues are to arise, questions about the game, or just want to chat, let me know and I will respond as soon as I am able. :)

[Arcane Hermithood]

Maybe just one thing, where would you recommend sharing these videos mostly because they aren't getting any views on my YouTube channel but instead getting 20+ views and even comments on Bit- chute as I have them being ported over. These days everyone says the Reddit is the place to share, I was born in 81' dang it using semi colons and dots and pound signs to make tags and such is a pain in the rear to even understand. It's like a kid came up with the idea of writing jibberish on the wall and turned to his dad and said I see the future... Uh huh; okay. You play Reddit I play real life.

[Fictus22]

Platforms to upload your game streams eh?

Here is an article of Top 9 places to post your streams late 2017: https://filmora.wondershare.com/live-streaming/top-9-live-game-streaming-platform.html

Here is an article of 10 sites like Twitch (Twitch a game streaming platform discussed in the previous link) of Aug 13, 2018: https://turbofuture.com/internet/10-Sites-Like-Twitch-TV

Here is an article from Ryan Forquer, co-founder & chief creative officer of Lightstream, another streaming platform to choose as well. In the article he discusses his professional opinion of platforms to post your streams for chances of high views: https://www.golightstream.com/blog/live-streaming-platforms

Steam (which is mentioned a couple times in the first 2 articles), you can link/post your current youtube videos into the community on steam based on the game you are playing. Here is a link about how you can start posting/linking your youtube video streams: https://www.wikihow.com/Upload-Videos-to-Steam-on-PC-or-Mac

[Arcane Hermithood]

thanks

[Fictus22]

No problem, sorry it was more of article linking, than a personal opinion. I am not much for social media or game streaming, so I wouldn't really know for sure what'd be best. I hope that the links give you a good idea. If not, try searching about on Google. Like I said before, anything else you need, I will respond as soon as I am able.