Crash to Desktop from Character Creation

[PornFlakes]

So yeah, I've had this game for a few hours, got it registered, etc. and decided to boot it up. I can watch the opening cinematic for the game no problem, but when it gets to the character creation menu it just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dies.

Before you ask

YES, I have all the latest DirectX Drivers
YES, I have verified the game cache... 10 times.
YES, my system is MORE than capable of running this game. Nvidia GTX 555M Graphics Card with 6 GB of RAM and an Intel Core i5 2430M @ 2.40 Ghz.

I noticed though that in the DA configuration menu, it stated that it was detecting my Integrated Graphics rather than my Dedicated Graphics. However, I also checked and verified through the Nvidia control panel that DAOrigins.EXE was set to run using the Nvidia Graphics Card rather than the Integrated Graphics.

Hell, I even tried setting the Affinity to run off a single core. After each and every single one of these "fixes" it continues to have problems. The only bit of information I have left that might even be relevant is that I'm running a 64 bit version of Windows 7.

[chrstnmonks]

Same problem here. I just wonder if I took Directx back to 9 instead of 11 would it make a difference. Because in DA2 it does.

[세렌이엘]

Are you trying to make a female character?

[chrstnmonks]

I have tried to make both and it does it on both.

[세렌이엘]

I had the same thing happen to me but only for female creation. My problem was sound related so I am sorry but I can't help you.

[Xerica]

are you using mods?

[chrstnmonks]

no I am not

[PornFlakes]

No mods are being used at all. It's just Dragon Age Ultimate Edition

[chrstnmonks]

I found this maybe it will help I have not tried it yrt have to reinstall game
• Completely exit the Steam client.
• Open the run dialogue by pressing windows key + r (you can also navigate here from the start menu by typing run).
• Type steam://flushconfig then press enter. (If asked to allow this website to open a program, please click Allow or OK).
• Restart your computer.
• Now, launch Steam directly from the installation folder, not from a pre-existing shortcut (~C:\program files (x86)\Steam).
• The Steam application will either appear as Steam or Steam.exe depending on whether your settings show file extensions.

It appears to have worked!

[chrstnmonks]

try to run in compatiability mode win 7

[PornFlakes]

Yeah I'm just going to give up on this. I don't understand why it's not working, and supposedly it should work well with my configuration and specs, but for whatever undiagnosed reason, it's wanting to crash on every possible setting combination, every configuration, etc that I throw at it. Thanks EA for being so fantastic.

[Allucrey]

You need to set your affinity ( the number of cores the game uses during play to 1)
read the guide thats Pinned at the top.

[PornFlakes]

Yeah I read that guide. I tried that, and got the same result. I did all that before making this topic. Also, read the OP Allucrey. I clearly state that I tried that already.

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

I read putting the DALauncher file to compatability mode Windows XP solved this issue.

Give it a whirl maybe :>)

[bowen324]

Here it is almost 9 years later, and I had the same problem. The culprit to my problem was in the daorigins.exe file found here C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\bin_ship\.
The issue is a 2GB memory limit that can be solved with LAA patching. A helpful user by the name of 3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act created a guide for how to patch it found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=233222451
I'm adding this comment just in case somebody else has the same problem and the same solution helps them as this guide was like the 15th or so Google entry I tried