downloading DA:I

[jmido8]

I am studying abroad in China and have pretty bad internet, 600-700kb/s downloads (i'v already upgraded my internet as high as it can go... yeah internet in china sucks). Anyways, I normally get about 600-700kb/s when downloading on steam and when downloading other stuff but for origin, I usually only hit between 50-150kb/s which is anywhere from 4 to 10 times slower. The problem is that I have to pay for my internet by the hour so these slower download speeds are really annoying. I'v read you can try to open ports and stuff in your router to make it faster but I tried that and it did nothing (it took me forever to try and find the right options in a chinese router).

The local stores near me sell pirated games for like 1-2$ and Dragon Age Inquisition is one of them. Would I be able to install the game using a pirated version and then copy the files into my Origin folders and let origin normalize the files so it's not like a pirated one anymore? I just want to find a way to circumvent this 130 hour download I have.

[BuzzardBee]

Nope. A priated copy will get spotted. The very nature of cracking a game means that the executable is modified. It will get noticed immediately. Do yourself a favor and don't even try it.

And some things can be done to help improve your overall download speed but nothing will perform miracles. If your ISP sucks, nothing is going to change that.

[jmido8]

ah well i think i found a fix that got my download speed up to their normal awesome 600-700kb/s speeds lol.

[Simple Man]

Originally posted by jmido8:

ah well i think i found a fix that got my download speed up to their normal awesome 600-700kb/s speeds lol.

You can just buy it for 2 bucks then and play outside Origin. Win win.

Plus 2 bucks is pretty much all the games worth.

[WraithTDK [TBTPs!]]

You've got 2 options:

1. Buy it for $2.00 and play it offline. If it's cracked, it shouldn't need Origin.
2. Buy a legitimate copy of the physical game. It will "attach" itself to Origin, and download updates, but the game itself will install from the physical media. That's what I did.

[jmido8]

Meh, the fix didn't work, went back down to 30-60kb/s. i'v downloaded like 2 gb's over like 6-8 hours now. I'v tried opening ports, using a vpn, creating an ini file, disabling proxy/vpn options for all my browsers, and allowing access in my firewall for origin but none worked.

I stopped pirating games a really long time ago, I'm just looking for a way to get past this ridiculously long download. I just don't understand why I download is like 10x faster on steam and pretty much any download outside of origin. I'v already bought dragon age inquisition on origins so i'm not going to buy a legit physical copy... What if I downloaded a torrent version of it and then copy/paste the files into origin but don't move the crack over with it?

[Xerica]

Dragon Age Inquistion is not 2 dollars. it is newly released. still not sure why people get confused between dragon age origins and dragon age inquistion.

[jmido8]

I'm talking about China and pirated games. Yes, China has huge illegal markets everywhere and you can buy lots of pirated and fake stuff for super cheap.

I ended up just waiting out my download, didn't want to take the chance of getting banned by trying to copy the pirated files into origin to bypass the download time. Took me 40+ hours but I can finally play now. I wish Origin wasn't so horrible...

[Mister Palm Tree]

Your complaining about those internet speeds.....wow.... You woulden't make it in Australia.