How to fix Dragon Age Origins from crashing in 2023/2024

[@Xxxkiller101]

Great and Clear expanations though i might add if you installed the game from EA, not origin or steam then to find your dragon age files its in Program files(NOT Program Filesx86) and its inside EA games

[@KattycatJane]

Great point I didn't think of that!

[@nabilrahman98]

After playing BG3 I wanted to play DAO but could not play because of constant crashing. Thanks for the guide. This was really helpful

[@KattycatJane]

Glad I could help!

[@thomasbetts822]

Would not reccomed buying it until it is fixed. We need to speak with wallets and not allow them to ship broken trash.

[@nabilrahman98]

@@thomasbetts822 sadly I already bought it in steam. But the issues are still present. Seems like this old game ain't good for Windows 11

[@numunukiid138]

we on the same boat lol

[@thomasbetts822]

The game should be removed from steam until they can get it working. If you pay $30 for a game it should work without having to use 3rd party mods just to get it to not crash every 2 minutes.

[@xxkaitocookixx8983]

the game is 15 years old

[@blairebaker7211]

@@xxkaitocookixx8983that doesn’t mean it should a: be 40 dollars (where I live it’s 40 dollars on steam) and b: shouldn’t even be put on steam if it isn’t going to work, doesn’t matter if the game is 15 years old. They shouldn’t sell it for such a high price only for it to not even work.

[@mtbarber83]

Will it crash in ea app?

[@shanebubblesvisagie8334]

​@@mtbarber83 for the EA app you just need the 4g patch none of the extra steps

[@Hyerlord]

Thank you very much! I want to play all the Dragon Age games on Steam to get ready for Veilguard and was having fun with Origins until it just wouldn't load my game without crashing. This was a great guide and an easy fix.

[@KattycatJane]

Happy to hear it helped! Enjoy playing!

[@lafreakki420]

Thanks so much for this! I copped the series on Steam for this last summer sale and was furious that my $4k rig somehow couldn't run this game without crashing lol

[@blaaaww1]

Thank you, this was very helpful and quick, may the Maker bless you ☺

[@KattycatJane]

May the maker bless you too :)

[@NoDangertv]

Thank you so much. Back here over a year after the video and it still worked like a charm 👍

[@Elara-ig7nk]

It worked! Thank you so much! It's a shame a game this good is in this state...

[@KattycatJane]

I completely agree

[@damonnorwood1390]

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. my game kept crashing I was just about to give up

[@simongutierrez891]

So it fixed itself and reloaded. I was able to get into the settings and made the texture quality low. As for the last step unfortunately I couldn't do that but I'll attempt to see if I can make sure it keeps running. And thank you for posting this video tutorial.

[@KattycatJane]

I hope it keeps running I know for some the last part wasn't necessary.

[@Nero_the_learned]

Holy hell, you are a goddamn legend!!! Liked and subscribed, ive been struggling with this for a flipping week THANK YOU

[@KattycatJane]

Glad i could help!!

[@soulrose7705]

This helped a lot thank you so much for making this I've been having trouble with the game crashing every time i hit continue or moved a few feet and this fixed it completely.

[@MissAralys_BK]

So, that first link under pre-patched is done for you. No need to download and run the NTCore patcher. That's if you want to do it yourself (hence the DIY mentioned there). Backup the current exe you have, because backups are a good precaution in general :P Then replace the exe with the patched one. The thing I read from another user that helped me was to pin the actual exe to start, and run that directly. I tested this 3 times, keeping my game on max graphics, and had no issues getting back in. I was crashing in freaking Lothering, and my DA Redesigned mods are glitching even on full Medium.

[@cfromhell91]

It worked!! Thank you so much. Playing this game is far more enjoyable on PC than the consoles and now I can just enjoy the game without crashing.

[@KattycatJane]

Enjoy playing!

[@cfromhell91]

@@KattycatJane Got a few mods installed too and performance is good. Once again thank you.

[@Akumalmss]

thank you i was tweaking when the game wasnt working your such a life saver

[@KattycatJane]

No problem!

[@JacobZzzzh]

The 4gb patch one is very helpful, thank you!

[@KattycatJane]

Glad it helped!

[@lukerobinson3606]

God Jesus I’ve put off fixing and replaying this game for almost a year now because of how confused it all made me with the tech speak some people used (I’m new to computers and actually delving into files and documents) and this made my life so dang easy being able to watch you go through all the steps in a consice and clear manner THANKYOUUU

[@KattycatJane]

I'm glad it helped enjoy playing!

[@michellemartineau1943]

Omg hours and hours, I've been trying to figure this out. Thank you!

[@Nannerhz]

THANK YOU!! After watching 3 different videoes on how to install the 4gb patches i have to say, yours made the most sense! I could not for the life of me get the patch files to overwrite the original game file correctly by the other methods. Yours was simpel and easy to follow for a newbie, so thanks again! The only alternative method that i did was to download the unencrypted daoorigins.exe through Nexus and not via the steam LAA dropbox. Don't know if it made a significant difference tho

[@Wujajin]

Thank you so much, so far it seems it works for me too!! So glad I didn't give up finding a solution! :D

[@KattycatJane]

Enjoy playing!

[@kingmultichaos1505]

Thanks for the video, i use high textures and even two cores of my cpu over an hour no crash, so it works fine for me

[@ibrahimozdemir6836]

I used LAA file only and it worked. Thx a lot ❤❤

[@inquisitorofhumankind1276]

Hey, the game runs pretty damn smooth after your guide. Thanks a lot!

[@KattycatJane]

I'm glad it helped!

[@roguehandle1688]

Thanks! On top of the files downloaded, i had to turn the texture to low. That did it! :)

[@Kamiaze20]

I am infinitely grateful to you. I am very happy since I really wanted to play this game, thank you very much

[@KattycatJane]

No problem glad I could help!

[@madeOfClay99]

Playing the game with low texture details looks awful, I think I'll stick with the console version using RPCS3 In any case, thank you for your video

[@zackariabakhil7153]

Thank you so much i'm french and my english is really bad, but your video saved my Holyday now i can plays this game lets goooooo

[@KattycatJane]

Have fun!

[@deckardcain1751]

Game is fixed thank you! Adventure awaits, HUZZZZAAAHH!!!!

[@KattycatJane]

Enjoy the adventure!

[@NachoConnery]

Still working in July of 2024! Thank you so very much for this video!!

[@fatkling]

This seems to work. Thank you!

[@KattycatJane]

You're welcome!

[@fizzle1212]

THANKS A LOT IT HELPED AND WORKED!!!

[@gehteuchnichtsan5650]

Good work , cant change the language to German but still very naice work

[@tuc9687]

Thank you so much this worked for meeee :)

[@KattycatJane]

Great to hear it worked enjoy playing!

[@gabrieleredin8076]

THANK YOU!!! you are important ❤

[@kurtcastro8007]

TYYYYYY YOU ARE THE BEST

[@jryanr2010]

So i have to play a 15 year old game with texture detail turned all the way down on a RTX 4090 or else it will crash? I don't think i want to buy it if this is the case. I used to play a pirated copy of this game on a GTX 970 with no issues.

[@KattycatJane]

Unfortunately for most that is the case some people have no crashing at all for most this fixes it and some cant even play it with low settings

[@jryanr2010]

@@KattycatJane that's really unfortunate. I have a feeling that if Bioware wasn't owned by EA, these issues would've been fixed. All three games can be purchased on steam right now for ten bucks (total, not each), which would be a great deal, but I decided to stay away from all of them after reading about so many issues with the games and their stupid launcher, which shouldn't be necessary. Supposedly, The Veilguard won't require their dumb launcher so maybe I'll play that one when it comes out. I just wanted to play the others first so I'm pretty disappointed that they can't be bothered to fix the issues.

[@itstwitch9146]

Finally something worked, I was about to rage and abandon my save file

[@KattycatJane]

I felt the same way… glad it helped!

[@igoravatar]

❤❤❤❤❤ works like a charm!!!! TKS

[@KattycatJane]

Glad to hear it!

[@raphaeldesa7349]

😃thanks a lot game fixed it works!

[@KattycatJane]

Happy to help

[@Kiljaeden87]

Thanks a bunch for Fixing our Problem

[@AnnieBunnie]

Even tho i have a cracked version of the game, this worked for me, thank you so so much❤ God Bless you

[@cl1509]

Thank you so so much. You are a lifesaver.

[@KattycatJane]

Happy to help!

[@debbienirn5051]

Thank you for your help

[@Gracyn1102]

Short, sweet, and well-explained. Great video, thanks! Quick question: I bought the Ultimate Edition, does this patch work for that edition or are they completely different versions of the game? I know nothing about modding lol

[@KattycatJane]

I used it on the ultimate edition so it should hopefully work for you as well

[@davidkirby267]

Im trying to play the game myself now and tried this, and im just stuck in. It's an infinite loading screen after trying to atart a new game music still on and all, but i have to restart my oc to get it out of the loading screen

[@KattycatJane]

Did you download through steam? If so try verifying game file's

[@davidkirby267]

​@KattycatJane I did that too still nothing

[@darkzero248]

It's incredible to do all that, just to play an old video game !

[@Greensken]

great video. tried the cpu stuff. but i want to remote play to another computer and then for some reason it probably does not have the cpu power to produce a picture :P bugs and problems! hate it.

[@matejvejvoda2210]

My game crash everytime when I load to the game and if I somehow load to the game - there is crash in 2 minutes. Patch didnt work for me. But when I set textures to low - everything is great, no crash, nothing. So thanks - textures help :D

[@KimisaruGamer]

For me the 4gb patch didt work,when i click it it just opens up the same map with the 4gb patch in it. It does not show what i see at 1.33 min :(

[@KattycatJane]

Ill look into this and see if I can find a work around

[@kzltilki4807]

Sen gerçek bir kahramansın. Gri muhafızlar seninle olsun. 🗡️🛡️⚔️🏹

[@KattycatJane]

I'm glad it helped!

[@heal_me96]

Thank you very much, it works.

[@KattycatJane]

Glad it worked, have fun playing!

[@andrewvincent7299]

All I did was just set texture details to medium and my game never crashed again.

[@SkellyWaggs]

My folders look nothing like yours, I can’t figure out how you extracted your zipped folders, mine isn’t saying zipped after I downloaded it and it isn’t showing 4 different folders like yours

[@KattycatJane]

Are you using winRAR for the file?

[@afireinside1313]

This worked! Thank you so much

[@KattycatJane]

Glad it helped!

[@swede7581]

WHEN IS THIS A RECOMENDED FIX EXACTLY? I HAVE PLAYED ABOUT 2 HOURS W 1 CRASH ON MY RTX3060 12GB I5 12400F 16GB WIN11 DESKTOP.. IS IT THE VRAM THAT HAVE PROBLEM W AMOUNT IN GAME OR IS IT CPU OR WHAT THAT MAKES IT CRASH? SO I DOWNLOADED THE FIXES AND I WANT TO PLAY W MAX SETTINGS(ITS AN OLD GAME SO USE LOW INSTEAD OF HIGH,IS THIS NOT MAKING GAME LOOK HORRIBLE W TEXTURES?) I WILL TRY THIS OUT IF THE CRASHING BECOMES MORE OFTEN,1/HOUR I CAN LIVE WITH,BUT IF ITS STARTING UP N IS EACH N EVERY 5MIN ITS POSSIBLE TIME TO USE THIS FIX.. WHY HAVENT EA OR WHICH ONE WHO MADE GAME FIXED IT IS A HUGE QUESTION? ITS AFTERALL A POPULAR RPG EVEN IN 2024 ITS SPOKEN ABOUT THIS ALOT AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND,SOO WHY NOT FIXED? THANKS 4 VIDEO N INFO

[@KattycatJane]

If you are only crashing once in a while, I would start with the affinity fix aromg 2:20 and see if that stops crashing altogether. Most people have had success with graphics at low which does take away from the game but unfortunately in my experience was the only way I could play but my crashing happened every 5 minuets so hopefully since your is less often the affinity might be what you need to help stop the memory leak. Also, I very much agree this should be fixed by the devs since they are still profiting off the game, but they have known of these problems for years and have not seemed to care much.

[@NamelessKong]

Thanks! So helpful ❤

[@KattycatJane]

Glad it was helpful!

[@LadyJustice86]

Currently testing it out, praying it works!

[@KattycatJane]

Fingers crossed!

[@asilsahin]

Thanks for help. greetings from Turkey

[@KattycatJane]

No problem and I hope you enjoy playing the game!

[@abaxmanjr]

Ive done this but now the frame rate is trash any fix for that??

[@KattycatJane]

You could try changing the resolution it may help

[@animewarrior3]

my system keeps telling me the file is in use... but I don't know by what. Everything is closed, so I can't copy over it...

[@KattycatJane]

I would say if it is through steam to verify the files or uninstall and reinstall te see if that stops the bug

[@animewarrior3]

@@KattycatJane turning my PC off and on again worked. Lmao

[@myteamsupreme4348]

TYVM it fixxed everything for me

[@artyjfry8729]

I love you! I couldn't beat this game for 10 years

[@KattycatJane]

hopefully this helps you get the game up so you can!

[@natg4984]

I can't get the 4GB patch to open/work. It says it could not open executable.

[@KattycatJane]

Restarting your pc could help

[@alikhairy4898]

that helped me a lot, thx.

[@KattycatJane]

No problem!

[@cemalyesilbas5803]

thank you i can play the game now

[@KattycatJane]

No problem, enjoy playing!

[@parish007]

i followed your guide, but when loading the game i get videocard error...

[@KattycatJane]

If you downloaded the game on steam try to verify the files other wise uninstalland reinstall, also see if your drivers need to be updated hopefully one of those help.

[@sadiebb3937]

Good Video! thank you

[@facundobalderrama2801]

Hey! any chance I can turn the textures to high or is it gonna break the fix?

[@KattycatJane]

Unfortunately in my experience if you turn it back up it will crash about every 15 minutes

[@curlzncrush]

you rock! thx so much

[@KattycatJane]

Glad it helped!

[@JmoneyCrypto]

good way of explaining everything for some sad reason it wont even let me get to that screen. sad panda.

[@ShadowOfMoria]

thank you for the suggestion, i'll try it. although i think the point is not to play dragon age origins with absolute garbage graphics in 2024.. if i'd get the graphics mods working i'd be a happy man

[@marcelbaszczyk6964]

Works

[@Cptnwin]

thanks girl, ive been strugling with constant crashes while playing or streaming it. 11/10

[@nocturnaleagle5353]

So dao is pretty much a lost cause and I just bought it recently and I only have 3hrs I think played and every time I open it. It kicks me back to my desktop on my gaming laptap

[@KattycatJane]

I'm sorry the steps couldn't help if you got it through steam or EA I would reach out and see if they can credit you since they don't sell it with a warning that it is bugged.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

But did you try to follow these steps at least? I want to know because I am planning to buy the game for PC now that I finally could afford one. I love to play this on my PS3, and I have no problems, I love it. I wanted to try the mods on PC, but if the game has such a problematic performance, I am definitely sticking to my PS3. But most of the comments say these steps actually work.

[@Irrelevant402]

Hmm tried it but no luck so far Had a error pop up saying "no dsII" file or something.

[@KattycatJane]

Sounds like it could be corrupted try going in to verify the files if you have it through steam or just uninstall and reinstalling it to see if it takes it

[@Irrelevant402]

@@KattycatJane I did definitely uninstall and reinstall DAO itself like three times. Verify? That could be worth looking into. Other suggestions) One said sometimes Avast antivirus messes it up. Another asked if my computer was too weak. I purchased a Dell Inspiron 3020. Hey I'll take any suggestions but can't try until Wednesday. Go my dying PC hooked up next to new to continue Cit Elf campaign.

[@KattycatJane]

From a quick look it should be able to run the game on all low settings so i would definitely try verifying when you get a chance some times it does help. Here is how help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB If it is missing .dll this video may help too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qafbmZJ5bseneMUsi=Ea4BRm4txsfsAt76

[@Irrelevant402]

​@@KattycatJaneOkay I'll take a stab at those too. Thanks!

[@nebhell]

Wow, it actually worked thanks a lot

[@Tududuuu]

Thank you!

[@KattycatJane]

No problem enjoy playing!

[@Tududuuu]

@@KattycatJane do you want play together? :3

[@KattycatJane]

I don’t believe they added multiplayer till the later games but trust me you’re probably better off without me on your team lol. :)

[@Tududuuu]

@@KattycatJane we can play together another game

[@mysticsden7318]

yeah been trying fixes and nothing has worked I guess its just not meant to be

[@KattycatJane]

Sorry that the fixes didn't work for you.

[@mysticsden7318]

its ok its the fault of the developers @@KattycatJane

[@KattycatJane]

I do agree. With it being as big of a problem and the fact they are still selling it they should patch it so people can enjoy what they pay for.

[@wreck-it-ralph4616]

Good video but i installed the patch and when i launch the game i get an error screen that says "STEAM- Game launch Failed" Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition failed to start (error code 51) do you know what i can do?

[@KattycatJane]

Have you tried going to the game on Steam going to properties then local files then verify integrity of game files then restarting your computer that has worked for me in the past with the 51 error

[@godisjihyo3615]

QUEEN

[@johannessaksono1996]

Just in case, do you know how to play Dragon Age Origins on Laptop using a Gamepad ?

[@KattycatJane]

As far as I know there is no controller support for the pc version. Perhaps you can find a mod?

[@taab84]

I bought the GOG version, no crash until now

[@DerradeiroX]

Appreciate for help, of course, but you don't need to do all those steps. Set textures in mid (or low) and this problem will be gone, this specific problem is related to setting texture quality on high, and in certain zones like Ostagar even in mid quality crashes happen. Don't worry about the other game video options. I don't know if any mod solve this issue, i haven't found anything about.

[@KattycatJane]

It seems to be different for everyone I'm glad that works for you!

[@sylnz97]

hmm setting it to only 1 core cuts my fps from 165 to around 40-60...

[@KattycatJane]

You can try with out that step for some it is not needed

[@tempzin1]

Maker bless you.

[@Sazuleta]

I am not sure if it is something with this game or my pc, but every time I play this game in full screen my cpu temps hit 80s. I could play any other game in the highest graphics settings and my cpu rarely hits 68 (I have 7900 xtx and 7800 x3d) . If I play in window mode the temps are normal.

[@KattycatJane]

I'm pretty sure it's the game cause my PC can also play almost any game except this one with no problem on highest settings

[@dressionep]

So my fucking problem is that i have it on the EA app and its too zoomed in for me to change the settings and press play!!!! no one on earth has this fucking issue but me AWESOME!!!!!

[@KattycatJane]

Have you tried temporally lowering your screen resolution to see if that will allow you to access the settings

[@elrefugio7300]

Thanks for this fix . I have a question , can we go back to the high textures after or not ? Ty

[@KattycatJane]

Unfortunately in my experience no it will still crash my game after about 20 minutes if i move it back.

[@johnprotasio6725]

Sadly, after trying so many times, im still not able to make it work, it does not even finish the first cinematics

[@suanress.]

i have the same problem😔

[@brooklynschoesler9715]

Hi! This video has been so much help. However, Dragon Age: Origins is not appearing in my Task Manager. Is that step something I have to have and if so how do I go about getting it to appear?

[@KattycatJane]

You could try playing with out that part but for me it would still crash. What version of windows do you have?

[@brooklynschoesler9715]

@@KattycatJane It looks like I have Windows 11? And you're right, it still wouldn't work doing only the first part of the video

[@KattycatJane]

So if you are running the game then minimize it and open task manager and it is not showing it could be because of some type of malware or you may need to do a clean boot from what i can find online. Try running malwarebytes you can use it for free when it asks for an email you can hit skip and it will still run to see of it can find any malware and if it does it can remove it.

[@brooklynschoesler9715]

@@KattycatJane Okay thank you! I'll try that

[@johannessaksono1996]

so basicallly the only file you used to fix the problem is only the NT core one right ?

[@KattycatJane]

Yes that is the only file used.

[@johannessaksono1996]

@@KattycatJane Thanks, it works perfectly just like you said.

[@KattycatJane]

Glad it worked!

[@iEVLegacy]

Can anyone confirm this is still current? I followed along and still getting the pop up after pressing play on Steam then nothing...

[@wreck-it-ralph4616]

I'm having the same problem, did you manage to sort this?

[@iEVLegacy]

@@wreck-it-ralph4616 unfortunately not

[@SkellyWaggs]

Does this work for GOG Galaxy as well?

[@KattycatJane]

It should

[@DJRaffaMartin]

Thanks ❤

[@KattycatJane]

no problem!

[@indec7349]

❤❤❤

[@aviyuhh]

i owe you my first born child

[@KattycatJane]

🤣 you can keep them. Enjoy playing!

[@aviyuhh]

@@KattycatJane LMAOOOOOO but fr thanks!! ur a lifesave

[@kaoriwidal]

oooooowwwwww tks

[@elegyofthering6363]

thanks

[@davidtomisin5358]

Does this work for the PS3

[@KattycatJane]

Unfortunately I do not know perhaps start with lowering the setting because for some that is all they needed to do for the game to work.

[@angusj.s5068]

I cant launch it :