Please note that there seem to be a glitch or a bug for the DLC items, if you play as a Dwarven Noble. (you won't have access to them). This only happens on the PC, though. Small comfort, I know...




OriginalBaern at the Bioware DA spoiler forums points to a solution to this:

http://daforums.bioware.com/forums/v…orum=145&sp=30

In the thread is post from a developer, Nathan Frederick that comfirms the issue existing on the PC version. And there looking into how they can fix things.

A Bioware dev. (Sydney Tang has verified this to be true; he has also confirmed that the issue is NOT to be found in the console versions of the game:

Sydney Tang wrote:



This just to let you...

And inform any of you that might be playing the dwarf noble origins wondering where you dlc items went...

PS: Maggie, how it's going with the playing of this game?

Thanks Karsten. I wonder if they will get a patch out for the PC folks?

Karsten-

So far I have started the game twice, I think I need a new mouse as this one does not want to do what it is suppose to, so I will go to Best Buy tomorrow. Again, thanks for your help.

maggie

Thanks, Karsten, I've made a note of that

From RPG Watch comes word of patch 1.01 for DA: Origins.

http://www.rpgwatch.com/#13702
link to patch in this link)

It fixes, among other things 'potential corruption of character statistics.'

In other DA news, there is a problem with some of German DA games, but only it is has a white sticker on the back of the box.
(source: http://www.rpgwatch.com/#13702)

Just to ley you know

Thanks Karsten, I hope that fix will allow folks to be a Dwarven noble if they so desire

Thanks looney

As for playing as a Dwarven noble - people may stil play this Origins; they just have to do it without the items from the DLC.

As for why this is happening, I don't know.

On on more general note in the dlc, I do think that Bioware did not expect how popular DA: Origins seem to be.

Confusion !!

I installed Dragon Age earlier (the disk version) JUST to see what it was like, of course and found it all a rather confusing process with the entering of passwords, user names, different codes and the downloading of stuff.
[Not quite as simple as other RPGs I've encountered ]

Then, when I thought I'd done everything, I noticed your post, Karsten, about the patch being available, so I downloaded and installed that too.

Baaaad !! As before the patch, the game ran fine but afterwards it refused to even launch - so I had to uninstall everything and start over

Is the patch not for everyone, then ??

My second installation is working fine, thank goodness, but I wasn't offered as much downloadable content this time and just wondered if anyone might know why

I wasn't offered the Grey Warden Keep (or something like that). I can't remember the exact name now.
But I do have Prisoner of Stone (I think that's the name of that one).
Plus Feral Wolf Charm.
Plus Memory Band.

So have I got all the download stuff I should have ??

Hi Mad

It sound like you have the CE version of the game?

Also, do you have Windows Vista, XP, or Windows 7?
(can't remember, sorry)

There seem to be a problem with the 64 bit versions of Vista and Vindows 7, I think?
(could be related, could not be related).

As far helping your out, Mad, try this:

http://daforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=704181&forum=135

Please take a look at the suggestions made by JamesX

Do you have the code (on a card?) for the Blood Armour? You should also have that one...

The tree other items, you've mentioned should be OK.

In this thread, there is some good advice, too:

http://daforums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=702633&forum=135&sp=45
(please have a look at coenjan's post)

Oh, and Mad, do you have The Warden's Keep installed before you applied the patch i.e. did it get through OK in the dowloading part of it?

Urza's post in this thread might also help you (and others)

http://daforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=702572&forum=146

Just for good measure Chris Priestly from Bioware have made a sticky thread about understanding DLC etc.

http://daforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=702633&forum=135

This thread made by member of the Bioware Community could be helpfull, too

http://daforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=703059&forum=146

From what I've seen there seems to a problem with the Warden's Keep DLC. People are not getting it, or having trouble redeeming the (free) promo code.
[Doesn't help that the social site is down for the moment either...] After the patch people can't get their DLC back either, or get Warden's Keep.

From the sounds and looks of it, Bioware people are running around being very confused as to why this is happening - didn't think the game would be this popular now, did they?

I hope some of my suggestions will be helpfull

Hi Karsten

Thank you for all that "research".
If any of it solves my problems I'll certainly come back here and let you know

I am running Dragon Age in WinXP - but what is a "CE" version of the game ??
[Showing my ignorance again !! ]

I've never experienced such problems with previous RPGs .... My more usual one is getting slaughtered in fights

Thanks again.

Cheers.

Mad

CE = collectors edition.

Hi Mad

I just meant if you had the Collector's Edition of the game? As I remember it, pre-ordering the Collector's Edition did give you these three (free promo) items? [I may, of course, remember wrongly?]

Did your game come with a cloth map?

As I see it, Bioware (or more possibly EA) have brought this on themselves buy tying different items to different pre-orders?

And by tying the Warden's Keep to any digital distribution (or just the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game? ) they have a great deal of confusion.

It also seems to me that that Bioware (and EA) did not anticipate the popularity of this game (in my local gamestop is is # 4 item sold); they were not expecting, probably, their servers to be hit as hard, as they did.

Oh, well, maybe by the time Mass Effect rolls around around January 26th, the social site will function somewhat OK?

I also looked at the box, very confusing it is, I think. No where is the words 'rpg' to be seen, the text of the back describes it as some kind of action game? where you (as the hero?) unite the lands, fight the good fight against the evil force that has invanded the land etc.

If I did not know what this game was about, I would assume that I was about to play a game in which I would be the hero (no mention of party based either) that solely unites the land without any help...

And the text for system requirements are very very small, even for normal eyes...

On a more aesthetic level, I don't like the dragon that's on the front of the box. It just looks like a generic game, not the epic, dark, partybased fantasy game that it is...

Ok, I'll end my rant now...

PS:
In a thread over at the Bioware forums, it was suggested that you could move by clicking both the LMB and RMB mouse button at the same time...

Edit:

There seems to be a problem with the patch having a conflict with the MS C++ 2005 redist. package. If you think you have this problem, please head here to read ToddMcFF2002's post: (link to solution in post)

http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1060981887#post1060981887

Hmmmmm......I wonder what happened to mine???

Got mine in a day from Interact and fired it up last night. I played for about a half hour and have to say I'm not thrilled with the controls. I like to change camera angle with the mouse and use the WASD keys for movement. I didn't see a way to change this in the in-game options. I guess I'll get used to it...

Hi all


First, to let you know by way of RPGWatch that Fernado Melo, a Bioware dev has posted a lengthy letter to the community explaining about the issues - and apologizing for the problems people are having both with the dlc and the (new) social site. Apparantly, they took Spore's numbers and doubled it! - and for the DLC there was an issue with (some) Windows Service, I think

Anyway, here's a snip from the post:

Fernado Melo wrote:



Here's Fernando's reflective thoughts on the whole thing:



This is customer service like we used to get in the olden days!
A company acknowledging a problem, communicating about it, and fixing it.
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Those of you that have problems with the controls for movement might want to check out this thread; please have a look at mithent's post:

http://daforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=704644&forum=135&highlight=

There are apparently three ways to move in DA: Origins - or rather make your characters move


1) using the wsad keys
2) leftclick the character(s), then use the RMB to tell them where to go
3) drive the characters MMO-style by holding the RMB and LMB down at the same time and use the mouse to move the character(s) forward.

/Karsten