I've never had the crashing problem, but I had looked into this patch... this is hands down the clearest explanation on how to install it, cheers mate!
I never usually comment on videos but I have been trying to get this to work on and off all day to no avail, until I found this video explaining the process. Thank you so much! You made it so clear and concise, the other instructions I had found made it sound much more complicated than it was, so I am so grateful to have found this video! :)
Thank you so much!! I nearly lost my playthrough due to constant crashing in Orzammar / Deep roads. Found out about the patch but most guides were for steam or gog. Now I can keep playing!
Glad to help! This patch is imo absolutely necessary for new computers, otherwise the game tends to crash quite a lot. I've been using the patch for many years, even while having Windows 7 installed, because it helps a lot with the memory issues the game has due to that memory leak
Man tanks so much, I heard about this patch but couldn't find its name or location to download or anything. I was unable to play for more then 5 mins without crashes. Now its 100% fine.
Thank you for this. I lost my old Origins saves because of the crashes and have recently restarted. Hopefully this fixes it so I don't need to save before entering every new area in fear of a crash.
@@nines9036 glad it helped! yeah, Denerim still crashes sometimes, as well as the final quest (both the part in Redcliffe and Denerim), but the game is a lot more playable with this patch
@@springswallowx I hope this helps, then! I've noticed that from what people are saying, the Steam version of the game is a lot harder to get to run properly, so I highly recommend getting the game on GOG ideally (or EA App) so that it works better, if you don't already have one of these versions.
It's not a random patch. DAO players have been using this patch for YEARS. If you don't want to use it, that's fine. But I've been using it ever since the patch came out many many years ago.
Amazing video! just patched my game with no issues But was wondering, what do you recommend to put game graphics in? when I click on restore defaults it puts everything on max lol. I'm gonna be using some mods to enhance graphics anyway. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together
I use the max visual settings in the game, and have some mods to enhance the textures and such (like DAO Unofficial Remaster and various other texture mods). Just make sure you don't override the application settings with your video driver and you should be fine!
Does this work for the Ultimate Edition that includes the Awakening DLC? Or is this unencrypted DAorigins exe file only include DA Origins without the Awakening?
@@montgomeryclift Awakening is part of the DLCs that get installed automatically if you install the Ultimate Edition, so it should be just fine to replace the DAOrigins.exe file with the unencrypted one and patch it!
Works for a while, then the game freezes when a new cutscene is supposed to play. And it won't be able to resume again until I restart the computer. But thanks for tips on Win 7 Compat and Admin mode. It helped a bit.
Does this work the same for ultimate edition? I got to the part where I but the 4gb path in the bin ship and when I tried to start up daorigins.exe but it said files were missing
Should work for the ultimate edition, yes. The thing with the missing files may happen for the Steam version, I think - it's worth googling "dragon age origins steam missing files" and if you don't find an answer on the Steam discussions then look on Reddit for some posts about it. The steam version is weird because sometimes it has issues with these missing files and other times it doesn't 🤔 if you can afford to do so, I highly recommend the GOG or EA App versions of DAO!
Open/run the LAA patch instead of dragging it over the exe. When it opens, you should be able to browse your folders and find the exe you want to patch.
I've had this really odd bug were the game just crashes anytime I start it up, it doesn't even load the main menu. I tried the game on both the EA app and on GOG, same problem. Its odd since I had been playing the game on EA for many hours, then suddenly it decided to just stop working. I tried everything, completely uninstalling all mods, the whole game, even the EA app. Nothing worked. Eventually I discovered that the game only ran when I selected 'disable audio' in the configuration.exe. Of cource, that was no way to play it either. After troubleshooting for days and nothing working, not even updating or downgrading drivers etc., I finally got it fixed! Turns out, when I downloaded the unencrypted DA: Origins.exe from the steam forums, the game suddenly ran without problems. It's strange however, since I do not have the game on steam... Anyway, I'm just happy the game is working again. But I still have no clue why it broke in the first place.
@@daanvanderloon5032 probably something weird related to the daorigins.exe that you get normally when installing the game. I believe I also have a version of the unencrypted exe on my computer, so it's very likely I first replaced the original with that before applying the patch to the game. Don't remember very well since the last time I had to install the game on my PC was some years ago when I got a new PC (and I've had it installed ever since). But this is a very useful thing to keep in mind! Thank you for sharing :)
Followed your guide for the steam version and it crashes after defeating the pride demon during the Harrowing on mage, previously I could at least make it to Ostagar, it was once I left Ostagar that it would ctd every time I tried. Like, am I freaking cursed?
Hmm. I've heard from multiple people that they're having issues with the Steam version of the game. Personally I don't really understand why, as other people have also said it worked for them. But do keep in mind that even with this patch, the game WILL still occasionally crash. Another possiblity for which the game crashes, especially if it crashes in a very specific moment or area every time, is due to some mods causing it to do that. I don't know if you're using any mods, and if so which, but you can try disabling most of your mods to try to see if the crash stops happening in that spot. And then re-enable them one by one to see which one was the culprit. I can tell you that some mods that caused extra crashes for me were: spider replacement mod (the ones that turn spiders into deepstalkers or other animals) - so now I use the spider to rock replacement since that one is stable, no helmet hack, and possibly auto looting mods though I'm not 100% sure. The best thing I can recommend is to get the game on GOG since it seems the most stable on there, and it should be relatively cheap.
I am having the worst time with this it is driving me insane, I am trying to instal the patch however I do not see an exe doa anywhere in my bin foldler. just config, updater and regular DAorigins. I tried unzipping the patch, put it into the bin ship. I am now lost, I use steam, I cannot create a shortcut with those properties, I see no configure or anything. I just want to play without it crashing on start up. Someone please help
@@aliciafeed2304 DAOrigins is the exe file, you probably just don't have file extensions visible! For the Steam version you first need to replace the DAOrigins file you have with the one from NexusMods that is unencrypted so that you can apply the patch to it. I believe there should also be a pre-patched version of DAOrigins somewhere online, but I'm not 100% certain where. Once you have replaced the original DAOrigins with the one from NexusMods, apply the patch to it like I said in the video. Then you should be able to right click DAOrigins (or drag it towards the desktop) and create a shortcut on the desktop. After it's created, you can right click it and go into properties to set up run in compatibility mode for Windows 7 and run as administrator. However, unfortunately I have heard from some people that they are unable to make the Steam version of the game work at all, even if they tried many different fixes. I don't know why that is. But there's still some hope! There's a reddit post I've seen that mentions a few more possible fixes: www.reddit.com/r/DragonageOrigins/comments/otrgc0/dragon_age_origins_ultimate_edition_wont_boot/ I've heard from a few people that the Microsoft compatibility thing linked there in the reddit post made their game work, so it's worth a shot. If those fixes don't work, though, or you don't have the patience for them, I highly recommend getting the game on GOG instead. The GOG version is the most stable and should be easy to install the patch with it.
I highly recommend getting thr GOG version of the game. Steam seems to have lots of issues for people (even if some of them manage to patch the game). However! I have also heard about a new mod for DAO that says it fixes the memory leak issue and so it should also fix the crashes. I haven't tried it myself. But since the patch didn't work, you can give it a shot if you're interested: it's called "Performance and Memory Leak Fix - DXVK" and you can find it on NexusMods. You'll still need to patch the game for 4gb - the mod description has details on how to do it. Hope this helps!
I've never had the crashing problem, but I had looked into this patch... this is hands down the clearest explanation on how to install it, cheers mate!
Same, just played it through and had no issues other then the armor bug for the silverite mines. Found a fix mod for that
Was having problems getting the game to start up on Windows 11 and this video covered everything I needed to get it working. Thanks a bunch!
@@ShamrockSeraph glad to hear everything worked!
I never usually comment on videos but I have been trying to get this to work on and off all day to no avail, until I found this video explaining the process. Thank you so much! You made it so clear and concise, the other instructions I had found made it sound much more complicated than it was, so I am so grateful to have found this video! :)
@@m.r.waters.writes really glad it helped!
Thank you so much!! I nearly lost my playthrough due to constant crashing in Orzammar / Deep roads. Found out about the patch but most guides were for steam or gog. Now I can keep playing!
@@HydraDaLittle glad it helped!
Playing on Steam and replacing the exe solved my issue where the game would no longer launch. Thank you, much appreciated.
Perfect timing, I'm starting my first ever playthrough tonight and I heard that this patch is good for stability
Glad to help! This patch is imo absolutely necessary for new computers, otherwise the game tends to crash quite a lot. I've been using the patch for many years, even while having Windows 7 installed, because it helps a lot with the memory issues the game has due to that memory leak
Man tanks so much, I heard about this patch but couldn't find its name or location to download or anything. I was unable to play for more then 5 mins without crashes. Now its 100% fine.
@@irdave2537 glad to hear it helped!
My save file crashed upon launching it and this fixed it. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for this. I lost my old Origins saves because of the crashes and have recently restarted. Hopefully this fixes it so I don't need to save before entering every new area in fear of a crash.
Update - seems to have worked! Managed the entire Broken Circle with no crashes whatsoever. Great guide, thank you!
Thank you for this its really been helpful. I still have crashing issues in Denerim, but they are minor ☺
@@nines9036 glad it helped! yeah, Denerim still crashes sometimes, as well as the final quest (both the part in Redcliffe and Denerim), but the game is a lot more playable with this patch
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I can't count how many times I've played it, but yesterday I decided to come back. The game sometimes turns off, I hope this helps. Thanks!
@@springswallowx I hope this helps, then! I've noticed that from what people are saying, the Steam version of the game is a lot harder to get to run properly, so I highly recommend getting the game on GOG ideally (or EA App) so that it works better, if you don't already have one of these versions.
Applying a random patch and then running as admin is SUPER sketch and insecure.
It's not a random patch. DAO players have been using this patch for YEARS. If you don't want to use it, that's fine. But I've been using it ever since the patch came out many many years ago.
@ Is the source code available? I would be less sus if it didn’t require admin. No game should need admin access to my machine.
Amazing video! just patched my game with no issues But was wondering, what do you recommend to put game graphics in? when I click on restore defaults it puts everything on max lol. I'm gonna be using some mods to enhance graphics anyway. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together
I use the max visual settings in the game, and have some mods to enhance the textures and such (like DAO Unofficial Remaster and various other texture mods). Just make sure you don't override the application settings with your video driver and you should be fine!
Anytime I launch the game shortcut from the bin_ship, I get a failed to load application error after I hit the allow it to make changes?
Hmm, that's really strange. Does it give you any specific error code or any details when this happens?
@@btiermutineer figured it out by searching the error code. my own dumbass fault for skipping a whole step. thank you!!
thank you so much :')
Does this work for the Ultimate Edition that includes the Awakening DLC? Or is this unencrypted DAorigins exe file only include DA Origins without the Awakening?
@@montgomeryclift Awakening is part of the DLCs that get installed automatically if you install the Ultimate Edition, so it should be just fine to replace the DAOrigins.exe file with the unencrypted one and patch it!
Works for a while, then the game freezes when a new cutscene is supposed to play. And it won't be able to resume again until I restart the computer. But thanks for tips on Win 7 Compat and Admin mode. It helped a bit.
Does this work the same for ultimate edition? I got to the part where I but the 4gb path in the bin ship and when I tried to start up daorigins.exe but it said files were missing
Should work for the ultimate edition, yes. The thing with the missing files may happen for the Steam version, I think - it's worth googling "dragon age origins steam missing files" and if you don't find an answer on the Steam discussions then look on Reddit for some posts about it. The steam version is weird because sometimes it has issues with these missing files and other times it doesn't 🤔 if you can afford to do so, I highly recommend the GOG or EA App versions of DAO!
Everytime i drag the laa into the dragon age application it just starts it instead of going in the file
Open/run the LAA patch instead of dragging it over the exe. When it opens, you should be able to browse your folders and find the exe you want to patch.
@btiermutineer thanks bro im a bit retarded
I've had this really odd bug were the game just crashes anytime I start it up, it doesn't even load the main menu. I tried the game on both the EA app and on GOG, same problem. Its odd since I had been playing the game on EA for many hours, then suddenly it decided to just stop working. I tried everything, completely uninstalling all mods, the whole game, even the EA app. Nothing worked. Eventually I discovered that the game only ran when I selected 'disable audio' in the configuration.exe. Of cource, that was no way to play it either.
After troubleshooting for days and nothing working, not even updating or downgrading drivers etc., I finally got it fixed!
Turns out, when I downloaded the unencrypted DA: Origins.exe from the steam forums, the game suddenly ran without problems. It's strange however, since I do not have the game on steam... Anyway, I'm just happy the game is working again. But I still have no clue why it broke in the first place.
@@daanvanderloon5032 probably something weird related to the daorigins.exe that you get normally when installing the game. I believe I also have a version of the unencrypted exe on my computer, so it's very likely I first replaced the original with that before applying the patch to the game. Don't remember very well since the last time I had to install the game on my PC was some years ago when I got a new PC (and I've had it installed ever since). But this is a very useful thing to keep in mind! Thank you for sharing :)
Followed your guide for the steam version and it crashes after defeating the pride demon during the Harrowing on mage, previously I could at least make it to Ostagar, it was once I left Ostagar that it would ctd every time I tried. Like, am I freaking cursed?
Hmm. I've heard from multiple people that they're having issues with the Steam version of the game. Personally I don't really understand why, as other people have also said it worked for them. But do keep in mind that even with this patch, the game WILL still occasionally crash.
Another possiblity for which the game crashes, especially if it crashes in a very specific moment or area every time, is due to some mods causing it to do that. I don't know if you're using any mods, and if so which, but you can try disabling most of your mods to try to see if the crash stops happening in that spot. And then re-enable them one by one to see which one was the culprit. I can tell you that some mods that caused extra crashes for me were: spider replacement mod (the ones that turn spiders into deepstalkers or other animals) - so now I use the spider to rock replacement since that one is stable, no helmet hack, and possibly auto looting mods though I'm not 100% sure.
The best thing I can recommend is to get the game on GOG since it seems the most stable on there, and it should be relatively cheap.
I am having the worst time with this it is driving me insane, I am trying to instal the patch however I do not see an exe doa anywhere in my bin foldler. just config, updater and regular DAorigins. I tried unzipping the patch, put it into the bin ship. I am now lost, I use steam, I cannot create a shortcut with those properties, I see no configure or anything. I just want to play without it crashing on start up. Someone please help
@@aliciafeed2304 DAOrigins is the exe file, you probably just don't have file extensions visible! For the Steam version you first need to replace the DAOrigins file you have with the one from NexusMods that is unencrypted so that you can apply the patch to it. I believe there should also be a pre-patched version of DAOrigins somewhere online, but I'm not 100% certain where.
Once you have replaced the original DAOrigins with the one from NexusMods, apply the patch to it like I said in the video. Then you should be able to right click DAOrigins (or drag it towards the desktop) and create a shortcut on the desktop. After it's created, you can right click it and go into properties to set up run in compatibility mode for Windows 7 and run as administrator.
However, unfortunately I have heard from some people that they are unable to make the Steam version of the game work at all, even if they tried many different fixes. I don't know why that is. But there's still some hope! There's a reddit post I've seen that mentions a few more possible fixes: www.reddit.com/r/DragonageOrigins/comments/otrgc0/dragon_age_origins_ultimate_edition_wont_boot/
I've heard from a few people that the Microsoft compatibility thing linked there in the reddit post made their game work, so it's worth a shot.
If those fixes don't work, though, or you don't have the patience for them, I highly recommend getting the game on GOG instead. The GOG version is the most stable and should be easy to install the patch with it.
Very nice that this works for others, but it doesn't for me. The Daorigins.exe file doesn't work for me.
I highly recommend getting thr GOG version of the game. Steam seems to have lots of issues for people (even if some of them manage to patch the game). However! I have also heard about a new mod for DAO that says it fixes the memory leak issue and so it should also fix the crashes. I haven't tried it myself. But since the patch didn't work, you can give it a shot if you're interested: it's called "Performance and Memory Leak Fix - DXVK" and you can find it on NexusMods. You'll still need to patch the game for 4gb - the mod description has details on how to do it. Hope this helps!