Dragon Age Ultimate Steam

[Majesticii]

Hey,

So I decided i wanted to play this game again (on steam). Well i've been trying for the past hour or so, and this game just refuses to launch. I get to the launcher, hit play, the game splash appears and then it notifies me it has stopped working.

Tried:
Verifying
Reinstalling
update graphics drivers
launch in compatibility
launch directly from .exe
update physx

I'm thinking this has something to do with windows 8, but compatibility mode doesn't work. If i set compatibility hitting "play" just causes the launcher to restart.

System:
Core i5-4670K
Geforce GTX670
8GB CL8 1600mhz DDR3
Windows 8 64-bit

Googling just gives me about 4/5 posts, apparently not many people use Windows 8. I've tried everything suggested there, no luck.

Any suggestions? I dare not say, but at the moment i'm looking to be forced to c.rack a legally purchased game in order to get it running....

[Wilian]

I've never had any issues with the game so the whole Windows 8 thing seems like the plausible thing to me. :/

[Zao]

I'm running it on win8 and had zero problems so far. So I doubt it's the OS.
Although I got it through Origin.

[Majesticii]

Hm, so maybe a steam DRM issue?

I've now also update .net and directx. My box of tricks has run out.

[OrcsRLame]

Dude, I have no idea. I did an entire playthrough of the game on Steam, with Windows 8, and I never had any issues.

[Majesticii]

I did find this though.

Dude, I have no idea. I did an entire playthrough of the game on Steam, with Windows 8, and I never had any issues.

So it's not steam or windows related. That helps me pinpoint the issue atleast.

[Jtbrig7390]

Hm, so maybe a steam DRM issue?

I've now also update .net and directx. My box of tricks has run out.

Are you using Windows 8 "The Basic install" or the update 8.1?

8.1 has been reported to fix some gaming problems so if u haven't updated to 8.1 try that.

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I did find this though.

That could be the reason I have never seen Vram read like that.

I will be clear tho I don't use Win8 I am still using WIn 7 ult 64bit.

[Majesticii]

It's Win8 Enterprise, i have to wait for the update package to roll out.

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On my laptop, exact same operating system it works just fine.
Only the gpu is so shitty it can't run the game properly.

Core 2 Duo T6400
HD 4330
Windows 8 64bit Enterprise.

Maybe some registry entry is corrupted. Is there a way to completely clean the game off the system?

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Fixed it, it was that damn proprietary bastard software called Physx.
For anyone finding it through google:

I went to control panel -> software and removed physx.
Installed the physx in the steamapps/common/Dragon age ultimate/redist

Now it works.

Another issue i had was an older /documents/bioware/dragon age folder, i had to remove it.