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Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate EditionI can't see any DLC or the other campaigns... Is this game fully DRM free?(15 posts)(15 posts)
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Posted July 21, 2016
I have just downloaded the installation using GOG Galaxy and applied the hot fix file. The problem is that when I load the game I can't see any DLC and I can't select the other campaings because is greyed out. I have read some posts with similar problems but I can't find a solution.
My installation files are about 36GB. I have no internet connection. Is this game fully DRM free? What am I missing? Have any of you solved the same problem?

Thank you in advance.
Posted July 21, 2016
I have experienced the same issue on my friends computer. Installed GOG3 version from earlier dowloaded installer, applied GOG5 patch, started the game and there are no other campaigns in the menu.
Posted July 21, 2016
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Marcus_de_Tycho: I have experienced the same issue on my friends computer. Installed GOG3 version from earlier dowloaded installer, applied GOG5 patch, started the game and there are no other campaigns in the menu.
I'm double-checking it right now.
EDIT:
OK, so I did the following:

- installed old gog-3 version
- installed gog-5 patch
- disabled any network connections
- started the game

all DLCs were in place.

Did you do any additional steps, which I can retrace?
Post edited July 21, 2016 by Thiev
Posted July 21, 2016
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san2k11: ...The problem is that when I load the game I can't see any DLC and I can't select the other campaings because is greyed out...
I also had this issue which was solved simply by running the game with Admin rights, i.e. right-click game shortcut and Run as Administrator.

For my game install (on Windows 10), the save data, config files, etc, are stored in Users\Admin\Documents\BioWare. That's likely why Admin rights are required.

Otherwise, without Admin rights, the game will create another BioWare folder under the current user's Documents folder which will not be authorized for DLC content.

Hope that helps you solve your problem.


Edit: Forgot to mention that Users\Admin is a separate user account I created with administrator rights while all other accounts are standard. Perhaps that is an issue for the installer.
Post edited July 22, 2016 by victor.yee
Posted July 22, 2016
Running as admin worked for me (W10)

I don't like it, but it's better than not having the DLC or alternate campaigns. Thanks for the help!
Posted July 22, 2016
I have retested it on Windows 10 with admin rights and it's working fine. Can't reproduce it.
Posted July 22, 2016
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Landerian: Running as admin worked for me (W10)

I don't like it, but it's better than not having the DLC or alternate campaigns. Thanks for the help!
To clarify, my user account is still a Standard account. What I do is start up the game using the "Run as administrator" option. This means I have to enter the admin password each time but it's a minor inconvenience.

Start up the game by right-clicking the game shortcut and choosing -> More -> Run as administrator

or

Go to your DAOriginsLauncher.exe , right-click -> Properties -> Compatibility tab -> Run this program as an administrator
Posted July 22, 2016
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victor.yee: Start up the game by right-clicking the game shortcut and choosing -> More -> Run as administrator
Yeah, that's what I'm doing and no problems. It's a minor thing (and one reason I sometimes have a subfolder of games for "Admin games" so I don't forget to do that). Thanks again!
Posted July 22, 2016
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I also experienced this issue (with the "GOG-4" version). I submitted a support ticket about it but GOG claimed they could not reproduce this issue. I sent them instructions on how to do so, which mirror those noted here, so hopefully they will act on this.

I figured out a workaround for the problem that does not require running as administrator. This can be used until GOG patches their installer to fix the issue permanently.

You need to copy the files AddIns.xml and offers.xml from the Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings folder of your administrator account to that of your normal user account. Then you should be able to run DAO and have both Awakening and all the DLC accessible without requiring elevated privileges.
Posted July 22, 2016
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HanSewLow: You need to copy the files AddIns.xml and offers.xml from the Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings folder of your administrator account to that of your normal user account. Then you should be able to run DAO and have both Awakening and all the DLC accessible without requiring elevated privileges.
Thanks! Worked a treat.
Posted July 23, 2016
Thiev:

I did the same but with my online connection on and gog-4 version and gog-5 patch. The DLC and other campaigns were missing.

victor.yee and HanSewLow:

As victor.yee reported running the game with admin rights solved the problems but I also use a standard rights account to my everyday use. The HanSewLow solution worked perfectly!

Thank you all!
Posted August 02, 2016
It is DRM-free no need to login to BSN.
Posted June 21, 2017
This is still a thing right now. And HanSewLow's answer is still the only reasonable course of action. So thanks to them for helping us out! (purchased a few days ago, running on win7 64bit)


In general getting pretty tired of the "run everything as admin" mantra around here.
Posted November 25, 2018
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HanSewLow: I also experienced this issue (with the "GOG-4" version). I submitted a support ticket about it but GOG claimed they could not reproduce this issue. I sent them instructions on how to do so, which mirror those noted here, so hopefully they will act on this.

I figured out a workaround for the problem that does not require running as administrator. This can be used until GOG patches their installer to fix the issue permanently.

You need to copy the files AddIns.xml and offers.xml from the Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings folder of your administrator account to that of your normal user account. Then you should be able to run DAO and have both Awakening and all the DLC accessible without requiring elevated privileges.
This should be stickied! Really important info to know about!
Posted January 25, 2019
If using Windows 10, you should run the game as Administrator and you will see all DLCs, installed!
It work on me!
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