Key points
- Saves can be imported from Dragon Age: Origins.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Community Discussions (retired)
Availability
- Steam CD key can be activated on Origin.[2]
Demo
A demo free is available on Steam.
DLC and expansion packs
- All of the DLC is now available in a bundle on Origin and Steam.
Name |
Notes |
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All-Class Item Pack |
Contains Mage Item Pack, Rogue Item Pack and Warrior Item Pack |
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All-Class Item Pack II |
Contains Mage Item Pack II, Rogue Item Pack II and Warrior Item Pack II |
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Black Emporium |
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Blood Dragon Armor |
Requires Dragon Age: Origins to be registered on same account |
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The Exiled Prince |
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High Resolution Texture Pack |
Free. |
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Legacy |
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Mage Item Pack |
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Mage Item Pack II |
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Mark of the Assassin |
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Promotional Pack |
Free on Origin. |
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Rogue Item Pack |
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Rogue Item Pack II |
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Ser Isaac's Armor |
Requires Dead Space 2 to be registered on same account |
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Warrior Item Pack |
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Warrior Item Pack II |
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Essential improvements
- Hi-Res Texture Pack - greatly improves the texture quality. If the game is on Origin, then the texture pack can be downloaded as free DLC.
Patches
- Patch 1.04 is the latest.
Skip intro videos
Edit config file[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Open
DragonAge.ini .
- Change the line
DisableIntroMovies=0 to DisableIntroMovies=1 and save the file.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age 2\Settings\DragonAge.ini |
macOS (OS X) |
~/Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age 2/Settings/DragonAge.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238040/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age 2\Characters\ |
macOS (OS X) |
~/Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age 2/Characters/ |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238040/pfx/[Note 1] |
System |
Native |
Notes |
Origin |
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Syncs save games. No cross-platform sync between Windows and OS X. |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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SFX, music and dialogue. |
Surround sound |
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Outputs 5.1 if detected. Stereo can be forced. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation, download. |
Russian |
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Spanish |
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VR support
Issues fixed
Won't launch on Retina display
- Retina display does not support 1024x600 default resolution and fails to display window. Game otherwise runs in the background.
Edit resolution in DragonAge.ini[5]
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- Edit
~/Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age 2/Settings/DragonAge.ini
- Change lines to:
ResolutionWidth=1280
ResolutionHeight=800
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Won't launch on OS X
- Play button appears but does not launch the game.
Delete wineserver folder[6]
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- Go to
~/Library/Application Support/Dragon Age II/
- Delete folder
/wineserver-computername/
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9, 10, 11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista SP2, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 1.8 GHz |
AMD Phenom II X3 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB (XP) 1.5 GB (Vista, 7) |
2 GB (XP) 4 GB (Vista, 7) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.6 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
9 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GS ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References