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Dragon Age: Inquisition

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Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age: Inquisition cover
Developers
BioWare
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows November 18, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 85
OpenCritic 88
IGDB 88
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Dragon Age: Inquisition on HowLongToBeat
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Dragon Age: Inquisition guide on StrategyWiki
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Warnings

Mantle graphics API option requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1.[1]
Dragon Age
Dragon Age: Origins 2009
Dragon Age II 2011
Dragon Age: Inquisition 2014
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf TBA

Key points

Events from Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II can be imported via Dragon Age Keep.
Multiplayer is available as a free standalone title.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Origin
Windows
Amazon.com
Origin
Windows
Origin
Origin
 Included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
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Origin
 Game of the Year Edition
Windows
All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[2]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Deluxe Upgrade Included with EA Play.
Windows
Destruction Multiplayer Expansion Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
Jaws of Hakkon Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
Dragonslayer Multiplayer Expansion Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
The Black Emporium Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
Spoils of the Avvar Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
Spoils of the Qunari Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
The Descent Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
Trespasser Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222690/pfx/[Note 1]
Screenshots are stored in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Screenshots\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Limited to 100 MB of data (about 200 saves).
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings.
Display settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Behavior screen is unusable due to UI being cut off.
Cutscenes are pillarboxed 16:9, use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Camera can be zoomed in and out. For extra, use DAI Cinematic Tools.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA and FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
In-game cutscenes and animations are locked to 30 FPS. See High frame rate to fix.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

There is no separate anisotropic filtering slider available in the options. Anisotropic filtering is determined by the overall graphics preset, labeled "Graphics Quality" in the menu. When modifying individual graphics options to create a custom "Graphics Quality" configuration, the anisotropic filtering setting is determined by the last selected preset, regardless of what individual graphics options are selected.
Forcing anisotropic filtering through video driver causes texture shimmering.
Force AF through the config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open ProfileOptions_profile with Notepad
  3. Change the GstRender.AnisotropicFilter parameter between 0-4, 4 is the highest.

High frame rate

Increase cutscene FPS from 30 to 60[3]
  1. Right click Dragon Age Inquisition icon in the Origin game library.
  2. Select Game properties.
  3. Select the Advanced launch options tab.
  4. Add -GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60+ to Command line arguments.

Notes

There is a known bug[4] that causes the opening cutscene in the dungeon after the character creator to not load properly, resulting in the player spawning in the character creator level, with no ability to save. The easy way around this is to disable the fix until after you can save properly.
The game can soft-lock after judging Magister Gereon Alexius after the "In Hushed Whispers" quest, after judging him the game will get stuck during the fade-in to regular gameplay with you only being able to rotate the camera. You can wait for the game to auto-save then quit the game via the use of Task Manager and reload your file to continue with your decision intact.
The game can also suffer a problem during a cutscene involving an Eluvian in the Winter Palace during the Trespasser DLC.
Do not use driver-enforced V-Sync if you are using these command line arguments. Doing so may result in some cutscenes exhibiting stuttery animations.
Limit in game FPS, including when using Mantle[citation needed]
  1. Right click Dragon Age Inquisition icon in the Origin game library.
  2. Select game properties, and apply the following line in the dialogue box.
  3. Add -GameTime.MaxVariableFps 60

Notes

There can be some minor issues running this.[5] Use this when playing single player, and after a character is already created.
May cause desync of facial animations in long cutscenes.
Do not use driver-enforced V-Sync if you are using this command line. Doing so will result in stuttering cutscenes.
This fix also works on Need for Speed: Rivals and Battlefield 4.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur[6]
  1. Open Notepad and add the line WorldRender.MotionBlurEnable 0.
  2. Save as user.cfg in <path-to-game>.

Input

Controls settings.
Controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Patch 6 enabled binding of additional mouse buttons.[7]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
X and Y axis inversion available.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Controller Vibration toggle.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, sound FX, dialog and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op
Separate co-op mode.[8]

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Dragon Age Inquisition - 3DMigoto DX11 3D Vision Fix.
vorpX
2D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. Note:Its not clear at this point if Dragon Age 2 is 3D yet.

Issues fixed

Performance Issues

Create user.cfg[9]
  1. Open Notepad and paste the lines below
  2. Save as user.cfg in the Installation folder.
RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 0 
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 0 
RenderDevice.VsyncEnable 0 
PostProcess.DynamicAOEnable 0 
WorldRender.MotionBlurEnable 0
WorldRender.SpotLightShadowmapEnable 0 
WorldRender.SpotLightShadowmapResolution 4
WorldRender.TransparencyShadowmapsEnable 0 
WorldRender.LightTileCsPathEnable 0

Notes

This fix causes a loss of some visual fidelity.

Black Screen on Startup

The game won't start in fullscreen, but works in a maximized window
If you're using Teamviewer, disable it[citation needed]
If you are using Avast anti-virus, disable it by selecting an option from Avast shields control[citation needed]

Mantle "GR_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE" crash on start

Delete configuration file[10]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\
  2. Delete ProfileOptions_profile
  3. Start the game again.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Mantle support
Requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than 19.5.1 (2019).[1]
Shader Model support 4, 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Interface Scaleform

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 8.1
Processor (CPU) AMD Quad Core 2.5 GHz
Intel Quad Core 2.0 GHz		 AMD Six Core 3.2 GHz
Intel Quad Core 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 26 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 4870
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible 		AMD Radeon HD 7870 or R9 270
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1222690/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1222690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References