Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Developers
	BioWare
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows	November 18, 2014

Warnings

Mantle graphics API option requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1.

Dragon Age

Dragon Age: Origins	2009
Dragon Age II	2011
Dragon Age: Inquisition	2014

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.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Gamesplanet
Origin		Included with Origin Access Basic.

All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Deluxe Upgrade	Included with Origin Access Basic.
Destruction Multiplayer Expansion	Included with Origin Access Premier.
Jaws of Hakkon	Included with Origin Access Premier.
Dragonslayer Multiplayer Expansion	Included with Origin Access Premier.
The Black Emporium	Included with Origin Access Premier.
Spoils of the Avvar	Included with Origin Access Premier.
Spoils of the Qunari	Included with Origin Access Premier.
The Descent	Included with Origin Access Premier.
Trespasser	Included with Origin Access Premier.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\

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).

Video settings

Display 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.

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.

Modify ProfileOptions_profile file[citation needed] Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\ Open ProfileOptions_profile with Notepad Change the GstRender.AnisotropicFilter parameter between 0-4, 4 is the highest. Notes Forcing anisotropic filtering through video driver causes texture shimmering.

High frame rate

Increase cutscene FPS from 30 to 60 Right click Dragon Age Inquisition icon in the Origin game library. Select Game properties. Select the Advanced launch options tab. Add -GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60+ to Command line arguments. Notes There is a known bug 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.

Limit in game FPS, including when using Mantle[citation needed] Right click Dragon Age Inquisition icon in the Origin game library. Select game properties, and apply the following line in the dialogue box. Add -GameTime.MaxVariableFps 60 Notes There can be some minor issues running this. 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.

Input settings

Controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Patch 6 enabled binding of additional mouse buttons.
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

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Controller Vibration toggle.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

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

VR support

3D modes	Native	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 Open Notepad and paste the lines below 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 Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\ Delete ProfileOptions_profile Start the game again.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Mantle support
Shader Model support	4, 5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Interface	Scaleform

Disable motion blur

Create user.cfg Open Notepad and add the line WorldRender.MotionBlurEnable 0 Save as user.cfg in <path-to-game>.

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.