Dragon Age: Origins

Bioware's attempt at a party-based RPG like the good old days.
The box says, "partial nudity" so it has to be a quality product.
Enjoy, adventure, pillage, murder, do what you do best.

Support summary

Grades:-

Widescreen: A
Multi-Monitor: B

Tested Version:

Retail US version with patch 1.01b

Screen change:

Hor+

Widescreen Method:

Native

Hud Stretch:

None

Multi-monitor Method:

.ini edit

Multi-monitor HUD:

HUD Positioning Affects Gameplay

Rendered cut-scenes:

Anamorphic

FMV cut-scenes:

Anamorphic

Additional WSGF Links:

Game information

Release Date:

Tuesday, 3 November, 2009

Game status:

Released

Setting:

Fantasy

Genre:

RPG

Play styles:

Single player

Developer:

BioWare

Developer feedback:

Links:

⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Metacritic ⋅ Moby Games ⋅ Wikipedia ⋅

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Solutions & Anomalies

Solution

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution

You may need to manually add resolutions wider than 16:9. Go to "Documents and Settings\*User Name*\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings" and open "DragonAge.ini" with a text editor.

Search for...

ResolutionWidth=****
ResolutionHeight=****

Change "****" to your desired widescreen resolution.

3D Solution

Single player anomalies

The main menu is Vert - in widescreen resolutions. The menu options scale properly in widescreen resolutions.
The loading screen is Hor + up to 16:9 widescreen resolutions and Vert - in widescreen resolutions wider than 16:9. The text scales properly in widescreen resolutions.
The HUD and all two-dimensional objects do not stretch in widescreen resolutions. The HUD and all two-dimensional objects will not scale past 1280x960.

Multiplayer anomalies

3D anomalies

Comparison Screenshots