BioWare has released patch version 1.04 that fixes issues for both Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening.
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General Fixes - Daggers will now properly assign the dexterity-based damage bonus - Achievement images and messages will now display properly. - Resolved some authorization issues with downloadable content. - Blood talents from the Grey Warden Base premium downloadable content will now work properly in Awakening. - Fixed an issue where installing new downloadable content would occasionally leave the “Other Campaigns” selection greyed-out without a restart of the game. - Multiple transitions in and out of Fade areas will no longer multiply the number of visual effects running and slow down gameplay. - Floating numbers no longer appears over players’ heads. - Damage statistics will now be updated properly on the Inventory screen when weapons were unequipped. - Importing a character to a new module from a savegame that did not have the hero in the party caused the game to crash. - If a character is imported into Dragon Age: Awakening and is stripped of their incompatible gear from DLC, they will be equipped with default equipment. - Names with accents and special characters will now show up correctly in the Story So Far load hints. - Switching between Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Awakening will no longer reset options to default settings. - Fixed a number of memory leaks that were increasing the number of crashes - Audio drivers were causing a number of audio-related crashes. As such, audio drivers have been updated. - Fixed issues that were preventing portraits from being uploaded to the BioWare social site. - Game saves on Xbox 360 were being corrupted if you sold too many items to the same merchant. Saves will no longer be corrupted if you do this. - Screenshots are no longer automatically uploaded on the PC by default on new installations. - Fixed pick-pocketing. Characters were successfully stealing, but not receiving any items. Dragon Age: Origins Fixes - Fixed an issue that would cause incorrect characters to occasionally appear in Morrigan’s ritual. - Players who rescued their party members in the Fade of the Broken Circle plot were still forced to fight the sloth demon alone. This has been resolved. - It is no longer possible for the player to get blocked during gameplay by pursuing both candidates’ quests in the Orzammar plot line. Dragon Age: Awakening Fixes - A variety of bugs were preventing personal quests from triggering and causing issues with party member approval have been fixed. - Lillith will no longer repeatedly thank the player at Vigil’s Keep after being rescued. - During the Assault on Amaranthine, a bug would occasionally make some enemies invincible, which impeded game progress. This no longer happens. - Imported rogue characters will now properly detect traps. - The message, “Legacy tattoo asset do not use!” will no longer appear on the faces of imported characters. - Masterpiece and paragon silverite runes are now weapon runes instead of armor runes. - The masterpiece slow rune is now available for purchase from merchant stores. - Players may now receive notes of appreciation from their Origins love interests.
