Origin ingame overlay won't start

[Tilion7]

As my title explains the ingame mode of origins isn't working. The game i am playing at the moment is Dragon age: Inquisition and i haven't tried playing other games yet. At first when is started the game everything was fine and i got the message that if i wanted to acces the ingame mode i had to press shift +f1.

Now when i start the game i don't get that message anymore and even if i press that combination nothing happens.

The point is that if i want to use origin to chat with friends and play at the same time i have to use alt-tab, which makes the game go into a smaller window, which consumes time.

Is anyone else having the same problem and are there any sollutions?

Oh and for the record i am using windows 8.1.

[rspanther · Accepted solution]

Are you using MSI Afterburner? That's what prevents me from using Origin in game. Until either Origin or Afterburner updates they don't work together.

[EA_Kristi]

@Tilion7 Just to check, is you Origin in game enabled? You can disable/enable Origin In Game if you go to the Origin menu in the top left corner of the client, then Application Settings and Origin In game.

[Manlaser83]

I am having the same issue I have my on for sure and I have tried it with supported game or for all games either way it wont launch.  When I am in titanfall it says that its disabled when it isn't.  Very annoying since i cant invite friends to games anymore.  

[Tilion7]

I enabled it for all games in the origin client. When ticked the box, the next time origin started in game. Sadly that only happend once and i've restarted DA:I several times without result.

[rspanther · Accepted solution]

Are you using MSI Afterburner? That's what prevents me from using Origin in game. Until either Origin or Afterburner updates they don't work together.

[Tilion7]

Yes i am using MSI afterburner! Hope an update fixes it!

[yahel_1]

I found...Origin Overlay doesnt work with driver Razer Sinapse, or anything else like this...just close these programs, like this ,and Origin Overlay,it will work very fine

[rspanther]

The newest version of Afterburner, 4.1.0 does not interfere with Origin in Game.

For some reason it will work in in Dragon Age Inquisition, but not in Mass Effect 3.

[backupmacgraw]

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@EA_Kristi wrote:

@Tilion7 Just to check, is you Origin in game enabled? You can disable/enable Origin In Game if you go to the Origin menu in the top left corner of the client, then Application Settings and Origin In game.

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yeah, the origin in game thing is always checked and it still doesn't work for me in Mass Effect 3........................

[gardarik190794]

Same here *Bump!*

The Origin starts fine in Dragon Age Inquisition, but won't start in Dead Space 3 and Mass Effect 3. No Razer drivers or MSI Afterburner. Any advice?