Dragon Age Origins Won't Save

[lazydragon35]

My dragon age origins refuses to save, the game runs normally however whenever i attempt to save it doesn't work. I have reinstalled and repaired with no luck. If anyone can help please do.

[EA_Zoe]

Is there any specific error message @lazydragon35?

[lazydragon35]

No there wasn't any error messages but it seems to be sorted now I reinstalled and resarted my PC a few times and it started working again, the game used to crash a lot too but de fragging the hard drive helps.

[EA_Zoe]

Good to hear the issue is resolved now @lazydragon35. If need be, don't hesitate to come back to us. 

Have fun adventuring!

[Fred_vdp]

Just leaving this here in case someone came here from Google:

Always make sure the save folder isn't set to read only. This is an issue some people had when upgrading to Windows 10.

[goldenpheonix190]

i have it on a disk and whenever it said save i purposly exit the game after just to check but when i look at it there is no game saved plz help

[JanePhoenix]

@goldenpheonix190 Did you try the solution posted by @Fred_vdp in the comment just above yours? Just to add some tutorial steps, this is done from the File Explorer app (there should be a folder icon shortcut for it on the taskbar by default, otherwise you can search for it on the Start menu). The folder you're looking for is located in This PC->Documents->BioWare as shown in the screen capture below:

Right-click on the Dragon Age folder and click on Properties, then you'll see the following:

Untick Read-only here in the Attributes section if it is ticked, then click Apply and see if it works.

[Anna_Hideyuki]

@JanePhoenix i tried this now, but doesn't work. i buied this game yesterday and this error suddenly appears

[JanePhoenix]

@Anna_Hideyuki What other steps have you taken to try fix the problem? Can you try reinstalling the game with administrator privileges? To avoid redownloading all the files make a backup copy of the game installation folder to your desktop or anywhere else (by default it's under C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games). Uninstall the game after making the backup. Now exit Origin. Right-click on your Origin shortcut and select Run as Administrator, enter administrator password and/or click Yes on the prompt to allow the application to make changes. Now copy the backup folder back to its original location, and after this has completed click to Download the game in Origin once more. It should verify existing files. Once this has completed successfully you can delete the backup folder from your desktop or wherever you copied it to. Finally run the game again and check if you are now able to create saves.

[Alendomar]

I had this problem recently. Windows 10 and playing logged in to my Bioware account. After completing the Circle, Redcliffe, and part of the Orzammar main quest without problem, I was in the Deep Roads. I couldn't use internet for several days, and at first, there was no problem, I still could play. After a few days, the game just didn't create new saves and several of the old saves disappeared. I checked the save file and was "read only", but every time I changed that, it reverted to the previous state.

Once I could connect to the internet again and logged in, the problem got resolved.

I think that the first days that I played without internet conexion, the game still showed that I was logged in and that it started to fail to make saves when it changed to logged off, but I'm not sure.

Not sure if it was just luck and not related to the internet, but in case somebody has the same problem and find this information useful, I decided to write how it worked for me.