Dragon Age 1.01 Update -- Through Impulse or Manual Install?

By sheared Posted November 6, 2009 21:08:14

I saw that the Dragon Age 1.01 patch is now out, but I'm not getting any updates for it through Impulse. Should I wait for Impulse, or do Impulse purchasers need to download and install it manually? If we wait on Impulse, what is the typical delay between official patch release and appearing on Impulse (typically)?

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From what im hearing the patch is doing more harm than good. So Waiting isnt a bad thing if you can already play.. to a decent degree.

If it does come through Impulse, I'll just wait. I wasn't sure, though, if I was supposed to wait or do it myself, manually.

You can manually install the patch just fine. The problem with the patch though is that you need the latest C++ runtimes from Microsoft installed on your computer and the patch doesn't include those. Bad on EA. You can easily download it from Microsoft (it's details in other threads as well as many on the Bioware forums) or you may already have it from another game like Elemental.

Hopefully Stardock will include the runtimes that EA forgot so that Impulse users don't have this problem with the patch.

So if you have the updated runtimes the patch is just fine. If not then either get them or wait for Impulse to have a patch.

Well, it looks like I should have waited for Impulse too. I downloaded the patch from Impulse, and now my game won't start. WONDERFUL.