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Epsilonae

[No Spoilers] Just got DA:I a few days ago, and no party banter?

Inquisition

I've played DA:I for 20 hours now, and never heard any party banter, or any music - I tried googling the issue, but only saw a lot of articles and posts about the problem months ago, when the game came out.

So has any fix ever been found? I've been so excited to play this game, and now I feel really disappointed that I've been missing out on a big part of it. :(

Edit: Playing on PC, forgot to mention.

Posted May 28, 2015, 9:58 PM UTC · edited

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curiousiz•

I had an issue with party banter too and I think I figured out the issue.

  • You need to "clear out" your completed and just awarded quests in the Journal. By that I mean, all completed quests and new quests have a star-ish symbol next to it. You need to highlight each entry so that the symbol gets removed. Too many star symbols and for some reason the banter bogs and down and doesn't fire.

When I clear out all my star symbols next to quests banter immediately starts firing off among my party members. Crazy I know. There's other issues but this seemed to solve the problem for me on PC.

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Crystallyne27•

What platform are you playing on? If you're playing on PC, make sure the game is fully updated. (I would assume it would be if you just installed it, but it wouldn't hurt to check.) You can open Origin and right click on the game to Check for Update. You could also try Repair Game.

I'm not sure what to suggest beyond that. Party Banter is still too infrequent for my tastes, but you should be hearing some at least. I have noticed (using Cheat Engine) that sometimes when Banter would normally trigger, one of the companions will make a random comment about the area you're in or something like that instead of striking up a conversation with someone else in the party.

Of course the music problem is a separate issue, and I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions besides what I've already listed. I hope you can get it working properly.

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EpsilonaeOP•

Yes I am on PC, forgot to write it in the post, my bad. I definitely have all updates, but I will try the repair function tomorrow.

What is the Cheat Engine?

But thankyou for the reply. :)

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VayneMan•

There's a Cheat Engine script that will trigger banter, there's a banter only option too if you want that too. (Be sure to decline the two optional programs that come with it if you don't have CE installed)

Patch 7 Table: http://forum.bioware.com/topic/529048-dai-tools/page-171?p=18562081

u/xStephyG usually updates where the new table is at here http://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/2v7sy8/pc_banter_trigger_requires_cheat_engine/

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Crystallyne27•

Thank you for posting the info, VayneMan! I went to bed after making my post, and just woke up a little while ago. I also couldn't find the link for the Patch 7 table. heheh

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Azarias59Well,well... what have we here?•

::Begins the ritual to summon Stephy::

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FadeWalkerTHROWER OF FINE WINES•

Why did I read that as "panty banter"?

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