In the EA App click on Dragon Age: Origins on the list of 'installed apps' on the left-hand side and click on Manage, select View properties from the dropdown menu. This works both for the standard and the ultimate editions of the game. In the Command Line Arguments field type -enabledeveloperconsole and click Save. In the Origin client right click Dragon Age: Origins and choose Game properties. The line below should be something like this:Ĭopy the following lines to the end of the file: In Mac systems this file is in the user library: Library/Preferences/Dragon Age Origins Preferences. This method allows you to run the game from its default shortcut, but requires you to edit a game file, which should be done carefully.Ĭreate a backup of the file \data\DAOriginsLauncher.xml. Make sure that there is a single space between the last quotation mark and the hyphen. 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dragon Age\bin_ship\daorigins.exe' -enabledeveloperconsole In the Target field add the following parameter at the end of the line: -enabledeveloperconsole. Right click the shortcut and choose properties. See the #Steam section below.Ĭreate a shortcut on your desktop, Start Menu, or anywhere else to the file daorigins.exe, which is typically located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Dragon Age\bin_ship. Note: This won't work with the Ultimate edition in Steam.