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Re: Sims 4 turns off my internet connection

@simsaminyt Moving this to the Origin forum as you say Origin goes offline so it sounds more like an issue with Origin than the Sims.

May I ask what country you're in ?

Have you tried if it works with a LAN connection ?

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  • I don't think it's an Origin issue, I think Origin is just also affected, but maybe I'm missing something. Literally nothing that requires an internet connection will work until I exit the game; Spotify, Chrome, Discord, Messenger, and Origin all stop connecting as soon as I open Sims. Also, some new information. It somehow worked when I was on my work wifi? Pulled it up to check one day, and that worked just fine, so I'm really confused. My home wifi used to work just fine for it, and literally nothing about my home connection has changed, so I have no idea what's happening.

  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    6 years ago

    Hey @simsaminyt from all the info it would appear that you are having a network or ISP issue.

    Let's try powercycling your router which involves unplugging it for a couple of minutes. Once done try the game and apps again to see if you see the same issue. 


    Darko

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    yagwit
    Rising Vanguard
    6 years ago

    Did you find a fix? I've done everything from resetting my router, whitelist sims and origin in antivirus, hardlining, it still kills my connnectiong. Every other game plays flawlessly without disconnecting me

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    EA_Darko
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    6 years ago

    Hey @yagwit it may be worth speaking with your ISP to see if they can see anything on their end that may be causing the issue.


    Are you able to test on any other network such as a hotspot?


    Darko

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    yagwit
    Rising Vanguard
    6 years ago

    BACKGROUND:  I'm fairly technical so I started with ISP resets, contact ISP for reset, uninstall Origin, Uninstall Sims, White-List Sims4 & Origin. Then I did a test. I started a large file upload to my google drive while sims 4 was running. Nothing was uploading. I killed Sims 4 in task manager, BOOM my file starts uploading. I'm back to 300mbps. I tried this a couple more times with other games, like PlantsVSzombies BFN, the upload went through as expected. Only Sims4 cut me off. 

    SOLUTION: CHAT EA, THEY REMOVED LEGACY EDITION FROM  MY ACCOUNT. I did not even d/l Legacy! Crazy! I do not know why this fix worked. I'm just happy I can browse and play at the same time again. I have a Lenovo Legion 64bit machine. 

  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    6 years ago

    Great to hear that you got it sorted @yagwit.

    It's certainly and odd one.


    Darko

  • Hello! could you tell me how did you fix this? Did you download or remove the legacy? 

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