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Kalrell's avatar
9 years ago

C&C3: Sign in with your EA account to activate your game on this computer

After two hours talking with Origin chat support and reinstalling about 5 times, and doing a clean boot, nothing seemed to fix this issue.

On opening C&C3 Tiberium Wars I get a popup attached to this post (blacking my email for internet safety).

Saying:

"Sign in with your EA account to activate your game on this computer".

And when i type in the email and password I get red text at the bottom: 

"Could not connect to the server please try again in a few minutes.

Nothing I do will get rid of this popup and actually launch the game.

Eventually the Origin Chat support just brushed it off as the online services having been disabled in 2014, which has nothing to do with this DRM bullcrap

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  • @Kalrell

    It's apparently a really common issue too; I've seen loads of reports about it, and nothing done about it so far.

    Someone said that it might get resolved if you launch the game executable from the game folder instead of launching it through Origin, but I have no idea if they meant to launch it without Origin being started or not, and I haven't actually seen confirmation of this solution.

  • Kalrell's avatar
    Kalrell
    9 years ago

    Nah CNC3.exe alone brings up the splash in the middle of the screen which then disappears after a few seconds and CNC3.exe unloads from process manager. Image attached

    But at least no Login.exe launched without Origin active.

    Thanks for your assistance @Nyerguds I have massive respect for all the C&C community stuff you've done over the years. <3

  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    9 years ago

    @Kalrell

    Thanks! Just wish I could help you further. This one's been messing up quite some people's games...

    From what I remember from that solution report, the "starting from the game folder" didn't actually make the dialog disappear, but it made the connecting to the server not fail. So I guess it'd have to be with Origin started, then...

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