[Old Report] PC BUG REPORT: Cannot spend Ration Seals.

@alexromanoidI did get it to work, after posting the video you got in the email reply, (it's not on youtube anymore), but you missed a step, for the Steam version.

To make this work with the Steam version, follow the steps below:

1. Remove EA Origin from startup, and close the app, if it's open.

2. Download the EA App for Windows Beta at https://www.ea.com/ea-app-beta install it, and login

3. Go to the game's install folder (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dead Space 3), find deadspace3.exe, right-click > Send to > Desktop (As shortcut)

4. With the EA Beta running, launch the game from the newly created shortcut, and enjoy spending your ration seals.

I'm glad that people are getting this to work. I was not happy when I couldn't use the ration seals when I first started playing the game on PC. All of those collected seals were useless. No I have my parts with the exception of Hardcore since the Restart Checkpoint option doesn't work there. I'm farming seals up to 1000 again and then just use them and collecting what the game gives me. One day I'll get all of the MK-V parts in Hardcore. 

@alexromanoidHey there. I was trying your solution, but I stumbled on a small problem: my computer is still running on Windows 7 and the EA App Beta seems to require Windows 8.1 of higher. I guess I'll have to borrow a computer with Windows 10 to try again.

Edit: Tried again on Windows 10. It worked, although I had to create a desktop shortcut from the install folder, because the Steam shortcut didn't work (it tried to boot Origin).

Sorry, but the beta ea does not recognize the game, and if I open it through steam it launches the origin installer, do you know what is done in these cases?

@Stratch404Try doing the steps this way:

**Before doing the solution**, make sure to:
0. Have neither Steam, Origin nor EA Beta App running. Close them all.

1. Have a computer with Windows 8.1 or higher available for the procedure. Mine is running on Windows 7, so I borrowed a computer with Windows 10 just to do it.
2. Install the game through Steam/Origin on the computer with Windows 8.1 or higher.
3. Boot the game to have all the latest save files on the computer. That should install Origin.

Only then:

1. Within Origin, go to your application settings and uncheck the option to launch on boot.
2. Exit Origin entirely (closing the window alone won't do; you have to right click on the process in the bottom right and exit).
3. Go to the install folder of Dead Space 3 then create a shortcut for the game on the desktop. Creating a shortcut through Steam or booting from Steam won't work, as it will try to boot the game through Origin.
4. Download and install the EA Beta App through this link: https://www.ea.com/ea-app-beta. In your case, you already installed it
5. Once the installation is done, boot EA Beta App and login using your Origin credentials. You are not supposed to try to boot the game through this, just let it run in the background.
6. While EA Beta App is running in background, use the shortcut you created on your desktop to launch the game. If you created a Steam shortcut, Origin will tell you that it can't boot while EA Beta App is running. If you created a desktop shortcut through the installation folder of Dead Space 3, it will boot through EA Beta App. Usually, your game is installed somewhere in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Dead Space 3\deadspace3.exe
7. Load your saves. If your saves are missing, it means you didn't synchronise them using Origin yet.
8. Load a game and get to a Bench (in the Weapon Crafting Arena for example).
9. Open the DLC store. You can now spend 30 ration seals on a resource pack. Avoid pressing Enter or clicking on Purchase, or else your game will be stuck trying to load forever.
10. Once done, you can save your game, close EA Beta App, boot Origin and boot the game to synchronise your saves. Then you came resume playing normally.

I did exactly all the steps you say to the letter, but I still can't get out of the bank to use the ration seals

To make this work with the Steam version, follow the steps below:

1. Remove EA Origin from startup, and close the app, if it's open.

2. Download the EA App for Windows Beta at https://www.ea.com/ea-app-beta install it, and login (This step may require Windows 8.1, or newer)

3. Go to the game's install folder (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dead Space 3), find deadspace3, (or deadspace3.exe if you have file extensions on), right-click > Send to > Desktop (Create shortcut)

4. With the EA Beta running, launch the game from the newly created shortcut, and enjoy spending your ration seals.

Note: You do not have to close Steam, but you cannot use Steam to launch the game, or you will encounter an error.

@jasoncollege24 Привет. Я выполнил все шаги, которые вы упомянули, но я все еще не могу получить доступ к покупке ресурсов. Steam выключен, приложение Origin тоже выключено, используется бета-приложение EA, но ничего не происходит. В чем еще может быть проблема?

@DeadBabaij

Steam должен быть запущен, но запускать игру следует с ярлыка, который вы сделали на шаге 3, а не из интерфейса Steam.

Убедитесь, что приложение Origin закрыто и отключено. Также убедитесь, что бета-версия приложения EA запущена и вы вошли в свою учетную запись EA.

Steam dolzhen byt' zapushchen, no zapuskat' igru sleduyet s yarlyka, kotoryy vy sdelali na shage 3, a ne iz interfeysa Steam.

Ubedites', chto prilozheniye Origin zakryto i otklyucheno. Takzhe ubedites', chto beta-versiya prilozheniya EA zapushchena i vy voshli v svoyu uchetnuyu zapis' EA.

@jasoncollege24 Мы можем общаться на русском? Класс. К сожалению, даже так результата 0. Origin точно закрыт и отключен,
бета-версия приложения ЕА точно запущена и я точно вошёл в свою
учетную запись. Для проверки, после получения отрицательного результата, я попытался открыть игру через Steam и получил уведомление о том, что игра не может быть запущена, так как используется бета-версия приложения EA.Прикладываю подтверждающие скриншоты. https://ibb.co/R7Md871 https://ibb.co/2ZwQHLv

@DeadBabaij

Русский перевод:
Русский язык в порядке. Я использую Google Translate, чтобы вам было проще.

Я только что проверил это, и похоже, что мое решение больше не работает. Возможно, они решили полностью удалить его, или их связанные серверы не работают/не работают.

Я думаю, что компании действительно нужно разобраться с этим и перенести код, связанный с тратой пайков, в саму локальную (оффлайн) игру. У этой компании такая ужасная репутация, когда дело доходит до неисправленных ошибок и удаления любимых/полезных функций в их играх, что удивительно, что они все еще в бизнесе. По этой причине я перестал покупать игры от EA.

English (Original):
Russian language is fine. I'm using Google Translate to make it easier on you.

I just now tested this, and it looks like my solution no longer works. Might be that they decided to remove it completely, or their related servers are down/broken.

I think the company really needs to get with it, and move the code related to spending ration seals into the local (offline) game itself. This company has such a horrible rep, when it comes to leaving unfixed bugs, and removing loved/useful features in their games, that it's a wonder they're still in business. I've stopped buying games from EA for this reason.

it gives me the access to DLC but there is no resources pack. can you help me please

So. I have the Steam version, with a few but not all of the DLC. A friend wanted to play with me, and he uses the EA Desktop app for other games and so he bought it from there.

Guess what he can see? The 30 seal pack. I tried the EA desktop app, but it can't recognize steam games, only the Origin app does- which apparently doesn't support the DLC ration seal containers. I have six bucks to throw at the problem, so I bought just the base game on the EA app- it now recognizes my game, lets me launch it from the steam folder and use all of my dlc, and now also purchase the ration packs. I guess EA just ported that DLC functionality over to the ea app without keeping it in Origin? Either way, that's how I got it to work.

EDIT: I know people don't want to spend (more) money on this, I just hope this can help people figure out a different workaround.

I have the Steam version, I also bought the Origin version like player above did, tried the EA app workaround, but ration seals did not become available even through there. Not sure what to do to get this unlocked.

Have same issue, found if i set my vpn to a US location i have ration seals, if it isnt locating me in the US i dont have the option at the bench. So anyone still playing and having this issue if your running behind a vpn then Just set it to a US location and that should work.

Attempted this recently and it throws an error stating that I do not have access. Wish someone at EA would just actually help us rather than relying on us to figure out workarounds.

I saw this announcement (https://www.ea.com/news/origin-for-mac):

I don't think his announcement has anything to do with a fix. It's just an announcement stating that those with a Mac won't currently see any change in how they access, and play EA games.

 I originally bought the game on origin back in the day, but I bought it again on steam when it came out... now it seems to be impossible for me to launch it through the EA app. Even though I bought it from EA first, it seems to be permanently linked to steam, and will always start steam when I run it, even directly from the game's executable.

So of course I can't use my ration seals anymore. Man, this is *.