How does one put EA in offline mode?
Community ManagerI'm having a similar issue, but that won't really solve it. I can't access the app if my internet is down. So I can't put it in offline mod, because I can't sign in/get it load at all if I'm not connected to the internet. At the same time, my internet isn't always down and I prefer to play online for access to the gallery. So, is there a way to access the game if I'm not connected to the internet but I didn't turn on offline mod the last time I played.
I know I used to be able to open and play the game even if I couldn't get connected to the internet when I was still using Origin. But ever since I moved to the EA app, I can't access the game even though it's downloaded on my computer, if the internet is down. It's really frustrating. The main reason I play Sims is because it's a fun game that DOESN'T require the internet. If I have to be connected just to load, then it's not really any different than any other game anymore.
Having the same issues as the above two (replies #5 and #6). I had to take a trip by bus...it gave me the "EA is offline" error rubbish. What an absolutely despicable move. I had logged in with "keep me logged in" at home before leaving and everything. This is a huge disappointment. What is the purpose in keeping people who purchase the game from being able to play if they don't have internet actively? What a disaster...I have been playing The Sims since Maxis. I am beyond disappointed.
So you’re telling us that you have to go online to switch to offline mode?
That’s completely useless to those of us who are even asking if it’s possible to go offline mode, when majority, if not all, of those asking this question does so at a time when our internet is down.
You can’t even access settings for the EA app without the internet, the only options you have is to close, minimise, or restart the app which does absolutely nothing because as stated, we don’t have internet access at the time.
I’m having a similar issue except I went offline and when I tired to load my game it said the license was expired and to go online to renew the license, but how can I do that if my Wi-Fi is down ? Im experiencing outages and they don’t know when my Wi-Fi will be back up
I also have this problem, what we want is to be able to enter our game without logging into the EA App, because I already had a problem and I was without internet for a week, so I was unable to play for a week.
Which is absurd, because if I bought all the games, I have the right to play even without logging into the app.
You can’t open the EA app without an internet connection. If so can you please explain how to open the app when you have no no internet no connection.
At one point maybe 20 years ago I had nothing but EA games. At one point I had Sims 2, Sims 3, Sims 4, BF 1942, BF Vietnam, and BF 2 and played all of them 7 days a week. Then came BF 3, that I hated, because it took all the fun out of it. So I just kept playing BF2. Eventually EA put their foot down, said no more of that, go buy and play BF4. Hated that one too.
Played Sims 2 and Sims 3 for a while, Sims 4 was the ultimate for a few years. Now it is unplayable. Stupid game requires updates monthly, sometimes even weekly, all of them break the game and ruin my mods that took lots of work to install. After the 10th time reinstalling my mods, the x-packs, and even the game when it acts dodgy, I just gave up, what's the use? EA you seem hell-bent on making us play THEIR games THEIR way and for no apparent reason. I'm not surprised at all that now EA is a purveyor of great big batches of games that no one wants. EA seems to have a corporate culture that is, if not actively hostile to their own customers, then one that totally ignores them.
EA, you went from make art to making crap, from customer-friendly to customer-hostile, and from making desirable and fun games, to making unimaginative, dull garbage filled games filled with bugs, glitches that require constant updates that break the game over and over. IDK if and when you'll come out with Sims 5, (since after destroying all fun factor in the Battlefield series, it is the only title of yours I could possibly be interested in). But judging from how Sims 4 plays now (when it plays at all), how much can I even expect from any new EA game? I thought "updates" were supposed to make games better, not worse, but that's exactly what Sims 4 does now, with every weekly update that breaks the game yet again.
After Sims 1 I bought 2, 3, and 4 the day they came out and price be damned, I wanted to play and see how much the game improved ASAP because that's what the developers had achieved with every sequel game. But now even if/when you release Sims 5 I am going to wait a year before a buying decision. Given the continuing downward trend in EA's game development, and barely concealed antagonism towards their own customer base, this time I'll let others be your test players.
This is a plea to anybody at EA in charge who has the influence and who might be reading this, that I hope you have the business acumen to reverse course from the slow death spiral of a (formerly excellent) game development studio. And if you won't, or can't do this, then I have to tell you that I am surely not alone in having no desire to own even one more over-complicated, glitchy, PITA games we have been getting from EA for the last ten years.
What do you do when there are no three lines? Just the home, library and my games. Is there another way to force it offline?
you can try if you are on mac, assuming? you go up on the top bar and put your cursor over account and you’ll see go offline! 🙂
Only problem is there are no three dots anywhere I cannot find where to put it in offline mode
