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Dyviniaa's avatar
5 years ago

I made a batch file to switch between EADesk and Origin (+ to fix Frosty Mods)

I made a simple batch file which toggles between EADesk and Origin on open, can be really helpful if you still need origin for features such as repair game, uninstall game, or using frosty mod manager, but also prefer using EADesk when not needing those features

https://pastebin.com/fdZiYR4h

Paste the above pastebin code into notepad or text editor of your choosing and save as "anything".bat


Me and a couple other modders made another batch file which uses environment variables to set the modded datapath. This is because EA Desktop does not support launching a game with CMD line arguments (which causes issues outside of modding EA games). Frosty Mod Manager/Editor uses a command line argument to change the game's datapath to the modded one when launching the game through that, which does not work with EA Desktop

https://pastebin.com/raw/JfudJp8Z

Paste the above pastebin code into notepad or text editor of your choosing and save as "anything".bat. This NEEDS to be disabled before launching any other EA game as changing the env variable affects all frostbite games.

The second batch file is exclusive to Battlefront 1-2 but support for other frostbite games can be added


EDIT:

I've been needing to learn how to do actual programming other than batch and html and stuff so I decided to learn some basic C# and made a simple program to replace the batch file: https://github.com/Dulana57/FrostyFix

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  • Just to clarify a little since this is EA Desktop general discussion-- looks like for now this only works for playing modded Battlefront 1 and 2, not other games.

  • Dyviniaa's avatar
    Dyviniaa
    5 years ago

    I've been needing to learn how to do actual programming other than batch and html and stuff so I decided to learn some basic C# and made a simple program to replace the batch file: https://github.com/Dulana57/FrostyFix 

    It includes MEA and BF1 ontop of both Battlefronts. Also has support to search for a game directory yourself so theoretically it should work with any other game that frosty supports

  • Are there some way to active mods on FIFA20 with Frosty Mod Manager?? 
    I'm using EADesk and I didn't find any other way to active the mods.

  • oAmarilha's avatar
    oAmarilha
    New Novice
    5 years ago
    @EA_Atic Of course I do not use mods online, by the way, I don’t even play online, cause FUT is a casino that only wants our money (of course more) we spent 60$ in full price game AAA and then we have to spend more to win, it’s a joke,despite this I don’t use online mods
  • tokinkosh's avatar
    tokinkosh
    New Traveler
    3 years ago

    @EA_AticYou are FIRED! Ok I am fired now too lol. Some logical user noticed a simple fix for Frosty mod manager. Go to tools/options in frosty mod manager, then go to launch options then check the box to enable platform launching then you will see Origin but there is a drop dwon list pick EA desktop and it works now!

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