It's 2023 & this EA Desktop app still does not detect games automatically even when it's out of beta.
"Having at least double disk space..." just because the app is not that smart is a dumb solution...it's not even a solution.
I have also tried clearing cache and re-installing the app...it does not work.
Looks like the devs at EA have lost the motivation.
I would like to list some examples, in case no one is aware of this at EA -
Check Rockstar Games launcher. Upon opening the launcher, it automatically scans and detects the installed games.
Or take another example - Ubisoft launcher - has 'locate installed game' option. Very convenient and logical, right?
Or Steam - just need to locate existing Steam library and it will automatically detect all the installed games.
Why is this simple functionality not yet implemented in EA Desktop app? I know there are a few launchers (*cough* Epic) which follow same dumb behavior as EA.
But why join the 'dumb' club of launchers when smarter options are available?
To the tech teams developing this EA desktop app -
Challenge Everything
Hi,
I know it's an old post but it can help others like me. Because this issue is not fix yet.
There is no easy way to detect already installed games with EA App, this app sucks. End of discussion.
But I managed to use a sh!ty way like Epic Launcher to force it to detect files. Just make sure your actual games folder and EA games folder path are the same.
It will now list already installed files and download missing ones if needed
It's not the best way but it's a working way for those that can't download all again
