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AjaxTTV's avatar
AjaxTTV
3 years ago

EA games bought on Steam Won't start with EA app

Hi, I bought The Sims 4 and most of the dlc's a while ago on Steam and played it without problems, until I moved to the EA Desktop app. Now I can't launch The Sims anymore unless I download the Origi...
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howard035's avatar
howard035
3 years ago

I first play Sims4 in Origin, then I change the platform to Steam. Therefore I play Sims4 by Steam.
But!!! Today I install EA app and it deletes Origin automatically, I cannot open sims4 by steam anymore because it requires Origin...

I purchase serveal DLCs from steam but it doesn't shown in EA App. Now I can only open Sims4 by EA app but the location of file of Sims4 is at Steam? It is ridiculous but luckily Sims4 works normally at the moment. Hope there is no further issues ☹️
Should I delete Sims4 and install it again or download Origin again? But I want to know if DLCs are still available after I install Sims4 again? I don't want to purchase same DLC again due to this issue. I don't want to lose my saves ☹️

My English is bad sorry🙂

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @howard035  Download Origin again.  Steam currently only works with Origin, not with the EA App.  So anything you own in Steam won't show up in the EA App, and you won't be able to launch your game from Steam without Origin present.

    • mickyjw97's avatar
      mickyjw97
      3 years ago

      5 months later and still the same issue.... EA are useless 

      • siirysiir's avatar
        siirysiir
        Seasoned Ace
        2 years ago

        So what's the status on this? Still can't run games bought from steam on ea app? Is anyone even working on this??

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