As the question above says. I pre-ordered, bought and downloaded the full version of BF2042 - for PC - via Origin. Lately, I have had to use the EA Play app; since EA gave me no choice about it, if I wanted to continue to get any value from the game I purchased from them.Now, it would appear, if the pop-ups are correct, that unless I pay EA a subscription, I will not be able to play BF2042 for as long as I like; despite having paid a lot of money for it, having played it every day since it went live and having been forced by EA to use EA Play to access the game at all.I appreciate that 10 hours game time per day is - certainly for me - more than adequate. However, it's the principle of the limit - and the fact that I've never been near playing the game for 10 hours in a day - that is irksome.Indeed, one pop-up warned me that I was more than six hours over my limit. I'm not even awake for 16 hours in a day - never mind having enough time on my hands to spend it all gaming. I'm a 60 year old Brit - not a 15 year old S. Korean gaming genius.So, I'd like to know why EA are trying to take me for some sort of mug. You've had my money already. What makes you think I'm going to pay you more, when you're - basically - trying to extort it from me? You aren't the Mafia - or even the Chinese government. Why act like them?Yours, time limited and annoyed about it,FP.

Yeah, I've been getting the same popup since I got a new laptop and the old origin Launcher forced me to switch to the ea app. Apparently I'm currently "44 hours" over my daily playtime limit for the Sims 4, though every half-hour or so it changes to an even more ridiculous amount of time, first 20-ish, then in the 30s, back to 20s, 31 hours, and now 44 hours, all within the span of maybe 1.5-2 ish hours. The popup keeps telling me to save in a manner that implies its about to force me off the game, but it never does.

Yes. Im getting this for Sims 4 too, They can suck my balls! Ive bought every pack!! I paid for those games and they have no right to tell us how long we can play! THATS *!

@BLaZiNgSPEED wrote:I'm experiencing the same issue. Every 15 minutes or so I get a pop up. It was showing that I was 13 hours above my daily limit.I was actually playing FIFA 17 PC, I know this game is old and servers are shut. But I was playing it offline and I only played it for 4 hours today and 2 hours yesterday.When you own a game you are not meant to be told that you are over the limit. At first I thought this was some parental control to curb game addiction. But now I see that it's got nothing to do with any of that.It's probably interpreting the game as a demo or an EA Play and wants to stop you from playing them? Anyway in my setting it is set to Unlimited but this appears to make no difference.This is definitely unacceptable, I feel controlled and dictated! I'm not a child, I'm an adult and if I want to set such a setting voluntarily to control addiction, I will! But I'm not addicted for me to want to have such setting placed.i get same thing on sims 4 with same settings and seem to found if i turn off the track time played it stops but it's nice to see how many total hours ya have playing a game. my guess it's a EA app bug like when ya start the App and it doesn't show any games installed.

Update: I stopped the pop-ups from appearing when I disabled playtime tracking. In the EA app > Settings > My Playtime, scroll down to Playtime Controls and click Manage. Scroll down to Playtime Tracking and click Disable.I also tested by leaving it enabled and set to the lowest time (30 mins), and sure enough I got the warning at 30 minutes instead of 10 hours. Setting it to 12 hours or Unlimited, it still pops up after 10 hours. Anyway, it's obviously a bug with the app's Playtime Tracker rather than some limitation related to EA Play.

I'm having the same issue as of today, when playing my purchased copy of Mass Effect Andromeda using the EA desktop app. I don't have an active EA Play subscription.It must be a bug, but I suspect it could be related to one of two things. Either the EA desktop app is mistaking our fully purchased games for EA Play games with daily limits (as others have speculated), or it's due to one of the EA app's settings being bugged out. In Settings > My Playtime there's a Playtime controls setting that lets the user set daily and weekly playtime limits for themselves. Mine are both set to "unlimited", but perhaps it's sending notifications anyway.

Why am I getting pop-ups about being over my time limit?

19 Replies

Anobix
3 years ago
@Fake_Plissken Are you certain you're signed in with the same account?

For what it's worth Origin still works for me, it's how I continue to launch 2042 until they force me to quit/Origin stops working.
ATFGunr
3 years ago
@Fake_PlisskenWait wait mate, you’re telling my they have a daily hourly cap on playtime?? I’ve never played more than 10 hours in a day, my back and bladder won’t take that lol. Getting too old for a bucket! Great name BTW. Edit - I was curious. Are you talking EA Play or EA App? EA Play has a time limit of 10 hours unless you go to the EA Play Pro tier (which is a whole other level of BS). I think Anobix might have a good point, and you’re playing the limited EA Play version, and not the one you bought. You may have to reach out to EA support, they’ve been good for me in the past when I needed.
AngrySquid270
3 years ago
I'm 90% sure that 2042 got added to the base tier of EA Play back in December.
Though still really confused how you are getting messages about a 10hr per day limit. Got any screenshots? Something isn't adding up here.
I'm guessing that you maybe setup a new account with the EA App, rather than transferring/re-using your original Origin account.
loneblustranger
3 years ago
I'm having the same issue as of today, when playing my purchased copy of Mass Effect Andromeda using the EA desktop app. I don't have an active EA Play subscription.
It must be a bug, but I suspect it could be related to one of two things. Either the EA desktop app is mistaking our fully purchased games for EA Play games with daily limits (as others have speculated), or it's due to one of the EA app's settings being bugged out. In Settings > My Playtime there's a Playtime controls setting that lets the user set daily and weekly playtime limits for themselves. Mine are both set to "unlimited", but perhaps it's sending notifications anyway.
loneblustranger
3 years ago
Update: I stopped the pop-ups from appearing when I disabled playtime tracking. In the EA app > Settings > My Playtime, scroll down to Playtime Controls and click Manage. Scroll down to Playtime Tracking and click Disable.
I also tested by leaving it enabled and set to the lowest time (30 mins), and sure enough I got the warning at 30 minutes instead of 10 hours. Setting it to 12 hours or Unlimited, it still pops up after 10 hours. Anyway, it's obviously a bug with the app's Playtime Tracker rather than some limitation related to EA Play.
willgraham6393
2 years ago
Yeah, I've been getting the same popup since I got a new laptop and the old origin Launcher forced me to switch to the ea app. Apparently I'm currently "44 hours" over my daily playtime limit for the Sims 4, though every half-hour or so it changes to an even more ridiculous amount of time, first 20-ish, then in the 30s, back to 20s, 31 hours, and now 44 hours, all within the span of maybe 1.5-2 ish hours. The popup keeps telling me to save in a manner that implies its about to force me off the game, but it never does.
tdamiano1970
2 years ago
Yes. Im getting this for Sims 4 too, They can suck my balls! Ive bought every pack!! I paid for those games and they have no right to tell us how long we can play! THATS *!
BLaZiNgSPEED
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
I'm experiencing the same issue. Every 15 minutes or so I get a pop up. It was showing that I was 13 hours above my daily limit.
I was actually playing FIFA 17 PC, I know this game is old and servers are shut. But I was playing it offline and I only played it for 4 hours today and 2 hours yesterday.
When you own a game you are not meant to be told that you are over the limit. At first I thought this was some parental control to curb game addiction. But now I see that it's got nothing to do with any of that.
It's probably interpreting the game as a demo or an EA Play and wants to stop you from playing them? Anyway in my setting it is set to Unlimited but this appears to make no difference.
This is definitely unacceptable, I feel controlled and dictated! I'm not a child, I'm an adult and if I want to set such a setting voluntarily to control addiction, I will! But I'm not addicted for me to want to have such setting placed.
ace54853
2 years ago
@BLaZiNgSPEED wrote:
I'm experiencing the same issue. Every 15 minutes or so I get a pop up. It was showing that I was 13 hours above my daily limit.
I was actually playing FIFA 17 PC, I know this game is old and servers are shut. But I was playing it offline and I only played it for 4 hours today and 2 hours yesterday.
When you own a game you are not meant to be told that you are over the limit. At first I thought this was some parental control to curb game addiction. But now I see that it's got nothing to do with any of that.
It's probably interpreting the game as a demo or an EA Play and wants to stop you from playing them? Anyway in my setting it is set to Unlimited but this appears to make no difference.
This is definitely unacceptable, I feel controlled and dictated! I'm not a child, I'm an adult and if I want to set such a setting voluntarily to control addiction, I will! But I'm not addicted for me to want to have such setting placed.
i get same thing on sims 4 with same settings and seem to found if i turn off the track time played it stops but it's nice to see how many total hours ya have playing a game. my guess it's a EA app bug like when ya start the App and it doesn't show any games installed.
theresam45
2 years ago
@loneblustranger Thank you!