an attention screen pops up osdk_online_outdated_patch_downloaded

That sounds like something was updated since the last launch of the game. Can you check what happens if you shut down the game entirely (make sure to quit the game via the dashboard) and then try again? Let us know.

myself and a few others have the same issue:

see thread - http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/10149901.page

it worked

I'm trying to log on to the EA servers to update my rosters and to play friends online and i keep recieving this message: OSDK_ONLINE_OUTDATED_PATCH_DOWNLOADED. What do i need to do to fix this

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