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Copperwings
13 years ago
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Origin Redownloading ME2 DLC

I have (and have for a number of years, had) the CE of ME2 registered through Origin. I also have all of the ME2 DLC purchased through the Bioware website. However, this morning, Origin has started ...
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    EA_Nils
    13 years ago

    Heya everyone,

    We would like to ask you all to opt-in for Origin beta updates and install the latest (9.1.3) update. In order to do so, please follow these steps:

    1. Open Origin

    2. Click on Origin > Application Settings

    3. Select the "General" tab and scroll to the bottom

    4. Under "Origin Beta Participation", please check "Update to the beta version if available".

    5. Confirm the selection by clicking on "Done"

    6. Exit Origin

    7. Open Origin again and wait for the client update to progress.

    Afterwards, please fire up Mass Effect 2 again and let us know if this resolves your issue with the DLC.

    Thank you very much in advance!

    Note: I have marked this post as solution to increase visibility for the update. However, should you still be experiencing issues afterwards, please do not hesitate to make us aware.

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Copperwings
13 years ago
To say the Origin is "taking control" of all the EA games on your system might be a little misleading or a slight over reaction. Origin isn't downloading anything without permission, it's simply asking whether it should download something it thinks we're entitled to but don't have (i.e. it's either confused or stupid)

The problem we're all having is, I highly suspect, *not* intended and is merely a (very annoying) bug. One which will hopefully be resolved once enough people raise the issue.

There may, for the moment, be a less than ideal workaround. If you start the downloads and then pause them (this is easier to do one at a time from the game details screen) then Origin won't ask you to start the downloads again the next time it's launched. This *does* result in a warning when you start ME2 but (FOR ME, AT LEAST) it seems this can be safely ignored.
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Tritus_Augustan
13 years ago

Then it's different for you, it's not asking me anything at all. It is very, very much downloading a very great deal of "things" completely without permission, and without even notifying me that it's doing that too - The first time I was tipped off by how slowly my ME3 game was launching. I opened it up, and there it is downloading away at every single DLC ever released for ME2.

It is neither misleading or an overreaction. It is simply a statement of the facts. Origin is attempting to assume control over programs it has no purview over, and this behaviour is typically indicative of spyware. Again, whichever programmer implemented this feature deserves to be fired.

I cannot even play ME3 because every now and then despite the downloads being cancelled it'll attempt to resume them, resulting in massive FPS drops. And literally nothing happens once the downloads are complete, and duplicating multiple gigabytes of data is hardly a good idea anyways.

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