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Anonymous
13 years ago
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Can't change my avatar picture in game?

Hello everyone, i've been scouring the internet for a solution for my small problem. When I signed up for Origin I was asked to pick a profile avatar and used one of the stock images. I wanted to cha...
  • AxionFynn's avatar
    AxionFynn
    6 years ago

    I looked for this answer a year ago and found it updates when EA updates the game. Since they do not update it anymore it won't change. If you switch to single player it will show your current avatar, but multiplayer you are stuck with whatever is there since the last update.

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aeonblue101
6 years ago

That just changes my account avatar not my in game avatar... this was already suggest by EA's call center and they said the same thing it should update the in game avatar which it is not doing so, I also see no other players have managed to get their avatars updated either. 

AxionFynn's avatar
AxionFynn
6 years ago

I looked for this answer a year ago and found it updates when EA updates the game. Since they do not update it anymore it won't change. If you switch to single player it will show your current avatar, but multiplayer you are stuck with whatever is there since the last update.

  • BlackjackWidow's avatar
    BlackjackWidow
    Hero (Retired)
    6 years ago
    @AxionFynn wrote:

    I looked for this answer a year ago and found it updates when EA updates the game. Since they do not update it anymore it won't change. If you switch to single player it will show your current avatar, but multiplayer you are stuck with whatever is there since the last update.

    @AxionFynn Thank you so much for the post! Now I'm wondering if a complete uninstall and reinstall would count as an "update", or if it only happened when the game was patched.

    @aeonblue101 - if you're willing to test, would love to know if a complete uninstall / reinstall works for you. 

    • Giuppi38's avatar
      Giuppi38
      4 years ago

      Hi ! I confirm the uninstall/reinstall make change the profil picture

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