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Re: Question about Sim City

I have tried getting into origin offline and it keeps on asking me to get online. I have also tried playing offline like you said and again it tells me I have to be online.

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  • BlackjackWidow's avatar
    BlackjackWidow
    Hero (Retired)
    6 years ago

    Origin or SimCity may not have registered yet. You do have to open it while online & let it register to play the first time. It will always say you're offline & to log in for all features, but that shouldn't prevent you from playing. 

    Can you get to the SimCity launch screen? There should be 2 tabs above the play button. It defaults to Multiplayer, you need to click on the tab that says Single Player. I can't seem to upload a picture here, only have access to my cell. Here's a video that shows how to do it https://youtu.be/vKdcq-pzRBg

    If this doesn't work, try clearing Origin cache and logging back in to force the registration. https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/clear-cache-to-fix-problems-with-your-games/

  • midian36's avatar
    midian36
    6 years ago

    I got it to play offline and I received several features so all is good. I just can't play it because my laptop cannot handle it. Game lags horribly. I should have checked the specs first. Oh well. 

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