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Anonymous
13 years ago
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We are unable to connect to EA servers to activate SimCity Limited Edition on this computer using your account. Please try again later.

I get this error in Origin when I launch my 100% installed SimCity game. I have tried the following to resolve this;

  1. fully uninstall both simcity and origin and then reinstall the game
  2. disable my firewall completley
  3. disable my antivirus completley
  4. create both inbound/outbound exceptions for both the simcity.exe  and ActivationUI.exe

Not one of these things allow me to play this **bleep** game I bought.

 

FIX THIS NOW, I would say please but i gave you my money.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    Editing my hosts file worked for me too!!! 

    If you have pc tyou will find it here: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

    And for mac: http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/07/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x/ 

    If you find this line 127.0.0.1 proxy.novafusion.ea.com, delete it.

    I have tried so many things since i bought the game a week ago, but now it works!^^

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    Everyone else is complaing about updating and wait times and we havent even seen the load screen. Can't contact anyone either as you have to wait 5 hours GRRRRRRR!

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    complete and utter dissapointment. So disgusted with this multimillion dollar company.

  • Sil_Foundation's avatar
    Sil_Foundation
    13 years ago

    So figuring it might help if I wipe the game out and reinstall, I did just that.

    Now every time I try to play I get this stupid popup: 

    We are unable to connect to EA servers to activate Simcity Digital Deluxe Edition on this computer using your account. Please try again later.

     


    What the hell? It's not bad enough that the game servers keep falling over, but now I'm denied access because origin doesn't believe I've paid for the **bleep** game?

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    I have this problem, My laptop is fine, works, my home pc gives me this error.

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    Bump, **bleep**ING REPLY

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    For what it's worth, Tech support said the following:

    Adam
    I am sorry this is being caused by an authentication issue that is happening due to the server stress, once this issue is resolved it should allow you to play on your PC as "normal

  • Sil_Foundation's avatar
    Sil_Foundation
    13 years ago

    Thanks for your post. I haven't had the free time to wait in the currently 2 hour queue to ask what the story is.

    So you're getting the exact same error I take it? Just want to be certain so I know if I can drop queue and get on with something more productive 😕mileyhappy:

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    I WANT MY MONEY BACK EA or I want credit towards a game of my choice..  Loved the franchise of SimCity and now that EA has become involved they have completely ruined the game with this failed attempt of a launch.  Pathetic..  

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    Sil_Foundation
    13 years ago

    I don't get why this error occurs. Clearly the servers are up (although pinging them results in a failure) because other people are installing the game and authenticating it just fine.

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