For some reason when I use edit mode to edit the world I'm editing in The Sims 3 Create a World Tool, the program doesn't launch the game correctly under EA Desktop. The game instead opens The Sims 3 launcher and when I use the launcher to start the game in this manner, The Sims 3 doesn't recognize that The Sims 3 is supposed to enter the edit mode for the Create a World Tool, instead launching the game normally. In addition, the game doesn't detect the closing of the game and doesn't reload properly to allow editing the roads and lots. Under Origin, the game skipped the Launcher to load the game in a special mode to edit the world, and would correctly detect when it is closed to switch back into the main mode of the tool. How do I fix this to work properly for EA Desktop? Will there be a fix for this in an EA Desktop update? edited title for clarity after merging threads. -puzzlezaddict

@Tag365Plus wrote:This problem needs to be dealt with soon, otherwise people can't properly edit worlds anymore unless they use a Steam version of the game.From what I'm reading over at the Steam forums, the CAW hack of editing the registry doesn't work anymore for some players now.The issue is so dire that I posted a new thread, because it seems as if all adding to this one does is allow the issue to be swept under the rug. You're right--this has to be dealt with soon because this is literally anti-consumer. Many of us wouldn't have put more money than we did into the game if it hadn't been for CAW. The reason why I wound up buying Showtime and IP is that I wanted to build more Bridgeport-style worlds with venues and content that were more to my liking. Now, apparently, the money I spent has been flushed down the toilet, since I only got into IP this year after a long hiatus from the game (I had hardware issues, as well as got sick and lost a family member). So, people like me are being punished because real life beckoned and we couldn't be on the same time table as everyone else? Normally, I don't complain like this but I am, because EA App isn't a beta release. It's the official release. All of these issues should've been anticipated and fixed by now, and to put out a release that's broken functionality for a product that we paid for is unethical.

I spent the past two years on various WIPs that I had to postpone because of several technical issues, along with real life issues.When the dust settled and I was able to return to my WIPs, but then was told that I had to upgrade to EA App. All fine and dandy, but you're not able to use CAW with this app.Fine then. So I stuck with Origin for the time being hoping at some point that in the meantime, something would come up and I'd be able to migrate to EA App. Instead, what happened as of this week is that you killed Origin to such an extent that I can no longer use EIG or SuperCaw anymore.Decided to see if I could switch over to Steam, but now I'm hearing that the workaround for CAW doesn't work anymore, either.Please tell players like me a way that we can "hack" EA App or use some other workaround for CAW. But you cannot arbitrarily "killswitch" CAW or TS3. You can't put an arbitrary time table on how long people get to play or enjoy a game to the fullest, because people, in the end, have lives outside of the game that prevents them from being on the same time table as the players who had the luxury of playing this game 24/7 year in and year out.By killing "CAW", what you did was make a joke out of the hundreds of hours that so many of us put into these WIPs, as well as all the money that we spent on the many EPs, SPs and store content we bought to help us build them.You're also costing yourself additional revenue. I was literally, as we speak, going to buy the last three EPs and looking at three more store worlds (Lunar Lakes, Sunlit Tides, Lucky Palms). The point is, I want to know what is going on with Create a World? Did you just decide to killswitch it? Or are you working on it? If you're working on a fix, great! I'll be the first to praise you and leave a gushing post of gratitude, as well as post an update on my website for everyone. But please let people like me know what is going on? ETA?

I am noticing this same issue - CAW (Edit In Game) does not load properly. It worked fine yesterday, but it is broken today. I might have known this new app would be the culprit.I was forced to update, as exiting out of TS4 prompted an undeletable pop-up on Origin telling me it was time to update.It would appear that the "new player experience" EA promised us through their new application is a new level of inability to play one of their games.

I have now run into the same issue. Origin kept signing me out so I switched to EA app. Now, the 'Edit in Game' mode just launches the Sims 3 launcher as if I was about to play the game instead of loading my WIP world immediately. CAW works just fine otherwise.

i have the same problem, i used a year to create a world, almost done, and no i cant play. i cant use the orgin app for they have blocked it, and the new ea app launch it wrong, so now i playd for a year for nothing. im so frustraded... and i cant find a way to contact ea from my location eather. hope they fix it for this is not fun.

EA App: Sims 3 Create a World Edit in-game doesn't work

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@Tag365Plus The EA App is still in beta and doesn't have all the functionality of Origin. It's getting updated and expanded as time goes by, but to be honest, I wouldn't expect it to ever fully support older games. It looks like EA isn't really focused on fixing issues with Sims 3 these days. So just keep using Origin for as long as it's available.
LemonTheJuice
3 years ago
Hi everyone!
I just downloaded the new EA Beta app (the new Origin) and now my Sims 3 CAW EIG won’t work. When I click EIG it just opens the launcher for The Sims 3. Origin just launched right away into my custom world and worked flawlessly.

I hope it’s a beta version error. If that’s not the case, is there a fix for this in 2022?
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@LemonTheJuice The EA App may or may not ever fully support older games like Sims 3. For now at least, just stick with Origin. You can have both installed on your computer at the same time; you just can't run both at the same time. If you get an error when trying to open Origin, open the Task Manager and kill the "EABackgroundService," or simply restart your computer.
LemonTheJuice
3 years ago
Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah okay. Will Origin still be available from now on? Then I guess it's not a problem, as long as it functions. 😃 Thanks for the tip!
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@LemonTheJuice Origin will be available for a while yet, and maybe for a long time considering the EA App's minimum requirement is Windows 10. The old version of Origin, the one that ran on XP and Vista (this version requires Windows 7 SP1), was sunset in January 2020. That's not evidence of anything, just a reason not to think that Origin is going away soon.
LemonTheJuice
3 years ago
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Matthew22254563
3 years ago
Has this issue been fixed? EA Desktop is supposed to replace EA Origin by the end of 2022 and possibly make the latter discontinued to the point that it can't be used in the future. I hope it is fixed so I can still use the Create a World tool.
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@Tag365Plus I don't know whether this has been fixed, but I also haven't seen any other posts about it. If you'd like to test, please let me know how it goes. You can have both Origin and the EA App installed on your computer at the same time, although the App will uninstall Origin as it installs itself.
Tawneyy
3 years ago
Hi, I have switched from Origin to the EA App and when I try to edit my worlds in game ("edit in game" option in CAW) it just opens the TS3 launcher but the game doesn't start.

LTasare

3 years ago

the in-game editing problem with CAW is still there, I also hope that EA will fix it so that it works normally with EA Desktop.

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