@bexxi028 As it turns out, many players can't go back to Origin anymore. This is a new development as of a couple days ago.
What happens when you try to play through the EA App? Please describe what you see, including any error message. Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
Hey puzzlezaddict, long time no chat! Thank you for all your help in this discussion already. I've also had this problem last month when I booted up my computer to a notification that the EA app was the new system... I hadn't uninstalled Origin, it was just the EA app when my computer warmed up. I tried to re-install origin but it said "Origin installation requires and interent connection, but we were unable to connect to the internet" despite me being connected to the internet.
When I first saw this I called EA and they said they had received multiple notifications about this and to keep an eye out on their social media, but I haven't been really watching, I assume someone here would notice if they had solved anything though.
So after it shifted to the EA app I can get into the regular create a world tool but when you try to use "Edit In World" it doesn't launch the game. Normally it would just start the game up immediately but now it pops up the ea app and the sims 3 launcher. I've tried opening the game through the launcher but it just starts up the standard game.
@toxicClowder I read today that someone else got around the message about Origin needing an internet connection by simly restarting their computer, so it's worth trying again.
As for the Edit in-game issue, I reported it (again) a couple weeks ago, but I have no idea whether it'll ever get fixed. If I do hear anything, I'll post back in this thread.
I found a way to make it work. I got that internet message after redownloading Origin. What I did was clicked exit on the EA app that was down in my tray. So you have to Exit EA. Once I did that I clicked on Origin again and it made me log in. I went to CAW and opened a world, clicked Edit In game, and it opened.
