I bought the sims 3 and some exansion and stuff packs from my local walmart came home and downloaded them onto my lap top i had to have internet to play but it said it was only for the first time, lator my computer needed to be restared and after it came back on i was going to play but i couldnt beacuse i dont have internet acess at my home how do i turn the online part of my sims 3 off so that i can play it anytime anywere i want
I am having the same problem. I cannot log in without internet access, and airplane mode has not worked for me. I hoped that downloading Sims on my new computer (that has no DVD drive) would work, especially after the SimCity fiasco EA suffered through a while back, and I'm pretty disappointed. Are they forcing online startup as some form of DRM?
Thanks for any help.
So you downloaded, installed the game and verified it and then tried to play offline ?
What's your operating system ?
Win 8.1. Newish Thinkpad with great gameplay for other, even more graphics-intensive games. And sometimes, even when I am online, I have to restart the launcher several times before Sims actually plays. I suppose this could be due to my computer, but I certainly don't have this issue with other games or software. Thanks for your help crinrict.
Does the game say you need internet access when you try to play without or what exactly happens ?
I don't get internet access all the time, and I'm more of an offline gamer. Plus, I want to do a Let's Play series for this game on my channel but I don't want to have to connect to the internet to play this!
@angiendee wrote:I bought the sims 3 and some exansion and stuff packs from my local walmart came home and downloaded them onto my lap top i had to have internet to play but it said it was only for the first time, lator my computer needed to be restared and after it came back on i was going to play but i couldnt beacuse i dont have internet acess at my home how do i turn the online part of my sims 3 off so that i can play it anytime anywere i want
@felipegaucho11 wrote:
I have the same problem. When i start the game without an active internet conection, an error with Origin occurs (UpdateTools.exe).
Did you try reinstalling Origin ?
@tomthegamingguy: Which problem are you facing when trying to play offline ?
When I have no internet access, I can open Origin (i.e. open Sims 3 and Origin opens) and sign in though it says I am currently offline. Origin opens, saying that I'm offline and further content is online. It does not show the covers of my games, but if I hover over each I can see which is Sims. I open that and the launcher opens. When I press play, my cursor spins for a moment. Then nothing. Sims never opens.
Sometimes it does this when I am online as well, though not recently. I have to relaunch a few times before it catches, as if my alternator is bad! Sometimes it seems like (when online) that the game isn't going to start, but it eventually does. But when I'm offline it never starts.
Again, I have a decent graphics card that has no problems with other games.
So whatever happened to the good old days where you can just buy a game, put it in your computer, install and play it? All these older games now needed verification is just retarted! What if I cant afford the internet? What if I got stationed overseas and bought Sims 3 cause I assumed I could play it as i did years ago?
Ive now spent literally ALL day trying to get my game to run and verify and launch. Havent played since 2012, and Ill bet none of my downloads or saves will even work. I don't even know why I'm wasting my time TBH.
