Run Sims 3 without Origin
This happens a lot and I'm getting tired of it. I strongly dislike how sim 3 makes me have to use origin to play the game and it gets on my nerves. Especially when I'm in places where I don't have wif...
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i've tried this and it worked for a short while, however it seems that with the recent update to the sims 3 base game we are no longer able to play offline.
I contacted EA and all they could suggest was to post to the Sims 3 forums and get the developers aware of our concerns with this in the hope they'll reverse this change.
i'll bring this to the attention to a CM they probally won't reply untill tomorrow i say tomorrow as i'm not sure when they will be online but see if we can get some sort of answer for you
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I can play offline with all accounts I tested with. I tried it with the download and the disc version and on several different computers.
What exactly do you get as an error message? What happens when you try to play?
I have purchased and downloaded all of my Sims 3 games through Origin.
Whenever I go to launch the Sims 3 game/s Origin pops up and asks me to sign in.
Most of the time I get to play the Sims is whilst there is no internet connection, due to this I am unable to log into Origin to even access the games that I have paid for.
For me this is a real pain and I wish that they could sort it out.
There is a bug with origin where it has taken over as admin where you must log into origin to play. Origin is acting as admin for the game even though origin properties does state my computer is admin. Have an on going case with EA and they are supposed to get back to me. Read my thread about this issue. Also check you DxDiag see if you are seeing errors that have to do with Origin and TS3W file like I am getting
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Origin-the-sims-3-Error-12-13/m-p/2717206#U2717206
- I can't even download origin anymore which I have purchased Sims 3 and 4 and now can't even play them. Also I've contacted each support plenty of times and they haven't helped either
I had this same problem for an entire year, but I found a solution while trying to get rid of the chat icon. Go to the Application Settings and go to the Origin In-Game tab. Disable it and you should be able to launch Sims 3 with all expansion packs without using Origin. I guess this Origin In-Game Option is the thing forcing players to use a internet connection. Hopefully this will help someone else.
