Sims 3 Supernatural. Must be online the FIRST time logged in?

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I recently bought both the Supernatural &amp; Dragon Valley expansion packs. After trying to install both on my computer I got this message. Realized Supernatural says it requires internet connection (which I don't have) so I uninstalled it. Still could not get into my Sims, I already have the Pets expansion pack &amp; never had this problem. Took my tower over to a friends house to connect the internet &amp; install and register the new expansion packs even had to call EA to get that done. Got my tower back home last night tried to open Sims &amp; am still getting this message. I WAS online the first time I logged in? Will I ever be able to play Sims without internet again?! I am extremely frustrated. It's been over a week since I bought thsse expansion packs. Can I just not play supernatural? It didn't work last time I uninstalled but it's the only one that says it requires internet. I have already lost all progress on my Sims 3 games due to this. WTF EA?!

crinrict · Answer

It should work without Internet once you've activated the game.

When did you buy the base game ? Before or after September 2012 ?

cfyhrtz · Answer

I bought the game this March. So yes, after 2012. I never had this problem when it was just Sims &amp; the Pets expansion pack. And we registered &amp; installed everything when it was hooked up at my friends house, she even made a sample game on there real quick to be sure everything played right.

crinrict · Answer

When looking into someone elses case I found a solution that this message can appear if your system clock is off.

Could you check on that (and I don't mean by a few minutes)

cfyhrtz · Answer

System clock is correct.

crinrict · Answer

Don't know what else it could be.

Here's a few threads for you to go through:

-&nbsp;http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/You-Must-Be-Online-When-Logging-In-For-The-First-Time/m-p/6100#M143
-&nbsp;http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/quot-You-must-be-online-when-logging-in-for-the-first-time-quot/td-p/6230
-&nbsp;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ayp_cZ4FA

There's more if you google the message.

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