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Anonymous
13 years ago
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Unable to connect to EA download manager

As of lately, my sims 3 launcher has had problems connecting to the EA download manager (now Origin, correct?) so I updated origin and everything but still nothing. I have not bought any new games in about a year or so. My newest game is Sims 3 Ambitions, so it's not clashing with anything i installed. I checked my antivirus firewall. Nothing. is it just something wrong with origin? is anyone else having this problem?

Oh, and also, I can connect to it during gameplay, and it says htere's a patch available for the store and I download it, but then it doesnt really download, because when I refresh the download tab, it says the same patch is available and it tells me to download. Please help. :/ Im waiting for a patch that'll fix the ghost hunting career and i can't get it if i can't connect to the download manager. Please and thank you!

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    The sims I have is; Sims 3, Sims Nightlife and Sims High-end loft stuff. I played sims 3 once or twice, then downloaded nightlife and high end on to my laptop. Brought the download version online as I have a netbook and downloaded the games via origin.

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    crinrict
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    12 years ago

    Not what I mean.

    If you go to your Origin account setting, does it show your thesims3.com identity as connected as it does in the one I posted earlier. Do you have a game specific identity for the sims 3 ?

    Also, you play on a net book ? Those are below specs. Might be your issue.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    no, the sims website wont allow me to create an account.

    right, well why was I able to play it before with no issue until I downloaded the other games

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    there was no information saying it will not work on netbooks? So how do I claim my money back?

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    12 years ago

    The game has minimum specs and net books are normally below those.

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    I can' tell you what your main issue is but I feel I can't help you, so I'm sorry. Maybe someone else can.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    so can you give me an email address or something I can ask for my money back? Because I cannot find one only.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    12 years ago

    Game advisors can be found through live chat.

    1. https://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/ 
    2. Set your language to US at the bottom
    3. Click on Contact a game advisor 
    4. Describe your issue with a few words
    5. Click on Find a Solution
    6. Select Product: ex: The Sims 3 or Origin
    7. Select Issue Type: ex: Billing/Purchasing or Account Management
    8. Select Platform: PC
    9. Click Find solution
    10. Scroll down and click I still need help
    11. Click Chat Now to chat with a Game Advisor

    With Pics here: http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2012/10/how-to-contact-ea.html

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