In the EA app, you can choose to disable automatic updates for all the games, that way you can play offline until the release of emergency bug fixes.
@GiardiniDiMarzoI have that disabled; however, in the past, I have not been able to open the game without first updating.
I think players should be able to delay updating if they choose.
(Also edited to add - I want to be able to stay online to use the gallery)
@gertie47You can play offline as @giardiniDiMarzol mentioned, but I believe you can still view/access the gallery via a browser, instead of via the game. You would probably have to manually move anything you download from your downloads folder to your Sims 4 tray folder, but it should still work. I have yet to test this, but this is a good reason for me to try it as well!
This of course would likely only be a workaround for PC players.
Edited to add the gallery link: https://www.ea.com/en-ca/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery
Edited to add that it looks like it's only possible to favorite items or "add to downloads" for when you ARE playing online again...but I suppose you can still browse for later gameplay at least? Sorry I don't have a better fix for you.
@gertie47 You can't open the game (without updating it) if you don't go in offline mode first. But maybe there's a workaround for that, if you want to have access to the Gallery.
Try the steps JonaO wrote here
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Can-t-connect-to-gallery-in-offline-mode/m-p/13895424#M282602
What I want to be able to do is still upload to the gallery - my play style is to spend half the time playing the game, then take a break by spending the other half of the time making sims and uploading them to share.
The only workaround I can see is that I will just have to wait till I feel that it is safe to update and then do a sim uploading session.
My main fear is that my game will break.
I'll be patient, I guess. It's not really a solution, but not uploading to the gallery isn't the end of my world 😃
