Game repair?

I decided to try restarting my computer and was surprised that it actually fixed it.

Resetting my game system helped things run better for me too. After a full reset with the application and the system I played the game on, I noticed significant improvement with my game.

Close the Sims on your computer

Turn off your computer

Turn on your computer

And open the game

That’s pretty much the only thing I did differently.

I play on the PlayStation 4 though.

Here’s the thing. I usually let my computer and ps4 go into sleep mode so the system can auto update.

What this means is that my computer and ps4 are usually on all the time, but at such a low power that it doesn’t use too much electricity.

It’s possible that I just needed to reset the system, so it could run the start up processes again.

"maggiemae8135;c-18167701" wrote:
I had a problem with Origin not working due to missing MSVCP140.dll. Wouldn't let me get into Origin at all. I couldn't even uninstall it to reinstall. I downloaded the EA App and was able to access my game with that. It is still in Beta but worked well for me. My grandson fixed Origin for me but I am keeping the EA App too. Maybe the app would work for you?

Thank you. I think it might, but I can't by pass the update that I have been bypassing as I don't want the bugs that came with the last patch. Well if nobody can come up with a different answer, I might just cave and update and use the app, but really hoping I can find a solution via origin. thank you so much again. I really appreciate the help.

@Crazyfrog, the EA App was advertised on Origin and still in Beta. It is described as a platform and serves as a launcher. Search it online and you should find better answers than I can give you, and a place where you can download it. I didn't download it from Origin as I couldn't get into my Origin, so I looked it up online and was able to download it from an EA site. It took a bit of time for my games to show up in it but was worth the wait. Just sign in to the app using your ea account you have for Origin and games download automatically. At least that was what happened when I downloaded it.

"Gagea;c-18167565" wrote:
The desktop shortcut is working fine. Deleting the origin cache files didn't help.

Worked for me too.

It's not working for me. Rebooted computer (which took forever to start).
EA, why are you doing this to us, and why are you doing it without even a tiny warning?

I'm not patching my game, meaning I will not be allowed to play? It worked fine last night, today nothing?
I don't want the App either, why would I need it when I prefer to play offline in order to avoid buggy patches? Why should I trust the App on day 1?

PS: Just realized it might be a good idea to backup my game before doing anything. Origin insists on repairing my game the next time I go online.

"Simmerville;c-18167770" wrote:
It's not working for me. Rebooted computer (which took forever to start).
EA, why are you doing this to us, and why are you doing it without even a tiny warning?

I'm not patching my game, meaning I will not be allowed to play? It worked fine last night, today nothing?
I don't want the App either, why would I need it when I prefer to play offline in order to avoid buggy patches? Why should I trust the App on day 1?

PS: Just realized it might be a good idea to backup my game before doing anything. Origin insists on repairing my game the next time I go online.

I sympathize with you @Simmerville as I want to play so bad was having so much fun for a change, but the work arounds other have mentioned like putting the ts4.exec short cut on desktop isn't working, and I could use the app but I don't want to as it will make me update and I don't want to be able to play the game only to find I have all the issues others have experienced like phone obsession which would be the worst, lag, and other issues. I hope this isn't going to replace origin as if it is, we won't have any options to opt out of patches unless it is added in.

Origin did do an automatic repair on my game, but it didn't download patch thankfully.

"Colorist40;c-18167778" wrote:

"Simmerville;c-18167770" wrote:
It's not working for me. Rebooted computer (which took forever to start).
EA, why are you doing this to us, and why are you doing it without even a tiny warning?

I'm not patching my game, meaning I will not be allowed to play? It worked fine last night, today nothing?
I don't want the App either, why would I need it when I prefer to play offline in order to avoid buggy patches? Why should I trust the App on day 1?

PS: Just realized it might be a good idea to backup my game before doing anything. Origin insists on repairing my game the next time I go online.

I sympathize with you @Simmerville as I want to play so bad was having so much fun for a change, but the work arounds other have mentioned like putting the ts4.exec short cut on desktop isn't working, and I could use the app but I don't want to as it will make me update and I don't want to be able to play the game only to find I have all the issues others have experienced like phone obsession which would be the worst, lag, and other issues. I hope this isn't going to replace origin as if it is, we won't have any options to opt out of patches unless it is added in.

Origin did do an automatic repair on my game, but it didn't download patch thankfully.

Thanks. Oh - it did not patch? Perhaps I will need to try the repair then. With some luck offline will work without patching.

I really dislike the way they simply roll out a big change with no warning. I guess I'm not the only one being able to play one hour now and then, but like tonight that hour was stolen by backing up my files (which I did few days ago, so not really planned to do it again this early) and I have no idea whether my game will be playable again tomorrow or in 3 weeks. EA should have given us some info beforehand. Today I got the not that I could update Origin. If I knew it was not a regular update I would have delayed it a couple days because there is certain things I need to get done in game, like capturing some pictures for blog updates etc. The lack of communication worries me.

"CrazyFrog;c-18167723" wrote:


EDIT
Hitting Control+R if you have that screen with blank areas instead of games to click on may work. Alternatively the option is in the "Origin" menu, about halfway down the list. (Reload Page)

Control+R helped with the blank squares. For a short moment I thought everything would be all right. But unfortunately that didn't make the game playable. Going offline before booting up origin didn't work, going into offline mode after starting origin with Internet didn't work, a direct short cut to the game did not work either. :(

"Colorist40;c-18167778" wrote:

"Simmerville;c-18167770" wrote:
It's not working for me. Rebooted computer (which took forever to start).
EA, why are you doing this to us, and why are you doing it without even a tiny warning?

I'm not patching my game, meaning I will not be allowed to play? It worked fine last night, today nothing?
I don't want the App either, why would I need it when I prefer to play offline in order to avoid buggy patches? Why should I trust the App on day 1?

PS: Just realized it might be a good idea to backup my game before doing anything. Origin insists on repairing my game the next time I go online.

I sympathize with you @Simmerville as I want to play so bad was having so much fun for a change, but the work arounds other have mentioned like putting the ts4.exec short cut on desktop isn't working, and I could use the app but I don't want to as it will make me update and I don't want to be able to play the game only to find I have all the issues others have experienced like phone obsession which would be the worst, lag, and other issues. I hope this isn't going to replace origin as if it is, we won't have any options to opt out of patches unless it is added in.

Origin did do an automatic repair on my game, but it didn't download patch thankfully.

It seems you were more lucky than me. At the end of the forced repair I immediately got a pop up to accept the terms of conditions of the patch. Cancelling that pop up, cancelled the entire repair (after a 10GB download) and left me with no way to get the game running. I tried offline, I tried my desktop short cut. So it was either a game filled with bugs and unwanted features or no game at all. Which meant doing the repair again, downloading the same 10GB again.

Now I can 'enjoy' the aging bug, the imbalance between days in the child and teen life stage, the fears with a broken turn off option and the limitations of the gender preferences (for the first time ever since sims 1 I will be faced with sims refusing affection from others if they are the wrong gender, so this is a limitation for me)
I don't like how origin/EA forced me to update. :angry: :angry: :rage: :rage: :angry: All I wanted was to play the game version I had and have fun with werewolves. I had no intention of updating for the high school pack as I have zero interest in high school but now I am stuck with this packs horrible patch. If EA thinks I am more inclined to hand them 40€ for a pack I don't care for after forcing me to update in this manner, they are so wrong. I am really really angry. :angry:

I miss the sims 2 times without forced patches. Heck, I even miss the time when patches were something to look forward to and be excited about. Now patches are something to dread and avoid because all they do is add bugs and broken features we can't opt out of.