New EA App
As the title says. at start Origin is pushing the new EA App. Has anybody installed it and how bad is it? Does it totally replace Origin and can we use it the same way, or have they "messed" wit...
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"Bonxie;c-18223245" wrote:
My experience with the new EA App
Finally I replaced my Origin with the EA App. The installation was flawless, my game (my only EA game is S4) is still there and no problems occurred. But then I learned, that you can't change the game language with the EA App. And that's something I need for mod translations. I'm switching between English and my first language. So I reinstalled Origin again and now I ended with both EA App and Origin on my PC. And this config works pretty good. As long as you don't start them together at the same time.
From the menus and user interface to me the EA App looks more like an Origin update. It feels familiar. I don't "work" with the EA App/Origin and I use only the main functions: I start it, switch to offline mode and launch S4. That's almost the same procedure as with Origin. I'm not familiar with any more in depth functions. For the initial configuration, I set all settings to "disabled" (including auto update of both app and games) and that's all. After the installation my game library was imported automatically. I had literally nothing to do than "double-click setup.exe - wait - finish".
The only thing you should know is that with the EA App installation Origin is automatically deinstalled without a possibility to interfere. But you can install Origin again afterwards without problems. Seems like the Origin registry entries survive the EA App installation. I had to reinstall Origin because you can't change the game language with the EA App - maybe that feature will be added in the future.
There is also an excellent FAQ post regarding the EA App from @Crinrict which can be found here:
https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2022/11/sims-4-and-ea-app/
Similar to Origin you can switch the EA App to offline mode and deactivate automatic game updates. I wrote a howto post with screenshots which can be found here: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/18223236/#Comment_18223236
I was about to ask if origin and the EA app can be installed at the same time. You already answered my question. Thanks. I also want origin on the computer to be able to switch the game language after installation (in my case the language of the sims medieval) I find it very strange that the very useful function to switch language is not available for the EA app.
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