New EA App

I did not hurry into choosing the EA app. In fact, this has been a bad year for Sims 4 on my computer.
To start with it just kept crashing and freezing, after trying every remedy known and getting some good advice from players, I finally got it to a stage where I could play it as long as I kept the graphics low. Then when another update or kit came, I would have to go through it again.

I decided it was time for my old computer to go and I would get a new one.

I installed Origin which promptly told me it was being phased out. Then I tried installing all my games, no luck with Cottage living so I decided to go ahead and install the EA app which uninstalled Origin.

The Ea app will not download Cottage Living either, so I asked EA Help to HELP. They stated they are aware of the problem and will get around to it asap. My opinion is they should refund my money or give me my game today.

Anyhow I decided to play other games while I wait, Need for Speed "Heat" promptly asked me to install Origin as it was needed to play, I can't wait to see what happens when Origin is scrapped.

All of my Steam games play perfectly, and I am very happy with the new computer. In fact, I have bought a lot of new games on Steam and don't play Sims much now. I can't add my old saves as they had a lot of Cottage Living content in them and I don't want to change them all.

After watching the Rene Project, not sure I will be buying that either. I have spent more time this year trying to get Sims working than I have playing it.
I love building houses, and I check every day to see if it is fixed, but I have other games to play now, and a really great computer.

Still using Origin myself
just worried the new app is not gonna work or that I lose things when I switch to it

i don't like how they are forcing the switch to new app with getting rid of origin all together

also like don't you say " your games will be safe" when i have yet to this day been able to access some of my games in origin because it keeps thinking i used the codes because obviously my games before origin are physical copies ive installed quite many times indeed

"Bluegayle;c-18194906" wrote:

"userafw;c-18194892" wrote:

"shorty943p;d-1003082" wrote:
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" with us again?

Unfortunately they now disabled Origin to force everyone to use the EA app instead. But the EA app is missing several features Origin had… it cannot use command line arguments for compatibility. It cannot repair game. And it does not play nicely with older games. Not to mention, if EA refuses to continue to support and distribute a game, this is the very definition of abandonware. Off topic… there are a lot of Commodore and Atari 8 bit games in that category that can be played with emulators.

Actually you can repair game with app and there is a place for command lines but I don't know which ones you can use there.

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Thanks for the screenshots. Does the advanced launch options field accept the code to disable packs?

@Atreya33 Sorry I don't know about disable packs. I thought I saw someone on the forums say yes but not positive. If i find that thread I will link you.

So when you play offline in sims 3 and 4 it disables all packs ?!

For those who say they plan not to use the new EA app, how does that work? It's not going to be a choice much longer. Do you mean you're going to download Origin and the games you play on it and stick them on a computer that you keep offline always, just to play legacy Origin games on? Is that even possible now?

I am wondering what if anything I can do to preserve my ability to play all the Sims3 worlds and nearly the whole Sims3 Store that I have in dlc that I'm afraid will evaporate without a trace once there is no more origin, from what people are saying about how bad it is with soms3 and with store content in particular.

I poured more money into sims3 and store content and worlds like Midnight Hollow and Sunlit Tides than I like to admit to.

There has to be way that money spent on a single game, amounting to more than a cheap laptop costs these days, should not simply be forfeit when it was paid in good faith.
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Now that I finally got the EA App on October 18th. I've been playing around with it just to try to learn it. Unfortunately, I still can't find out how to update my Sims 4. :'( However, my daughter says that it might just automatically update itself. She's usually right about these things. :) She was so right about me finally getting the EA App on release day. ;)

I did not have 3 still on Origin when I switched to the app so I had to reinstall Origin to get it again as it would not install everything on the App.. However it transferred over with no problem except for Fast Lane. I have the disc so may try to install it that way.

Previously even Origin wouldn't let me download and install and so this is just recent that it worked again. Its been a journey . LOL

However my other games work fine on the app and transferred over with no problems. Including sims 4, castaway and my Sims2 collection. Hopefully everyone will have their games sorted out soon.

I was having spotty internet connection yesterday so I learned that if not connected to the internet when the game loads, the EA app will only recognize the few packs I installed through the app and not those I installed through Origin. This happened even after a repair of my game through the EA app that appeared to run through all the content.
However once I was able to load the game with the internet connected, the game continued to play all my packs just fine when the connection went out during play.
I finally figured out how to use the app in offline mode. Since I logged in to the app online and then switched it to offline mode it had all my packs when the game loaded. Apparently it's just when the EA app opens offline, such as if I try to start the game from the Sims4 icon on my desktop rather than the app while my internet is down, that it doesn't recognize my packs.
My biggest problem is that so many options, like offline mode and repair game, are harder to find than they were on Origin.

I tested the EA app out again today and it still will not open at all. It worked the first few days I had it but then it stopped. I changed nothing on my end. I hear crickets from EA so there we are, I'm using Origin until I can't or the EA app gets fixed. Or I'll see about transferring everything over to Steam, if possible.
This is a huge flaw in requiring a game launcher to play games, if the launcher is borked you have no access to the games you've purchased. Also, I do not feel I should have to work hard trying to research solutions or troubleshoot launcher problems, the launcher needs to work reliably and easily since they are required for access.