New EA/Origin Desktop App.

So I got the Beta test version today and I have to say I love it! It's not that much different from Origin as far as how it works but wow does it run WAY faster for me. I found it very easy to navigate and didn't take nearly as long to load anything.

I did notice it doesn't currently have a "repair game" feature in it.

I did notice that while in game a lot of the issues I was having are fixed but... I also did upgrades to my windows so that might have been the fix for them. Game loaded faster though.

Interesting Note: Expansion Packs are labelled as "Expansion Packs" but Game and Stuff packs are both labelled "MicroContent".

When I go to my collections, my Sims 2 Ultimate Collection is missing, but there is a note saying not to worry if not all games are there yet as they are still moving some over. My 3, 4 and Sim City are there.

Is it okay to post screenshots? I can delete if not.

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"Bluegayle;c-17670815" wrote:
@SimAlexandria Did you have to redownload your Sims4? I tried it out on sims 3 but it wouldn't download the game even though I own it and it was visible.

No, I didn't have to redownload 4. I have 3 as well but haven't tried it yet. I'll give that a go later and see if it works for me.

When i first downloaded the Beta it wanted me to download 4 again which is why I asked you about that one. Then I opened the client up again and 4 was available to play. But 3 needs to be downloaded according to origin. Hopefully it will fix itself in a day or so. I am wondering if anyone else has the same problem.

"Bluegayle;c-17670848" wrote:
When i first downloaded the Beta it wanted me to download 4 again which is why I asked you about that one. Then I opened the client up again and 4 was available to play. But 3 needs to be downloaded according to origin. Hopefully it will fix itself in a day or so. I am wondering if anyone else has the same problem.

I just tried 3 for you and it didn't work for me either.

"SimAlexandria;c-17670902" wrote:

"Bluegayle;c-17670848" wrote:
When i first downloaded the Beta it wanted me to download 4 again which is why I asked you about that one. Then I opened the client up again and 4 was available to play. But 3 needs to be downloaded according to origin. Hopefully it will fix itself in a day or so. I am wondering if anyone else has the same problem.

I just tried 3 for you and it didn't work for me either.

Thank you for checking for me. I will leave 3 alone thru Beta until they fix it then. I can still play through Origin anyways.

"Bluegayle;c-17670919" wrote:

"SimAlexandria;c-17670902" wrote:

"Bluegayle;c-17670848" wrote:
When i first downloaded the Beta it wanted me to download 4 again which is why I asked you about that one. Then I opened the client up again and 4 was available to play. But 3 needs to be downloaded according to origin. Hopefully it will fix itself in a day or so. I am wondering if anyone else has the same problem.

I just tried 3 for you and it didn't work for me either.

Thank you for checking for me. I will leave 3 alone thru Beta until they fix it then. I can still play through Origin anyways.

yw :) tbh, usually unless I'm buying a pack I don't go through either anyways cuz Origin is super slow to me haha. I pin the game itself to my desktop and just open it from there

Hopefully it'll fix the internet issues with the program. It's very annoying how my Origin goes offline every five minutes even though my connection is fine

I'm not going to get into the beta until it has had at least one big update to fix all the issues it current faces at this time. I've known about EA Desktop for a little over a week now when someone mentioned it on the steam TS4 forum.

Current issues with the Beta at this time:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Known-Issues-EA-Desktop-Beta/td-p/9496448

For those that have decided to give the beta a go, please give your feedback here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Feedback/bd-p/ea-desktop-feedback-en and bugs here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports-Technical-Issues/bd-p/ea-desktop-bug-reports-en

Currently downloading Sims 3 to see if it works for me (downloading not a problem so far but it only gave me the option to install HELS and no other packs

EDIT: Looks like EA Desktop doesn't recognize Sims 3 yet. Only the EA Play Pro version.

"Felicity;c-17671146" wrote:
I ended up uninstalling Origin because it updated Sims 3 to 1.69 even though I had it set to not update games (fortunately, I still have the 1.67 superpatch and my basegame install file from Amazon so was able to uninstall/reinstall/repatch the base game). But what I really didn't like was I had not installed Sims 3 through Origin; it scanned my hard drive with no prompting and added it to my Origin game library screen. I'm hoping the desktop app is far less intrusive.

That's what I'm afraid of, I don't have to use Origin to play TS3 and refuse the 1.69 update but fear this will be automatic if I try it out.