New EA/Origin Desktop App.

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

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. I honestly don't want to have a background program I have to uninstall/reinstall whenever I want to play certain games.

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.

"Cinebar;c-17671169" wrote:

"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.

What's wrong with the 1.69 update?

"crocobaura;c-17671175" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17671169" wrote:

"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.

What's wrong with the 1.69 update?

Most who play TS3 don't want anything to do with Origin. 1.69 ties the TS3 to Origin, therefore they have to sign into Origin to play TS3, like you do with TS4. Those of us who play TS2 and TS3 don't want to sign into Origin for any reasons at all. If you go through Origin to play TS2UC (though we downloaded it from Origin as free) they now have tied it to Origin, too, if you let the game update. We don't log into anything to play these two games though we could download them from Origin before. TS2's update doesn't have a specific patch, it's a sneak update. But TS3's update is called patch 1.69

To add what Cinebar said though, depending on when you bought Sims 3 Base, you might not have a choice to have Origin anyways though. If you after 2012 I believe it was, you'd still need Origin anyways and you can update to 1.69.

Also you need the disc version for everything to not use Origin.

"Cinebar;c-17671179" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-17671175" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17671169" wrote:

"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.

What's wrong with the 1.69 update?

Most who play TS3 don't want anything to do with Origin. 1.69 ties the TS3 to Origin, therefore they have to sign into Origin to play TS3, like you do with TS4. Those of us who play TS2 and TS3 don't want to sign into Origin for any reasons at all. If you go through Origin to play TS2UC (though we downloaded it from Origin as free) they now have tied it to Origin, too, if you let the game update. We don't log into anything to play these two games though we could download them from Origin before. TS2's update doesn't have a specific patch, it's a sneak update. But TS3's update is called patch 1.69

Oh, I see. I don't really mind Origin though my old computer is no longer hooked to the internet. I guess I will need it anyway if I want to play TS3 again, as I gave away the CDs. I thought it was something more sinister.

"crocobaura;c-17671175" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17671169" wrote:

"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.

What's wrong with the 1.69 update?

You have to run the game through the launcher, for one, which interferes with the FPS capper that I use. You need origin in order to play it, for another. I bought none of the expansions through Origin, and I don't want to be forced to run it to play Sims 3.

Edit: The only time I run Origin is when I'm playing a game which requires it, so, that's Sims 4 and DAI. I also don't run with Steam in the background when my computer is running, just when I'm playing a game which requires it. Same with all the xbox gaming stuff that Windows 10 tries to run by default. It's a matter of principle. Unless I'm playing a game that requires it, I don't want it running on my machine.

"crocobaura;c-17671183" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17671179" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-17671175" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17671169" wrote:

"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.

What's wrong with the 1.69 update?

Most who play TS3 don't want anything to do with Origin. 1.69 ties the TS3 to Origin, therefore they have to sign into Origin to play TS3, like you do with TS4. Those of us who play TS2 and TS3 don't want to sign into Origin for any reasons at all. If you go through Origin to play TS2UC (though we downloaded it from Origin as free) they now have tied it to Origin, too, if you let the game update. We don't log into anything to play these two games though we could download them from Origin before. TS2's update doesn't have a specific patch, it's a sneak update. But TS3's update is called patch 1.69

Oh, I see. I don't really mind Origin though my old computer is no longer hooked to the internet. I guess I will need it anyway if I want to play TS3 again, as I gave away the CDs. I thought it was something more sinister.

It is sinister, lol. We could download our TS3 games from Origin before patch 1.69 but didn't need Origin to load those games. But a few years ago they auto patched TS3 with patch 1.69 if you were online while you played TS3. Now, people can't play TS3 without logging into Origin and it hogging resources and collecting pc data (not just game data) for third party partners, about you and your pc and your habits on the internet like what sites you look at and when and what you buy and all sorts of things. Before (even if we got it from Origin) we didn't have to log into Origin at all. (If you had an earlier version of base and even if you did download some of your packs as digital to replace your cds). ETA: Because people had purchased those through the original EA Downloader and so Origin though we could get them there, wasn't necessary to load.