Origin Just Automatically Began Repairing My Game

I've been lucky with my game so far. The first time I went to start it through my Origin page, the page was white, filled with outlines where the games' "box images" would have been. I refreshed the page, and everything worked fine.

I don't have High School Years (at least not yet...) but the patches haven't caused game-breaking issues for me. I'm crossing my fingers that will remain the same.

I'm just trying to decide if I should bite the bullet and let the "repair" update my game or not. I'm pretty sure cancelling the repair at the Terms and Conditions popup just messed up the whole thing. I would really, really, really rather not update though.
There still hasn't even been any official notification about this problem, has there? I'm seeing reports of this both here and in the Sims 4 and Origin Answer HQs, the Sims 4 and Origin reddits too (and the latter is just an entire page full of complaints of issues).
Some acknowledgement from the company sure would be nice.

I am so glad I'm not alone in this. I thought it was all because I had some computer problems...

I'm glad that I'm using my new computer. With that, it'll only take some minutes to repair the game. With my old computer, it would take literally 2 to 3 days, which would be really horrible when I desperately want to play The Sims 4.

I hope it gets fixed soon. As much as it is somewhat useful, it is still annoying to wait some minutes when I open the computer. Good thing it isn't the old computer though...

"ModerateOsprey;c-18168614" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-18168585" wrote:

"friendlysimmers;c-18168361" wrote:
I really do not see the point of this thread as a player origin is working fine no problems at all and sims4 loads just fine as well have you also check to make sure its not your anti virus blocking origin or the sims4 itself?

Good to hear at least one player is not experiencing any issues. Personally I think the fact that origin is suddenly forcing people to update without an option to play offline is something worth talking about. I usually postpone every update for a week or two to wait for mods, so I know perfectly how playing offline works. This time I was planning to play offline longer due to the many glitches. But EA and/or origin obviously don't agree with playing offline to avoid a patch any more. If I had known updating origin would result into this, I would not have updated at all. Next time I will definitely not trust an origin update without coming to the forums first.

But the damage to my game is done. All the new bugs and no way to go back to the previous version.

Indeed, I am surprised this thread is not on fire. Forced updates is bad - pretty much a gamebreaker for me.

If the next month’s patch is completely normal with origin acting as usual then that is one thing. Once, ok, bad but ok. If this happens often I will be less amused. I hope this is just a very very bad bug because offline should always be available.

Like I wrote in a different post on the forum, it is difficult to just pick up a kit on a whim one day if you dread letting your game have access to the internet to the point that you pull out the internet-cable prior to starting the game.

You can have any kind of pretty trailers for a new kit, I am still not online. Boring stable patches and a equally boring functional Origin would be fantastic!

I don’t need pretty stuff, just stability and things working as they should.

"SilentKitty;c-18168741" wrote:

"ModerateOsprey;c-18168614" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-18168585" wrote:

"friendlysimmers;c-18168361" wrote:
I really do not see the point of this thread as a player origin is working fine no problems at all and sims4 loads just fine as well have you also check to make sure its not your anti virus blocking origin or the sims4 itself?

Good to hear at least one player is not experiencing any issues. Personally I think the fact that origin is suddenly forcing people to update without an option to play offline is something worth talking about. I usually postpone every update for a week or two to wait for mods, so I know perfectly how playing offline works. This time I was planning to play offline longer due to the many glitches. But EA and/or origin obviously don't agree with playing offline to avoid a patch any more. If I had known updating origin would result into this, I would not have updated at all. Next time I will definitely not trust an origin update without coming to the forums first.

But the damage to my game is done. All the new bugs and no way to go back to the previous version.

Indeed, I am surprised this thread is not on fire. Forced updates is bad - pretty much a gamebreaker for me.

If the next month’s patch is completely normal with origin acting as usual then that is one thing. Once, ok, bad but ok. If this happens often I will be less amused. I hope this is just a very very bad bug because offline should always be available.

Like I wrote in a different post on the forum, it is difficult to just pick up a kit on a whim one day if you dread letting your game have access to the internet to the point that you pull out the internet-cable prior to starting the game.

You can have any kind of pretty trailers for a new kit, I am still not online. Boring stable patches and a equally boring functional Origin would be fantastic!

I don’t need pretty stuff, just stability and things working as they should.

It also seemed to coincide with the launch of the beta of the EA App. I am hoping that this was a one off as a result of that.

"SilentKitty;c-18168741" wrote:

"ModerateOsprey;c-18168614" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-18168585" wrote:

"friendlysimmers;c-18168361" wrote:
I really do not see the point of this thread as a player origin is working fine no problems at all and sims4 loads just fine as well have you also check to make sure its not your anti virus blocking origin or the sims4 itself?

Good to hear at least one player is not experiencing any issues. Personally I think the fact that origin is suddenly forcing people to update without an option to play offline is something worth talking about. I usually postpone every update for a week or two to wait for mods, so I know perfectly how playing offline works. This time I was planning to play offline longer due to the many glitches. But EA and/or origin obviously don't agree with playing offline to avoid a patch any more. If I had known updating origin would result into this, I would not have updated at all. Next time I will definitely not trust an origin update without coming to the forums first.

But the damage to my game is done. All the new bugs and no way to go back to the previous version.

Indeed, I am surprised this thread is not on fire. Forced updates is bad - pretty much a gamebreaker for me.

If the next month’s patch is completely normal with origin acting as usual then that is one thing. Once, ok, bad but ok. If this happens often I will be less amused. I hope this is just a very very bad bug because offline should always be available.

I completely agree.

I tested today and after being forced to patch, I managed to play offline again. It kinda has no purpose now as the main reason for playing offline was to play a stable game without the latest patch. But it might just be possible to play offline if the next patch turns out to be as bad as the current one.

Good news, a new Origin update seemingly fixed whatever issues it caused with yesterday's update and I was able to launch Sims 4 in offline mode. Bad news is that if your Sims 4 started repairing, you're gonna have to just let it finish verifying and get the patch otherwise the game does not recognize any of the packs.

I went and updated Ui Cheats Extension and MCCC (the only script mods that I use) and as far as I am aware the aging issue was patched? Either way I've got (or will be getting) the update now for better or worse, at lease the game finally works again =/

Been offline since the patch that brought with it the "pause movement" bug (Werewolves patch, I believe). All of a sudden I boot up Origin, go offline, and hit the icon...nothing. Again...nothing. I try restarting Origin, running in admin mode, updating my drivers, even restarting my system...nothing. Then Origin tries to "repair" my game. No thanks.

I try going offline and loading the game...Origin tells me it'll try repairing it again once I go online. Sounds vaguely like a threat.

I try reinstalling Origin. Nothing but an attempt to repair. I'm not going to be playing my game, it seems...not unless I let go and let repair.

The repairs finish, and I cancel the update. I try going offline and launching the game. "I can't let you do that".

I back up my saves, move my mods out, back up my tray, take a deep breath, and surrender. This isn't my game. I just paid a one-time fee (per pack) to loan it from EA.

It's done updating, but my playstyle will be marred by the issues. I uninstall the game and wipe it from my system. Origin, too.

I guess it's finally time to start going through my library of games. Worst part is that I still get those moments...the ones wherein I get a new idea or want to explore a concept that I can't in reality. My first mode of operations is to imagine it in-game, but the second is to remind myself I don't have that luxury right now.

There are many, many colourful words I'd like to express to those responsible, but just like me with my game...they'll just have to use their imaginations.

> @AedanStarfang said:
> Good news, a new Origin update seemingly fixed whatever issues it caused with yesterday's update and I was able to launch Sims 4 in offline mode. Bad news is that if your Sims 4 started repairing, you're gonna have to just let it finish verifying and get the patch otherwise the game does not recognize any of the packs.
>
> I went and updated Ui Cheats Extension and MCCC (the only script mods that I use) and as far as I am aware the aging issue was patched? Either way I've got (or will be getting) the update now for better or worse, at lease the game finally works again =/

This does indeed seem to be the case. Updated Origin, went offline (cancelled the verification process that still plagues me), and managed to actually get into the game this time after clicking the .exe that was previously not working either. However, the loading screen was convinced I didn't own any DLC.
I'm still not going to update though. I'd rather wait and see if this is also addressed officially or if it actually is a corruption issue. Out of one frying pan and into another.

"Atreya33;c-18168785" wrote:


I tested today and after being forced to patch, I managed to play offline again. It kinda has no purpose now as the main reason for playing offline was to play a stable game without the latest patch. But it might just be possible to play offline if the next patch turns out to be as bad as the current one.

Same here. I went without patching for two years and playing off line. I don't like the fact my setting for automatic updates were off when it started updating on it's own. Not good!
But, I have been able to play offline again over the last couple of days.
Have just done the updated origin update.
I think the last one I did on this laptop was on Wednesday when the game went repairing itself and updating on me. And Thursday on my work laptop, when it just updated and didn't repair itself.
Let's hope this origin update has resolved the problem.