Origin Just Automatically Began Repairing My Game

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Feedback/Who-asked-for-more-phone-use/m-p/11714156/highlight/true

I am going to add my voice to this discussion over on EA feedback when I have screenshots to add. Have updated Sims 4 to the latest patch on y husband's computer but will not have time to play until next week. Just play a mermaid googling or head by Stranger Ville to have an infected sim googling while possessed.

Hope they will fix it so that occult or weird sim can go back to normal.

"SilentKitty;c-18169498" wrote:

"CrazyFrog;c-18169392" wrote:
Hi @Sheepiling

There are a few mods for phone addiction (i used the first one works fine) :


https://modthesims.info/d/669605/stop-the-phone-addiction.html

https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-constant-69751697

https://lms-mods.com/random-bug-fixes/

Prime reason for keeping me offline.

- Stranger Ville zombies google while in possessed mode
- Mermaids google while swimming
- Werewolves google while rampaging


Any guesses that spellcasters and vampires stop casting spells, duel or spar just because the phone.

So many occult animations ruined just for googling. This was not tested with occult packs.

Hate the new phone animations with a passion!

They ruined the game for Occult players. It sucks and I'm still really frakking angry about it. Haven't touched my game since that patch, haven't updated, haven't tried to play.

What in the world made them think anyone wanted more phone addiction in the first place? Someone was actually paid for doing this useless baloney. It contradicts the options they had in the game, like off the grid and technophobe and makes the fame quirk useless and redundant.

Are they even trying to make a fun game anymore or have they given up to just troll us all now? Because it really feels like a cruel joke.

"LiELF;c-18170845" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-18169498" wrote:

"CrazyFrog;c-18169392" wrote:
Hi @Sheepiling

There are a few mods for phone addiction (i used the first one works fine) :


https://modthesims.info/d/669605/stop-the-phone-addiction.html

https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-constant-69751697

https://lms-mods.com/random-bug-fixes/

Prime reason for keeping me offline.

- Stranger Ville zombies google while in possessed mode
- Mermaids google while swimming
- Werewolves google while rampaging


Any guesses that spellcasters and vampires stop casting spells, duel or spar just because the phone.

So many occult animations ruined just for googling. This was not tested with occult packs.

Hate the new phone animations with a passion!

They ruined the game for Occult players. It sucks and I'm still really frakking angry about it. Haven't touched my game since that patch, haven't updated, haven't tried to play.

What in the world made them think anyone wanted more phone addiction in the first place? Someone was actually paid for doing this useless baloney. It contradicts the options they had in the game, like off the grid and technophobe and makes the fame quirk useless and redundant.

Are they even trying to make a fun game anymore or have they given up to just troll us all now? Because it really feels like a cruel joke.

The thing that infuriates me is that there is no way to opt out of idle animations with tech. They decide how your sims is supposed to come to life. Contrast this with "exchange phone numbers" when your sim chooses to take up the phone and do something.

"SilentKitty;c-18170850" wrote:

"LiELF;c-18170845" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-18169498" wrote:

"CrazyFrog;c-18169392" wrote:
Hi @Sheepiling

There are a few mods for phone addiction (i used the first one works fine) :


https://modthesims.info/d/669605/stop-the-phone-addiction.html

https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-constant-69751697

https://lms-mods.com/random-bug-fixes/

Prime reason for keeping me offline.

- Stranger Ville zombies google while in possessed mode
- Mermaids google while swimming
- Werewolves google while rampaging


Any guesses that spellcasters and vampires stop casting spells, duel or spar just because the phone.

So many occult animations ruined just for googling. This was not tested with occult packs.

Hate the new phone animations with a passion!

They ruined the game for Occult players. It sucks and I'm still really frakking angry about it. Haven't touched my game since that patch, haven't updated, haven't tried to play.

What in the world made them think anyone wanted more phone addiction in the first place? Someone was actually paid for doing this useless baloney. It contradicts the options they had in the game, like off the grid and technophobe and makes the fame quirk useless and redundant.

Are they even trying to make a fun game anymore or have they given up to just troll us all now? Because it really feels like a cruel joke.

The thing that infuriates me is that there is no way to opt out of idle animations with tech. They decide how your sims is supposed to come to life. Contrast this with "exchange phone numbers" when your sim chooses to take up the phone and do something.

I have seen so many players beg for 8 years for a way to turn off the dam phone that it just baffles me how badly they dropped the ball on this.

Just ... WHY?

I believe one of the first complaints I made about Sims 4 when I actively joined the forums was about the intrusive, idle phone animations and the nonexistence of a general and individual phone use toggle.

Sims 4 phones are a disgrace. There I said it.

• I hate them.
  
• Hate them.
  
• Hate just about everything about them.
  
• Hate hate HATE sims 4 phones.
  
• May your batteries be dead forever, sims 4 phones.
  
• Break & Die, you miserable pieces of *insert ? kind ? word*.
  

And to ??? with the umbrellas. Not even sure why there IS an umbrella. I left it in the umbrella stand. Isn't that what one does when one doesn't need an umbrella, even if it's raining?
Umbrellas are overrated. Sims, why can't you just enjoy the rain falling on your simulated heads??- you won't melt you digital snowflakes!
Oh yes, yes, please look at your phone while it's lashing, it ain't waterproof and I hope it breaks at once! We'll find other ways to communicate and have fun, don't you worry, don't you worry....
But no, it won't break won't it? No, It won't break. Absolute YARGH!!!!


End of Wednesday Morning rant. I know it's Tuesday, but today it doesn't matter.

"SilentKitty;c-18170827" wrote:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Feedback/Who-asked-for-more-phone-use/m-p/11714156/highlight/true

I am going to add my voice to this discussion over on EA feedback when I have screenshots to add. Have updated Sims 4 to the latest patch on y husband's computer but will not have time to play until next week. Just play a mermaid googling or head by Stranger Ville to have an infected sim googling while possessed.

Hope they will fix it so that occult or weird sim can go back to normal.

Thank you for the link. I already added a me too for this problem. As I said over there the phone usage is excessive and unnecessary, for some sims even immersion breaking.

I am also very unhappy about this phone obsession. Even before this patch, I would get frustrated with actions I set for my sims being dropped because of a computer, phone or other objects, including drinking water from sink. It makes it difficult to play a storyline you become immersed in when sims are focused on objects. I don't like the crazy phone use in real life and don't want it in my game. It isn't fun anymore if you have to constantly watch over your sims to make sure they do what they need to do, and they decide to not do it because of these obsessions. I was playing my werewolf couple, moved them in and the welcome wagon started. I have 2 computers in their home as they are writers and need them. So instead of getting to know each other, the guests go straight to the computers! I locked them to household only and started conversations. My sims both stopped doing what I wanted them to and went to their computers. Tried again to get them into conversing with the welcome wagon and the same thing happened again. I was so frustrated I exited the game. Now we have an even worse phone obsession. Teens are obsessed with phones, so thought this was going to be about them. But everyone is now obsessed. Life is supposed to be about people, not objects. If you come to dinner at my house, that phone is put away. I was hoping for the ability for parents to take away your teen's phone. Great opportunity for punishing them if not doing homework or getting detention, or sneaking out of the home. Never would have guessed this obsession would be for all sims! I want to continue to enjoy my sims. I want to get back to my farmers and my paranormal couple and have fun! I don't want my sims to stop milking the cow or making friends with the animals to use the phone. Please fix this!

First the phone was a way to keep work, traveling and things organized, which is why it is mandatory.

Now more and more things are added to it and since they are mandatory there is no way to opt out.

Now they are adding idle animations, which are impossible to opt out off and with occult sims it is very noticeable. Or historical saves.

I feel like updates are not done with any consideration shown to occult sims or weird possessed sims. Since this is my main reason for playing this game I feel like we are a second rate group. Whatever happens to occult sims is not something to look after when it comes to implementing new idles or features.

The Werewolf Pack was awesome. It made the patch coming after feel like skipping down the road giddy with glee and then all of a sudden you are in free fall. Occult sims are not part of the main game, that is tested for regular sims. Occult players will have to continue to read up on the forum before patching if they want to know how the latest patch affect occult sims. The Occult Packs by themselves are really really good, but the rest of the game seems to be made and tested on regular sims which might end up tearing into those really good occult packs.

I wish we could just get phone animations as optional. That would make life so much easier. I had an entire save placed in medieval times but I got so irritated on the phone that I gave it up. I could start looking into that again if we could just get rid of the phone.

"SilentKitty;c-18171184" wrote:

First the phone was a way to keep work, traveling and things organized, which is why it is mandatory.

Now more and more things are added to it and since they are mandatory there is no way to opt out.

Now they are adding idle animations, which are impossible to opt out off and with occult sims it is very noticeable. Or historical saves.

I feel like updates are not done with any consideration shown to occult sims or weird possessed sims. Since this is my main reason for playing this game I feel like we are a second rate group. Whatever happens to occult sims is not something to look after when it comes to implementing new idles or features.

The Werewolf Pack was awesome. It made the patch coming after feel like skipping down the road giddy with glee and then all of a sudden you are in free fall. Occult sims are not part of the main game, that is tested for regular sims. Occult players will have to continue to read up on the forum before patching if they want to know how the latest patch affect occult sims. The Occult Packs by themselves are really really good, but the rest of the game seems to be made and tested on regular sims which might end up tearing into those really good occult packs.

I wish we could just get phone animations as optional. That would make life so much easier. I had an entire save placed in medieval times but I got so irritated on the phone that I gave it up. I could start looking into that again if we could just get rid of the phone.

Oh, I agree so much. It feels like a betrayal because this patch came out barely a month after the Werewolf pack, so it's like saying, "Suckers! We got your money and now we've completely changed your gameplay and there's nothing you can do!"

I only got to play the pack a couple of times and I had so many plans for it and new inspiration for my game. I was so happy the way it was done and the themes for it. All destroyed by an unwarranted phone bomb that no one wanted.

They seriously kick us to the curb over and over and I'm sick of it.

Is there a way to log into my origin client in offline mode?

Or does anyone know if a new origin update has come out that fixed the "forces you to repair&patch Sims 4" bug?

I'd really like to just play my game with Moon Phase update being the most recent one. But if I can't start Sims 4 without it forcing me to get the newest patch, I'm afraid to even update my Origin, but I don't know how to log into my Origin account when it's in offline mode, the login just doesn't work.

If I do patch my Origin, will my Sims 4 be uneffected as long as I don't run the game at all? It'd be nice to at least be able to log into my account...

Also, has anyone added the broken Origin update topic as a post in the EA bug report website? I'd like to add a "Me Too" to that if anyone's started one.