Nope, I would not update that game. it's my game and it runs well. And I certainly do not want any patches that randomly kills my beloved sims just for a laugh.
As for the offline mode: I can not see how I could open the game in that mode. I have to log in to Origin and the manual select offline mode.
After setting Origin to offline the game will launch in offline too. It will continue to do this until you put Origin in online mode again.
But next time I log in Origin will be in online mode. At least it's how it seems to work for me. (And I did read simillar questions online).
If it turns back on by itself then your Antivirus denies Origin from saving and you need to look into that.
Ok, I thought it could be set so that Origin "kicked me out" right after log in (I.E. as it does when Origin is not updated and I can chose from a menu not to update and stay offline). And in it's updated version, Origin does not launch TS4 automatically, I have to pick it from my games.
