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[WORKAROUND] 11.17.20 patch - game won't stop loading

I play on a Mac - My game did today’s update to fix the crashing and now it won’t load at all! Was waiting up to 10 mins and it was just stuck on the loading screen. I took off all my mods and still ...

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ZapGun4Hire
5 years ago
In the Origin app, right-click on the gear icon next to the Play button and select "Repair".

annaleewithers

5 years ago

Did it work for you? Mine does not even have the option to repair game (it is not selectable).

Bluebellflora

Hero+

5 years ago

@annaleewithers

Run the Origin reset tool https://help.ea.com/en-gb/help/origin/origin/how-to-reset-origin-on-mac/

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