Forum Discussion

Jasiek22's avatar
Jasiek22
2 years ago

Any way to stop Epic Games from launching The Sims 4

I have a little bit of a weird problem. I use my Sister EA account to play Sims 4 (she has tons of dlc's), game and all dlc's were bought on Origin (except free epic games ones),  Few months ago I was able to launch the game straight from EA App, no Epic Games stuff (Minimized EA App + launching from desktop). Now I can't do this anymore, no matter what it wants to use Epic Games. The big problem that I have with it, are different accounts. My sister connected her EA account to new Epic Games account when there were thes free dlc's of whatever, I have an Epic Games account too, but with different EA account linked to it. The problem now im encountering, is whenever I launch Sims with me being logged into my Sisters account, it launches Epic Games, and changes the EA account to the my account, thus all dlc's are disabled. Is there a way to bypass the epic launcher part? (EDIT: Btw, unlinking accounts are not an option)

pc

2 Replies

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @Jasiek22  You should be able to play Sims 4 without signing into the Epic launcher, unless something has changed recently.  But you may need to do a clean uninstall and reinstall of Sims 4 and the EA App.  I wrote out instructions here in case it helps:

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/CURRENT-ISSUE-Sims-4-DLC-shows-as-installed-won-t-load-in-game/m-p/12942151#uninstall

    Whether or not you use the guide, make sure to rename the Sims 4 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts to something that doesn't include "Sims 4" so Revo won't flag it for removal.

    Reinstall the EA App, then install Sims 4 through the App, and you should be able to avoid using Epic at all.  If that's not the case, let me know; I'd like to hear if this doesn't work properly anymore.  If that is the case, you'll just need to sign out of your Epic account and into your sister's before launching Sims 4.

  • Jasiek22's avatar
    Jasiek22
    2 years ago

    I've tried to reinstall Sims + EA Launcher, tho with normal uninstaller. Ill try today with revo and update you tho one thing that I noticed, is that Epic Games does see Sims 4 as Installed, but i can't do anything with it (3 dots menu shows me same info like the game was uninstalled) EDIT: Also EA App sees Sims 4 as: standard version accesed though epic

About The Sims 4 Technical Issues - PC

PC players get help with their technical issues in The Sims 4 here.52,454 PostsLatest Activity: 35 minutes ago