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Theglowworm1988

6 years ago

Solved

Can't Play Origin Games Offline

There is so much contradictory information regarding playing offline with Origin games, a feature that is advertised as something Sims 4 should be capable of doing. However, my bill has gotten behind...

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puzzlezaddict
6 years ago
@Theglowworm1988 You could use your phone as a wifi hotspot, just long enough to login to Origin and set it to offline mode. (How to do this may depend on your phone, but all modern phones should have the option. Then you can see the hotspot on your computer just like any other wifi network.) From then on, you should be able to load Origin while offline, as long as you don't clear Origin's cache, which would clear your login data and require another (temporary) internet connection.

You can also try launching Sims 4 directly from its .exe file, or from a shortcut to the file. When I've done so while offline, an Origin login window has come up, and once I enter my password, the game has launched offline. Unless you've changed the install location for Sims 4, the path to the .exe should be:

Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin

If you play in 64-bit mode, which you should if you have more than 4 GB RAM, you'll want to use TS4_64.exe; otherwise, use TS4.exe.

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

6 years ago

@Theglowworm1988 You could use your phone as a wifi hotspot, just long enough to login to Origin and set it to offline mode. (How to do this may depend on your phone, but all modern phones should have the option. Then you can see the hotspot on your computer just like any other wifi network.) From then on, you should be able to load Origin while offline, as long as you don't clear Origin's cache, which would clear your login data and require another (temporary) internet connection.

You can also try launching Sims 4 directly from its .exe file, or from a shortcut to the file. When I've done so while offline, an Origin login window has come up, and once I enter my password, the game has launched offline. Unless you've changed the install location for Sims 4, the path to the .exe should be:

Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin

If you play in 64-bit mode, which you should if you have more than 4 GB RAM, you'll want to use TS4_64.exe; otherwise, use TS4.exe.

Theglowworm1988

6 years ago

This actually worked! I was able to use the mobile hotspot from my fiance's phone to login and then place origin in offline mode. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to this and so quickly! I wish Origin didn't need this kind of work around, but I'm so happy to know it exists as an option. This really isn't a solution you see anywhere on Google, surprisingly. Thanks again!

binsarHD
5 years ago
Sorry if i replied this 1 year later.
On January 2020, i tried : set the Origin on offline mode and tried to play Fifa and NFS offline, it worked. But, months later, i tried playing on offline mode, it can't,
So Playing offline mode only works briefly.