OK, so I bought game and got home only to realize you must install it with internet. Well I live in the country and don't have internet. So lugged heavy tower to husbands office, downloaded and played foe sever hours.Got up today, hooked everything back up at home and went to play....only to be greeted with an Origin log in option. Game won't load otherwise.I thought EA said internet wasn't required for Sims 4? Is there a way around the log in to play?

Incorrect. EA says the game doesn't require an internet connection, and that is also incorrect.To test this, I had Origin Advanced Settings to "Automatic Exit" when I quit the game. I double-clicked the Sims 4 shortcut to launch the game, and this automatically launched Origin and logged me in (I had it set to auto-login). I then selected Origin > Go Offline. I then quit the game, which closed both the game and Origin. So far, so good.I decided I wanted to test the offline capabilities so I unplugged my ethernet cable from my router, disconnecting my computer from the internet. I then double-clicked The Sims 4 shortcut, which launched Origin. The Origin Login box popped up and said "Online login is currently unavailable". That's it. It just sat there and the game didn't launch. Closing the Origin Login box did nothing except close the program. The Sims 4 ABSOLUTELY is not playable if you're not connected to the internet.However, I will say (in fairness) that if you FIRST login when CONNECTED to the internet, select "offline mode" but keep Origin running, then disconnect from the internet, the game will launch. That', however, is not what EA says. They say you only need to connect to the internet the very first time in order to authenticate the game. From that point on an internet connection is not needed.Don't believe anyone that tells you an internet connection is not required.Edit: Did that sound angry? 🙂I stand corrected. I found the information by searching the internet. Here's how to play offline:When you start the game, Origin login will come up and say "Online login is currently unavailable". At that point put in your email/username and password ANYWAY, and the game will launch even though you have no internet connection.

Yes you can go into offline mode but you have to have an internet connection to log in Correct??? That is why she's asking you if she can play without internet. I have tried to play without logging into Origin but it won't let me I have to log in, and in order to log in you must have an internet connection then you can choose offline mode. Fix the issue. You should not have to log in everytime you want to play.

The same thing happened to me. I used the internet to activate the game played for hours and hours, now my roommates have shut off the internet and I went to play. Could log into origin but couldn't play the game, said it needed to be activated online and I have already done that. Why can't I play without the internet? This is so frustrating...

Didn't work for me.I can get into Origin without being online but it then says I've not activated the game, which I can't do offline. Except I have. I played for hours yesterday

I ordered my game on line played it for days but I was tired of paying a costly amount for cable phone and internet. I can't play Sims 4 it says you can't play offline but soon as you try to log into origin it says you are off line right now please try again later....I paid alot for this game. I registered online and got my download of the game before you could buy it. I want this fixed or I think a refund should be given...i would rather have the game. I have been a customer from the beginning and have spent over thousands of dollars on Sims 2 3 with all expansion packs bought for 2 different computer systems as well as Sims 4 so if someone could fix this so I can play my game and continue to be a customer that would be GREAT!

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Anonymous
11 years ago
Had you set Origin to offline mode before your roommates shut off the Internet?

AS far as I know you need Origin to be set to offline mode before your Internet going offline.
Anonymous
11 years ago
That's not exactly practical.
As it happens I couldn't get online because my ISP were having issues nationally. Obviously I couldn't forsee that one. I could still log in to origin on offline mode. The game was just saying it needed to be activated, which it already has been.
crinrict
Hero+
11 years ago
The game does still show up in myGames, right ?
Anonymous
11 years ago
I ordered my game on line played it for days but I was tired of paying a costly amount for cable phone and internet. I can't play Sims 4 it says you can't play offline but soon as you try to log into origin it says you are off line right now please try again later....I paid alot for this game. I registered online and got my download of the game before you could buy it. I want this fixed or I think a refund should be given...i would rather have the game. I have been a customer from the beginning and have spent over thousands of dollars on Sims 2 3 with all expansion packs bought for 2 different computer systems as well as Sims 4 so if someone could fix this so I can play my game and continue to be a customer that would be GREAT!
crinrict
Hero+
11 years ago
Can you post a screen shot of your Origin login with the error message ?

You should be able to login offline.

Did you try going online to login and then manually going to offline mode ?
SpartaLawls
11 years ago
Thank you! I spend a lot of time in hospital and didn't want to have to rely on playing sims 3... So this literally saved me going out of my mind with boredom!
SolarCat85
11 years ago
Thank you! I was having this exact same issue, and didn't realize you could put in your login info anyway.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I also had the same problem & the same initial frustration, but after a few tries I also realized I had to log into my origin account, go to the "my games" menu & click on the game there to get it to launch ... which took a few moments to do so, but after a few minutes, it did finally work & haven't had a problem again so far. I believe the first time or two, I only put my pc to sleep after closing out the game, instead of restarting it. Since then and after playing it a couple of times that way, I restarted my pc again, and haven't had the issue since that time. I hope this helps & sincerely hope you are able to resolve this problem! Best of luck to you (and to the others who expressed difficulties with this same issue I initially had! 🙂
Anonymous
11 years ago
you're so wrong here,
hazelswtcaramel
11 years ago
You can't play without internet. I've been playing Sims 4 for about a month. Weekly I been asked to log into origin, which I did. Last Wednesday I decided to let my internet go. It cost too much. But I was still able to play every day offline, until today Monday. I tried to launch game but origin log in pops up. I try to log in with user name and password, but received error saying I need internet connection. I think some changes or refunds need to be made because it states you only need internet to install game first time. When you actually have to have internet and sign in at least once a week in order to play.

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