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Simjrk59
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago

Command line arguments not working with EA Play version

So I bought Parenthood and Seasons in the sims 4 and I regret buying them.  I had a great work around  of adding in the command line arguments of -disablepacks:EP05,GP05  But now since the the update...
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puzzlezaddict
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5 years ago

@cherriesandwine1  Try clearing Origin's cache:

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/clear-cache-to-fix-problems-with-your-games/

and repairing the game: open your game library, right-click on the Sims 4 icon, and select Repair.

If that doesn't help, try running Origin as an admin: right-click on the Origin shortcut and select "Run as administrator."  Make sure to launch Sims 4 from within your Origin game library, not from a desktop shortcut.

If that doesn't help, please let me know what antivirus program you use.

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cherriesandwine
5 years ago
@puzzlezaddict I tried all of the above and always run Origin as admin. I’ve also uninstalled and reinstalled origin.

I have Total AV however I was originally trying it without any antivirus active. I’ve also ensured Origin and the game isn’t blocked by the firewall. The only thing I can think to try is to uninstall the game and reinstall it but I’d rather not have to waste the time that will take haha
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    puzzlezaddict
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    5 years ago

    @cherriesandwine1  You could try a clean uninstall and reinstall of Origin, which shouldn't take nearly as much time as reinstalling the game.

    • Quit Origin, then right-click on the Task Bar and open the Task Manager.  Scroll through looking for Origin entries.  If you find any, click on them and End Task.
    • Clear Origin's cache.
    • Download Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine) from here.
    • Launch Revo, select Origin from the list, and click Uninstall.
    • When it finishes uninstalling, select "Moderate" under "scanning modes," and click Scan.
    • If Revo finds any remaining registry entries, select all, delete, and click Next.
    • Revo will display "Remaining Data and Folders."  Select all of them except for the "Origin Games" folder, if it appears.  (This is where Sims 4 and other Origin games are installed by default.)  Delete the rest.
    • Close Revo, and restart your computer.

    Next, download the full Origin installer and run it.  Here's the direct download link:

    http://download.dm.origin.com/origin/live/OriginSetup.exe

    Be sure to run both the installer and Origin itself as an admin: right-click on each and select "Run as Administrator."

    • cherriesandwine's avatar
      cherriesandwine
      5 years ago
      @puzzlezaddict Unfortunately still nothing. I've tried different combinations of packs too to see if any of the packs were causing it but still no change. Thank you very much for taking your time to help though, I really appreciate your time.
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        puzzlezaddict
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        5 years ago

        @cherriesandwine1  Could you try other command line arguments to see whether any of them work?  The -w and -f (with the hyphen in front) arguments force Origin to launch the game in windowed and fullscreen modes, respectively.  So load the game to the Main Menu, put it in fullscreen mode, quit, apply the -w argument, and see whether the game launches in windowed mode; please do the opposite for -f as well.

        I've merged your thread with another on the same issue so we can keep the reports of this issue in the same place.

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