EA App Required Now?

As of today, I am still using Origin. I am hearing to many horrible things about EA.

I uninstalled the EA App and upon downloading and installing it again, as I stated above, it ate Origin. Then when I attempted to play my game, which in the recent past I was able to do, it's now telling me, consistently, that I don't have an Internet connection and my game failed to load. Well, I don't have time for such garbage. Too many other things to do in the same limited time space. So, in my exasperation, I immediately uninstalled the 'new' EA App, and then downloaded Origin. It worked just fine, too. Same as always. That's how I played my game yesterday afternoon. I don't plan on installing the EA App again, until they fix the amalgamated mess that is the EA App. Sorry, EA, fix it or lose it. I just don't have the time to play around, here.
signed,

Cranky Old Lady

"February11;c-18209588" wrote:
I dared look, and right enough it's telling me to install the EA App and it will automatically uninstall Origin. I'm not even going to try it now. I'll do it tomorrow when I have a whole afternoon free to sort it out if anything goes wrong!

Huh, I've yet to see that message. For now, I'm sticking with Origin.

"GalacticGal;c-18209782" wrote:

"February11;c-18209588" wrote:
I dared look, and right enough it's telling me to install the EA App and it will automatically uninstall Origin. I'm not even going to try it now. I'll do it tomorrow when I have a whole afternoon free to sort it out if anything goes wrong!

Huh, I've yet to see that message. For now, I'm sticking with Origin.

I'd stick with Origin if it would allow me to. I'll go ahead later and install EA, but like you, if it messes everything up, I'll uninstall it and reinstall Origin. From what I'm reading, not everyone can reinstall Origin again. This is so totally Messed up!

"FlamingoKicker1;c-18208012" wrote:
Oh my. I just noticed when I tried "Repair" on the EA app it deleted my Origin completely. Thanks EA for a job well done. Now I can't play any of your games.

EA app is supposed to delete Origin completely. Origin and EA app are otherwise in conflickt.

FlamingoKicker1 wrote: »
Oh my. I just noticed when I tried "Repair" on the EA app it deleted my Origin completely. Thanks EA for a job well done. Now I can't play any of your games.

You can't play any of them? What's happening to them?

Finally did it! It was a heart stopping moment, but it took under 20 minutes. I've never sat staring at my computer feeling so sick.
It installed, uninstalled Origin. My games all there intact.
I turned off automatic updates first. Hit Go off line next. Put my mods folder and saves folder back into the file, and all's good.
I can breathe again.

"February11;c-18209856" wrote:
Finally did it! It was a heart stopping moment, but it took under 20 minutes. I've never sat staring at my computer feeling so sick.
It installed, uninstalled Origin. My games all there intact.
I turned off automatic updates first. Hit Go off line next. Put my mods folder and saves folder back into the file, and all's good.
I can breathe again.

Ah, yes, but did it allow you to play?

"GalacticGal;c-18209857" wrote:

"February11;c-18209856" wrote:
Finally did it! It was a heart stopping moment, but it took under 20 minutes. I've never sat staring at my computer feeling so sick.
It installed, uninstalled Origin. My games all there intact.
I turned off automatic updates first. Hit Go off line next. Put my mods folder and saves folder back into the file, and all's good.
I can breathe again.

Ah, yes, but did it allow you to play?

Yes, I'm playing as we speak, and have been for an hour.
Nothing lost.
I hope I'm not talking too soon! ?
I'm wondering if it's best to wait until the message comes up to do the change, as I had no way of working around it.
It sounds like they're getting people ready in stages. I don't know.

PC users are now apparently required to use the EA App (or at least the origin app wouldn't let me log in and insisted I swap over to the EA app, as we've been expecting). Downloading and installing the EA App wiped out all of my save files and mods. If I wasn't already in the mode of backing everything up before an update (and also having my Sims uploaded to the Gallery for safe keeping) I would've just lost more than 2 years of continuous game play.

So make a backup folder before you install the new EA App.