The changes to the Gallery have affected all the things I have posted. I have used the name 'FrogPrince' ever since playing the game many years ago. That name has been changed to the name I have registered with on Origin. That name was a security code and looks like a password which I did not think would be made public. The long and short of it is that I cannot find any of my creations on the Gallery nor of those whose user names I am familiar with but can no longer find those names. If EA wanted to only acknowledge the original creator then they have done a good job. What is the use of creating stuff when you redesign something you see on the gallery and use in your game if you can't post it.

Not the best wording when linking the page in my last post, @jpkarlsen, fixed that now 🙂 To clarify: by editing the ID under Basic Information, the EA ID shown on the Gallery for new uploads, Origin and here on the forums will change to the new ID of your choice, as all of them use the same ID. @FrogPrince75 Unfortunately, I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean - EA ID has always shown as the item creator on the Gallery (By: EA ID). Text was just in a different order before: So 'Y0B73TOX' should have always shown there, just with a different design. Cheers, -Mai

Hi @FrogPrince75 I've asked around a bit and I think I know where I got it wrong: The Sort By Popular now. I found your creations on the gallery. but you need to change the sort by to Newest. I can see all your creations under your EA Account ID (= OriginID). All of them seem to have the HashTag: FrogPrince (they changed the order on that). So I think you might have sorted them by hashtag and entered frogprince there instead of OriginID ? Is that possible ? If I use the hashtag, I can find your things (but again, only if I choose Newest). This popular now thing is a bit confusing. Let me know, if that could be the confusion or if you need further help. I'm also adding a picture, courtesy of @Phantomlover1717 Really like your Poirot Sim, btw :D

Hi @FrogPrince75 changing your ID on Origin will not change your forum ID. Those are two different things. The Forum ID (Frog Prince) is what you will always see on the forums and in the Sims 3 Exchange (if you ever used Sims 3). That cannot be changed and appears as Sims identity on that page @EA_Mai linked before. The EA-ID (= OriginID) is what's used here at AHQ and in the Sims 4 Gallery. It's the YOB... ID you have. If you change that, it will have no influence on the official Sims forum. Your old creations will still show as YOB .. but the new ones should then show under whatever you choose (FrogPrince might be taken as EA-ID). It's still the same account though, just a name change. I found an old picture of mine where the old gallery shows. Do you remember what name showed in the upper right ? Where it says crinrict for me ? That's the OriginID (as you can see, I searched for it) and that's the same as the EA-ID you have now. It just changed to EA-ID instead of Origin ID.

Thank you for your response. I have never had an Origin ID as FrogPrince. My origin ID, as long as I can remember has been the YOB thing.The only way I can see my creations is in My Library. There the appear under the name Y0B.... or under the name of SirSimALot, whose creations I have used an modified many time. I can no longer find him on the gallery either. I am 75 years old. I find it extremely difficult to understand all the things you must do or sites you nust go to in order to solve your problem. My interest in the Sims is rapidly declining and I am so glad I did not purchase a lot of the Sims 4 material. Trouble shooting is not user friendly.

Hi @FrogPrince75, It seems you already figured out what was happening here, but just in case I'm going to try explain. There are 3 different ways of searching in The Gallery: By item name - you mention you used: 'xxx' is a FrogPrince creation. Searching for 'FrogPrince' would give you the items as a result as FrogPrince is in the name. By EA Origin ID - searching for FrogPrince doesn't give any results as your EA ID is YOB73TOX. By hashtag - as you also mention you used FrogPrince as hashtag on your creations, searching by hashtag will also give you your creations as a result. The way item names show in the Gallery has changed, that's why you might have noticed the difference now. Forums.thesims.com forum or The Sims 3 username and your EA Origin ID are not related - that's why you have FrogPrince as forum name but not as your EA Origin ID. You can change your EA Origin ID from here, but keep in mind already uploaded creations will keep showing your current EA Origin ID (YOB73TOX): https://myaccount.ea.com/cp-ui/aboutme/index. I would highly recommend a change if you have used it as a password somewhere. Hope this helps clarify, but don't hesitate share your questions if you have any! Cheers, -Mai

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crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
Hi,

glad you've been able to find your stuff at least.

YOB74TOX is your EA-ID (=OriginID) and that has never been considered private info. It's how you are shown to the outside world. it's like the user name you use on the EA-Forums, just for Origin.

If you want a different one, you might wanna change it as suggested before (maybe you wanted to change it to something that was already taken ?)

Bit unsure what to tell you cause my creations and everyone's I've looked at have always had the Origin-ID and not the one used at the forum (in my case it's the same but I've looked at users where they weren't)

Your Origin-ID shouldn't contain sensible information as your password and a security code that you have to enter to make sure it's you is usually only a temp thing that changes the next time you need one.

Don't think I can help you further with this but if you want, I can forward to a CM to look at.
EA_Mai
EA Staff
7 years ago
Hi @FrogPrince75,

It seems you already figured out what was happening here, but just in case I'm going to try explain.

There are 3 different ways of searching in The Gallery:

By item name - you mention you used: 'xxx' is a FrogPrince creation. Searching for 'FrogPrince' would give you the items as a result as FrogPrince is in the name.

By EA Origin ID - searching for FrogPrince doesn't give any results as your EA ID is YOB73TOX.

By hashtag - as you also mention you used FrogPrince as hashtag on your creations, searching by hashtag will also give you your creations as a result.

The way item names show in the Gallery has changed, that's why you might have noticed the difference now.

Forums.thesims.com forum or The Sims 3 username and your EA Origin ID are not related - that's why you have FrogPrince as forum name but not as your EA Origin ID.

You can change your EA Origin ID from here, but keep in mind already uploaded creations will keep showing your current EA Origin ID (YOB73TOX): https://myaccount.ea.com/cp-ui/aboutme/index.

I would highly recommend a change if you have used it as a password somewhere.

Hope this helps clarify, but don't hesitate share your questions if you have any!

Cheers,

-Mai
FrogPrince75
7 years ago
In all the years I have played the Sims, the Origin ID. has never been used to identify creations - that is until now. Frog Prince identifies persona. Y0B73TOX shouts password which I have thought it always was and necessary to access Origin. I am very unhappy with the change specially when it was done without notice. I don't know why there was a need for a change other than somebody had a bright idea and never mind the confusion that resulted over the change. People were left on their own to figure out how to work the new system which I cannot see in any way as being an improvement. I notice it cannot be changed. For me another Origin ID will only add to the confusion. My only other option might be to remove all my creations from the gallery. I am extremely disappointed.
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago
Sorry @EA_Mai It is not possible to change it there. I believe that it was some time ago but then the EDIT option by Origin ID for some reason was removed. Maybe it was an error?
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago
Like @EA_Mai wrote it is not used to identify creations. It is however now displayed on the page. You should never use a password for anything else than as a password.
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
@jpkarlsen

yes it's possible (at least for me). Does that not work for you ?

Click on EDIT on the basic information

Enter the new name in the field and hit enter. It also states that the ID is a public identity and that's not something that has changed.
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago
@crinrict
That is the EA ID. If you look a bit further down where it says Origin ID you will see that there are no edit option there.
The same goes for Game specific ID. You already posted elsewhere that this can not be changed.
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
That's what we're talking about though. We're not talking about changing the game specific IDs, it's about the EA-ID, the one that shows in the gallery.

Does the Origin ID stay different when you change the EA-ID ? (should be the same thing), Don't really wanna try.
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago
Yes, it does change both. I could have sworn that this was not the case earlier.
EA_Mai
EA Staff
7 years ago
Not the best wording when linking the page in my last post, @jpkarlsen, fixed that now 🙂

To clarify: by editing the ID under Basic Information, the EA ID shown on the Gallery for new uploads, Origin and here on the forums will change to the new ID of your choice, as all of them use the same ID.

@FrogPrince75 Unfortunately, I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean - EA ID has always shown as the item creator on the Gallery (By: EA ID). Text was just in a different order before:

So 'Y0B73TOX' should have always shown there, just with a different design.

Cheers,

-Mai