new ea app will force updates?
I was reading the announcement blurb on how origin is going away and it will be the new ea app for everyone along with a new personal ID number and being able to connect our ea account with other plat...
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Just a quick note to make sure everyone are aware that offline mode means other simmers can't see you and you can't access challenge elated online stuff etc. But even if in offline mode, you will be online with EA games. I guess the only way to stay real offline will be to pull that internet connection...
When I play offline, it takes forever to close my game, assumingly because Origin is grabbing tons of files regarding my game. It's quite spectacular that a game that has just been saved takes 5 minutes to shut down, and because the game takes up all resources during those minutes, I can hardly do anything else on my computer until Origin eventually closes, just to pop up a new log-in window, which I then close and it will then take "only" 30 seconds to gain control over my computer. All this time I'm in "off-line mode". Been like this for years, and I hope the app will be kinder to my computer - and my time...
When I play offline, it takes forever to close my game, assumingly because Origin is grabbing tons of files regarding my game. It's quite spectacular that a game that has just been saved takes 5 minutes to shut down, and because the game takes up all resources during those minutes, I can hardly do anything else on my computer until Origin eventually closes, just to pop up a new log-in window, which I then close and it will then take "only" 30 seconds to gain control over my computer. All this time I'm in "off-line mode". Been like this for years, and I hope the app will be kinder to my computer - and my time...
