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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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anadius1
New Rookie
3 years ago
@crinrict Doesn't really help that the other one is marked as "Solved". I'll probably make a workaround and post on MTS before EA does anything about it. -_- It will use args from a shortcut, not those set in EA app, but at least it will work.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @anadius1 EA knows about it and it's a different issue as the one in this thread though.

    It was marked as solved by OP and they posted in the EA app forum I believe.

    • SimQARobo's avatar
      SimQARobo
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      3 years ago

      Hello @anadius1 

      What version number of EA App are you using?

      Also, what arguments are you using?

      When I launched the game through shortcut with arguments in EA App, the arguments worked for me.  I tried the -w and -disablepacks arguments, and am using EA App version 12.56.0.

      • anadius1's avatar
        anadius1
        New Rookie
        3 years ago
        Hello @SimQARobo

        When I posted on Sunday I had version 12.50.0. Today EA app updated to 12.56.0 and the game consistently starts with the arguments set in EA app. Doesn't matter if I start from EA app, exe file or a shortcut. Doesn't matter if EA app is running before I start the game or not. So that's good, one thing fixed. (I did my tests with -w and -nointro but it doesn't matter - if it works with those it works with others too.)

        But arguments set in shortcut properties are still ignored. So if I want to have two shortcuts, one that disables packs, one that doesn't - I can't have that. I have to edit arguments in EA app each time I want to switch.

        And I still don't know if arguments set in Steam settings work or not. I assume they don't.

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