Re: Gallery name changed

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.

If what you said here is true and Y0B73TOX is my EA ID, why have my creations always shown the Forum ID FrogPrince.  It was only until the recent change that my  ID  was changed from FrogPrince  to Y0B73TOX  To me this means that anyone knowing another persons EA ID can access their Origin account and this is not acceptable.  Time and again I have been assured that Origin information is private and safe.  It is not . It is on the gallery for all the world to see and changing my name won't change that.

I am looking at all the information I have concerning my Sims account.  I have an e-mail address and a password to access the game and The Sims Forum I have a Persona, FrogPrince, which has always been used until now. I have a Master ID: Y0B73T0X. I have a secret question and an EA Security Code which I have no idea on how to use. I don't seem to have a password.  I tried to change the YOB73T0X a longtime ago and was not allowed to  change it.  My fear is that if I try to change it now, all my contributions in the gallery will be gone or credited to someone else and I will be no further ahead. than when this conversation was started. It seems to me that I should leave everything as it is even if I don't like it.  I am 75 years old. I can't jumps through hoops to find a way of fixing things when they go wrong and EA does not make it  easy.

The password you use to login, is your password.

The security code is a one time thing which is sent to you when you login on a new device. It expiries after a while and you get a new one if you try to login on a new device.

Never give anyone your password or your security code. The security question might be asked by support if you contact them. Never give it to anyone else (not what the question is nor the answer). 

When you change your name, the creations you have uploaded now, should still be created to your old name (YOB..) but you could also just download them, remove them from the gallery and then re-upload once you changed your name. You will loose all current downloads and like though. They won't be given to just someone else.

Maybe it is best to leave as is. You are not at any security risk with just the Origin-ID/EA-ID showing in the gallery.