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Re: How to play TS4 when Steam is set to offline mode, or when I lose internet?

@puzzlezaddictI'm playing through the EA App disaster. I didn't know about starting from the .exe, so I never tried that. I played my old Sims 3 game instead since that I launch from TS3 Launcher, but I was boiling with anger when I discovered that EA had made it impossible to play through their crappy App when the internet is down for one reason or another. At this point it feel like they're just messing with us out of spite. I don't see any other reason. Thanks for your help though and I will remember to try an start my game from the .exe the next time my broadband goes out.

Edit. No, it does not work. The TS4_x64.exe opens up the EA App before launching the game, and the App from hell require you to be online to play. I'm old and lived though the old copy protection softwares of the early 2000, like the dreaded rootkit from Sony. This is worse.

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @BylineBelife  So, just to clarify, if you launch from the .exe, then sign into the EA App, the game doesn't launch after the sign-in works?  (This used to work with Origin, at least for me.)  And if you're already signed into the App and then launch Sims 4 from the .exe, that doesn't work either?

  • BylineBelife's avatar
    BylineBelife
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @puzzlezaddict It's not possible to sign in when offline since the App just offer an all black login window informing you that you are offline, and gives you two options, to try again or to close the window.
  • thejeneral's avatar
    thejeneral
    Seasoned Traveler
    2 years ago

    One of the recent EA App updates appears to have fixed this for me when launching from Steam, so I'm going to mark this as solved. If an issue occurs again I'll just start a new thread since this one fell off anyway. If anyone else was having this problem with Steam specifically, force your EA App to update and try again, it's working for me now.

  • I just got stuck in this offline hell when my ISP went offline. I can't believe this is still an issue. I can play any other single player game offline whenever I want. 

    So I'm back online now and updating everything and hoping that the update fixes this for me. What kind of company holds the games we purchase hostage behind a login app? It's surprising no one has started a class action lawsuit against these unfair practices. And, no, I'm not the one going to do that. I'm just venting. 

  • SpicySaladd's avatar
    SpicySaladd
    1 year ago

    This is extremely frustrating for me too. Especially since often, the times I MOST want to play the game is when I'm offline!! Gone are the days when you could cozy up with a cup of coffee and a Sims game during a thunderstorm I guess :/

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    1 year ago

    Hey there,
     
    This thread is quite old and is being locked here to avoid further necroposting.
     
    Feel free to create a new thread if there's a subject you're wanting to discuss that doesn't have a more recent topic, thanks!