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Anonymous
11 years ago
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Sims 4 - Can't get online. Offline only - "could not connect" *UPDATE*

Whenever I try to go online in either the full  game, or the Create a Sim demo, I get a "Could not connect" error. No matter how many times I click "Try again," I cannot connect. I've made sure to ad...
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    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    UPDATE: I am now able to connect. The culprit for me was a peer block program I had running in the background. I disabled it, and am now connecting as soon as the game starts.

    It was so obvious, it just never occurred to me.

    Definitely have a look at what programs are running in the background on your rig.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

emmibaur - I use PeerBlock. There's a way to add approved programs to a list so it doesn't block them, but for now, I just disable it when playing Sims 4.

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