Greetings fellow Simmers,While the EA App may be great for some newer games you may own, it appears that many games (not just Sims related games) that were released prior to 2012 are experiencing issues within the App. For now, my advise is to not switch to the EA App until some kind of announcement from EA regarding these issues is announced. For now, Origin is still available and downloadable. Please feel free to report issues you've experienced in the EA App section of the AHQ Forums. EA is aware of the multiple issues many users have faced using this App and the more data, experiences or information you have can perhaps help fix the situation. Please do continue to post your questions regarding older Sims games here and we will try to answer you back quickly.

As more players switch to EA App, I hope to have an accurate list of Sims games and their status within the new launcher; as I hear more from other players and do my research I will update it accordingly.As of now, this is the current status of The Sims games available in EA App:MAINThe Sims 2: WORKINGThe Sims 3: WORKING (Store content has not been fixed yet)The Sims 4: WORKINGSPINOFFThe Sims Medieval: WORKINGThe Sims Life Stories: WORKINGThe Sims Pet Stories: WORKINGThe Sims Castaway Stories: WORKINGOTHERThe Sims Carnival SnapCity: WORKINGThe Sims Carnival BumperBlast: WORKING

@mate54 , thanks for the update!

@Tremayne4260 Yes. With EA App, all Store contents still seem not installed, whereas, with Origin, only a few of them seem not installed.Also, Medieval doesn't launch.

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CrystalCover
Rising Hotshot
3 years ago
@Tremayne4260Gave it a try a few times, but they never put it back due to it being a third-party purchase.
writerofpoetry
3 years ago
Hey! I recently downloaded SIMS Medieval from EA App and didn't have a problem downloading or launching the game. My problem came when I tried to save the game's progress. I played it for a while and it wouldn't save and quit. It wouldn't save under the save as option either. It just gave me an error message to look under readme details. I'm so confused I tried to repair the game in the EA app but it gave me a download error and said can't download it at this time or update the game. Try again later. Can you help me please?
mate54
Hero+
3 years ago
@writerofpoetry If you got Error 16, that’s an issue caused by a recent Windows update.
writerofpoetry
3 years ago
Now that you mentioned it, I think it was Error 16. So, has that been resolved yet?
Tremayne4260
Hero
3 years ago
@writerofpoetry , to my knowledge Error 16 has not been resolved since it first appeared. One of the causes can be storing the games on One Drive as apposed to saving them directly on your hard drive. Most of the older Sim Games look to read the game data directly from the hard drive instead of One Drive. You should be able to change the "save to" location in either Origin or the EA App.

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