EA App intruding annoying unwanted behavior
The problem of this topic to solve is: After exiting a game EA App always goes on screen from a minimised state in windows system tray. This problem is currently still present and so it has to be solved. More things to add: I would not even open and use the **bleep** EA App if it didn't need to start by itself after i installed a game from it which i didn't have any other option otherwise - for example GOG offers offline installers - EA please take notes. EA App is very slow to launch even on high-end overclocked systems and slows down launching games which are usually filled with more annoying screens which you have to wait for their loading only so you can skip them. What is a wanted behavior? You double click icon on your desktop The game launches(no additional spywares/crapwares/malwares like EA App starts opening together with the game) Game opens(and no additional screens intros and so on which you have to wait only so you are able to click them away opens) You are put into a simple fast and snappy menu(not a slowly laggy turning carousel menu) The target is so it takes 1 second to get to the games menu from double clicking the icon on your desktop with borderless mode possibly even less(unlike the current state of 1 minute just until i get in the Battlefield 6 menu).
EA Client - Location already installed game
Hi, can you please add game localization to the client after 20 years? I don't know why this feature hasn't been included for a long time, if you don't have enough money for it, or your programmers don't know how to do it, ask how to program it for example in battlenet. I don't know why players, when they're already paying you for games, should still have to do **bleep** with installing games. Very angry user already.
don't hide games when ea play pro subscription has been ended
My ea play pro subscription ended yesterday and I wanted to check if I can uninstall BF6 in my game library via the launcher. No, it just hides the game completely for me. Need to uninstall it manually via windows system settings. Improve this. Every other launcher handles this better.
No option to invite friends and recent players
Please introduce an option to invite recently played with player and invite friends, its a bit naff. The only way to invite a friend is to invite to party....okay but if one of the party leaves a game lobby you can't invite back as they are still in the party but not the game lobby. So they need to leave party and be re-invited. Also no join player/party option.FIXED: “Preparing Game” Loop When Launching Sims 4 (EA App / Steam)
FIXED: “Preparing Game” Loop When Launching Sims 4 (EA App / Steam) I want to share this because I spent days troubleshooting this issue and the fix turned out to be simple but completely unexpected. The Symptom Whenever I tried to launch The Sims 4 through the EA App (originally bought on Steam, later reinstalled through EA), I would get the “Preparing game…” window. It would pop up, disappear, come back, disappear again, and then nothing happened. The EA App would stay open on the library screen with no error message or crash report. What I Tried Here’s everything I did that did not work: Cleared the EA App cache multiple times Uninstalled and reinstalled both The Sims 4 and the EA App Verified game files Deleted AppData, Local, and ProgramData EA folders Renamed the Sims 4 folder and rebuilt everything Ran both EA App and Sims 4 as Administrator Updated GPU drivers and reinstalled AMD Adrenalin Installed chipset drivers, DirectX, and Visual C++ redistributables Checked EA Background Service (set to automatic) Rebuilt the missing Sims 4 registry key manually Checked CPU/GPU temps and fan profiles Disabled antivirus and OneDrive syncing Ran DISM and SFC scans Installed all Windows updates None of this worked. EA App kept flashing “Preparing game” twice and doing nothing. The Actual Cause A few days earlier, I had been using melonDS (a Nintendo DS emulator) to play Style Savvy. I manually changed my system date and time to unlock in-game items faster. I forgot to change it back afterward. The EA App uses your system clock to verify authentication certificates and game licenses. If your system date/time is incorrect (even by a single day), the token validation fails and the game silently aborts the launch process. That’s why it looks like it’s stuck on “Preparing game.” The Fix Open Windows Date & Time settings. Turn on Set time automatically and Set time zone automatically. Make sure your system clock shows the correct current time. Restart the EA App and launch The Sims 4 again. After fixing the date and time, The Sims 4 launched instantly with no issues. Summary If The Sims 4 or any EA App game is stuck in a “Preparing game” loop even after clearing cache, reinstalling, or repairing files, check your system clock first. The EA App will refuse to launch games if your computer’s date or time is incorrect.
Do better.
This app has been a nightmare to use since it's launch. I don't understand how a company that has been around as long as EA has could be so inept at designing a simple store. The fact that I can not launch a game I have owned and easily played for 10+ years without having to launch this bulls*t app is absolutely maddening. As someone who is on the go a lot I don't always have access to wifi and the app will not launch on a hotspot. As much love as I have for this game, your trainwreck of an app makes me want to give it up. It's truly unfortunate that this company has been bastardized to this extent and that so many great games are shackled to this atrocity.
Detailed update information in EA App
Hello, Since you guys switched from Steam to Origin I used your app to buy your games. The one thing I'd love to see is a list of updates/patches with details. If that exists already it's not easily noticeable. I understand if you guys are not putting much into the EA app. If you are please consider my suggestion. If not, please allow a way to transfer my library to Steam. If these suggestions are already possible and I'm not aware let me know. Thank you, SB
