Hi guys, I wanted to make this topic to see if anyone else agree with what I'm about to say. It's not a bug or anything, but its mostly a complaint/rant. What I don't understand is, why can't a person access Origin offline? There needs to be an offline mode. My internet died for awhile and because I wasn't connected to the internet; I wasn't able to login to play The Sims 4. Whats the point of spending 100's of bucks if you can't even play the game offline? That needs to be changed. The gallery isn't a must for everyone. None of the games were accessible without an internet connection, that should be the next update for origin. Not a reskin, but an offline mode.
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Well its the same with sims 3.
I mean its not a online game so why do did they need to make wifi required.
The only thing that requires wifi is gallery.
#offlinemodefororigin.
What are the steps to start from the folder. I have that for TS3 but not TS4?
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For Sims 3 there was a shortcut to bypass the launcher, I havent heard of one for Sims 4. I believe Origin will launch whenever you launch The Sims 4 which is incredibly annoying, especially when playing offline.
But they really need to improve the offline mod if it's not always working, during 3 months i will not have internet because of a moving, i don't really want to stop playing because of that.
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Yeah, it seems they recently made Origin offline more accessible. It used to be that you can't even look at your game library in offline mode, I was surprised that it popped up when I logged into Origin offline yesterday.
Offline login has been a feature of Origin for a long time, the issues being discussed in this thread are bugs within Origin that prevent it from logging in while offline.
I.e. When I encounter the login error it tells me I have to connect to the internet to login, even though offline login is an advertised feature. The bug prevents Origin from launching any game until it connects to a network to login.
From my experience it's hit or miss. I would make sure your login credentials are remembered in Origin. If your info is saved Origin should automatically login when it's launched regardless of internet connection. If you save your info and upon launching Origin you're presented with a login screen, you might encounter the issue.
You can play offline, but you first need to log in online to origin, and then click on the origin label at the top of the screen. Click go offline from the drop down menu.
There is an issue though, if you haven't first been able to,log in whilst having an internet connection and putting Origin into offline mode.
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Yeah this is what I'm referring to when I made the topic, not being able to login to Origin without an internet connection.
Note: I cannot access the Gallery or any of the online features when I play offline like this, of course, but I most certainly can play.
Simmers may like to post feedback on this AHQ EA thread
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Can-t-play-Origin-sign-in-games-without-Internet-connection/td-p/4233558
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
This has been very frustrating. I haven't been able to play the Sims 4 since June
Hello @PeaBodyJay
Try logging out of Origin.
Then try uninstalling and reinstalling Origin and see it the issues remain.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase