I'm very frustrated. My gallery has always worked just fine and has never given me any problems, but for some reason after installing TS2 yesterday, when I went back to TS4, I kept getting told to "connect to the internet" when I'd try to open the gallery. It's telling me I have no connection, when I obviously do. I'm online and connected in Origin. My internet isn't giving me any issues, everything else is loading great. It's just the Sims and the Gallery. I feel like I've tried everything. I uninstalled TS2, I uninstalled and re-installed Origin twice, I took my mods/cc folder out of the game, I exited to the desktop mid-game to log into the web version of the gallery, I cleared my Origin/Sims/Browser cache files, I ran the CC cleaner, I "repaired" the game, I've restarted my computer five times, I've made sure Origin could get through the firewall. Nothing is working and I'm quite upset since I rely heavily on the gallery to download lots. I don't know what else to do. I'm wondering if this is happening to anyone else? I don't want to uninstall the game.
This is what happens when I open the gallery - the images don't load, then I get told to connect.
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I am sorry that you are having this issue.
Try turning off origin in-game and see if that helps. To do that, go to Game Library in Origin . Right click on The Sims 4 picture. Click on “Game Properties”. Then untick the box that enables origin in-game
Go to Windows Update on your computer and make sure that your computer is uptodate.
If you are using a laptop, try going to another location such as a library that has free wifi, and see if you still have the gallery issues.
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Hello.
Try shutting down your computer completely. Then restart the computer, and try to log into Origin, and see if the issue remains.
Check that your firewall isn’t causing issues. Try disabling Windows Defender .
Go to Windows Update on your computer and make sure that your computer is uptodate.
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
Did the first suggestion, restarted after to "update" my Windows, and now I'm back in @dctf344's boat. Getting told online login is currently unavailable for Origin.
I fixed Origin earlier by right clicking the icon on the desktop and running as administrator. It didn't work the first few times, but eventually did. Will try that again, then try to see if the Gallery will open when I'm connected to my school's wifi.
Thank you @rosemow.
― Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life
I hope that right clicking the desktop icon and running as administrator will help you log into Origin.
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
> dctf344 wrote: »
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> This happened to me yesterday and now I am unable to log into Origin. Origin login says "Online login is currently unavailable".
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> Hello.
> Try shutting down your computer completely. Then restart the computer, and try to log into Origin, and see if the issue remains.
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> Check that your firewall isn’t causing issues. Try disabling Windows Defender .
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> Go to Windows Update on your computer and make sure that your computer is uptodate.
Computer is up to date, tried disabling Windows Defender, I was in game playing when the issues started, game was playing fine other then the connection issues. No problems with the internet on my end.
Try seeing if right clicking the desktop icon and running as administrator will help you log into Origin.
Doing what is suggested in this thread may also help
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Complete-Support-Origin-Connection-Issues/td-p/5019298
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
I'm convinced my IP is blocked.
Earlier today I could not access any EA sites (help, contact us, log in) on my phone while connected to my home wifi. I disconnected and used my phone's data, and what happens? Everything loads.
Sucks I have to use a VPN but I'm glad I found a fix to get it working after so many hours!
I've just downloaded several new sims and lots, then disconnected from Tunnelbear as the data is limited. Now let's see if the gallery still works with it disconnected. Doubt it.
But thank you again @rosemow!
― Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life
Oh I'm late, I didn't see this, sorry. But no, it was before the patch. And I did remove all my CC, but the problem continued. I've temporarily fixed it for now.
― Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life
From now on, any time I want to download new lots and such, I'll just enable Tunnelbear to access the gallery, then disable when I'm done.
That's my fix.
― Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life
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
> dctf344 wrote: »
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> > This happened to me yesterday and now I am unable to log into Origin. Origin login says "Online login is currently unavailable".
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> > Hello.
> > Try shutting down your computer completely. Then restart the computer, and try to log into Origin, and see if the issue remains.
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> > Check that your firewall isn’t causing issues. Try disabling Windows Defender .
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> > Go to Windows Update on your computer and make sure that your computer is uptodate.
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> Computer is up to date, tried disabling Windows Defender, I was in game playing when the issues started, game was playing fine other then the connection issues. No problems with the internet on my end.
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> Try seeing if right clicking the desktop icon and running as administrator will help you log into Origin.
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> Doing what is suggested in this thread may also help
I've run it as an administrator, tried all the different versions of windows, found that link last night (had to remove the link to post) and tried all that. On down detector, other folks have reported issues in my area, so hoping problem fixes itself soon. Thanks for the help though!
I hope that the issues with the server in your area fixes itself up very soon. It may be better later today or tomorrow, depending on where you live.
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