So I was finally forced to switch to the EA app. So far, everything seems present and the game runs as usual. It is completly installed on my pc and I always only had to log into Origin to start it.
However.
I always play offline. My pc does not have wifi (and has refused any attempt to have any form of it) and when I want to go online, I have to string a cable about 30 meters through my flat, downstairs to the router. No trouble to do so about one or two times a month for updates and stuff.
I could also log into Origin offline. I can not log into the EA app offline. I have to go online, log into the app, then go into offline mode, which causes the app to tell me there´s an error with the internet connection. I can play the game without a fuss though, but only for that session.
When I close out of the game, the app tells me again, that something is horrible wrong with my internet connection and it can not connect to its servers. Yeah well, I told it to go offline. Because I do not need to be online for a game that is installed on my computer and runs better offline anyway.
As soon as you close the app, the sims games (Sims 3 as well as Sims 4) won´t start. You need to go online again, to tell the app it should be offline.
After everything I read about it, I do think, that this fault is by design - EA wants us to be online at all times for some reason.
Well, I don´t want to do the cable stringing every other day. If this doesn´t get changed, I will have to uninstall the Sims 3, install it again and only update to 1.67, so it will start without any app (EA or Origin). Will be a bother, though.
So the EA app minimized my game two times in a row to whine about not being online. Luckily, it didn´t crash, but the Sims 3 suddenly collapsing to the desktop is not good for my nerves. Make it stop, please.
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However.
I always play offline. My pc does not have wifi (and has refused any attempt to have any form of it) and when I want to go online, I have to string a cable about 30 meters through my flat, downstairs to the router. No trouble to do so about one or two times a month for updates and stuff.
I could also log into Origin offline. I can not log into the EA app offline. I have to go online, log into the app, then go into offline mode, which causes the app to tell me there´s an error with the internet connection. I can play the game without a fuss though, but only for that session.
When I close out of the game, the app tells me again, that something is horrible wrong with my internet connection and it can not connect to its servers. Yeah well, I told it to go offline. Because I do not need to be online for a game that is installed on my computer and runs better offline anyway.
As soon as you close the app, the sims games (Sims 3 as well as Sims 4) won´t start. You need to go online again, to tell the app it should be offline.
After everything I read about it, I do think, that this fault is by design - EA wants us to be online at all times for some reason.
Well, I don´t want to do the cable stringing every other day. If this doesn´t get changed, I will have to uninstall the Sims 3, install it again and only update to 1.67, so it will start without any app (EA or Origin). Will be a bother, though.
My studio: http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/WatrDragon/mystudio
Just assume that every edit I make is because of typos.
My studio: http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/WatrDragon/mystudio
Just assume that every edit I make is because of typos.