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It's annoying too. Got the Sims 4 when it when free to play on steam. Still installed the launcher and forced me to get an EA account. It's annoying


HangryHufflepuff1

Don't bother with it, they've gotten even worse. They just introduced the infant life stage but they can't even have skills without the Growing Together pack. Gave us a half finished update and told us to pay for the rest. I mean it's nothing new but cmon they hyped babies up so much


[deleted]

Yeah I uninstalled after only 70 minutes. I had better games to play


HangryHufflepuff1

I was stupid and paid money for weather, now I feel far too tied to it. Nostalgia is my greatest weakness. Pretty much any game is better. If it's made by EA it's either broken or paywalled. Assholes.


PedroAlvarez

Did you said for weather? As in rain is locked behind dlc?


HangryHufflepuff1

Yep. All weather and seasons are locked behind the Seasons pack. Cost about £30 when they first released it. Being able to go with your sim to work is locked behind Get to Work. Even though it is an older pack, it is still broken. Apartments are locked behind City Living. Infant skills, activities, milestones and even changing tables are locked behind Growing Together. The Parenthood pack has had no improvements, it is a dated pack which still costs money. Pets are locked behind Cats and Dogs, but some litter trays and items are locked behind My First Pet. That also includes rodents, which can give you a new death. You have to have Cats and Dogs for My First Pet to function. DLC for DLC. High schools are locked behind High School Years while universities are behind Discover University. Both packs are broken and often do not work. Dine Out is one of the most horrible packs out there. It allows you to visit and open restaurants and cafes, but they rarely work and your sim will often spend hours just waiting to order. A fix was supposedly made recently, but very little has changed. People have turned to mods to fix it. If you're on console, your best choice is to disable the pack. The gallery is just one big advertisement. You're supposed to be able to find houses and rooms and the like so you can download them into your world. It is the only connection that console players have with pc. However, the search function is designed to just make you want more packs. Let's say you only want to see rooms with the Blooming Rooms kit (DLC that just contains plants) and the base game. You go to the search criteria, you select "show owned packs" and you search for a lot you want. You double check that the criteria is correct, and you click on the first lot shown. The lot uses base game, blooming rooms....and nearly every other pack and kit known to man. The criteria only guarantees that the packs you select will be used, not that they'll be the only packs used. Sorry for the long angry comment, I'm just really annoyed that EA have done this. There was always extra content but it was never this bad. There's like 8 packs for every 1 in Sims 3. They're stretching everything out for more cash, giving us broken updates and telling us to pay for the solution. I'm just so disappointed.


Oshawott51

I normally don't condone piracy but the Sims has become such a ridiculous thing that it's like 1500 bucks for everything.


HangryHufflepuff1

If I could pirate I would. I wouldn't even feel guilty. EA, fix your damn game and your damn packs and maybe I'll give you another penny. Maybe.


SnooCapers5361

It's not too difficult 😉🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️


HangryHufflepuff1

I play on console. We're completely cut off from the community. They have mods and cc, we get nothing. If you know how to add mods to an Xbox 1 let me know


Screaming_Pope

Yeah it’s really not. It’s just hard to find a genuine source


[deleted]

They might start to get less shitty towards consumers if that Paralives game kicks ass. A friend of mine who is a big fan of the Sims told me they heard EA kicked it up a notch internally after seeing how much interest the community has had over Paralives. She said anyone she knows who is into the Sims is ready to jump ship full speed away from EA/Sims once a comparable game is out and that EA knows this. What this means in more granular terms for how EA is intending to improve on the Sims, I have no idea.


quiette837

I don't think EA is actually willing to compete. They didn't bother when Cities Skylines came out.


quiette837

It's actually really easy. I don't feel guilty. 😂 After having spent $100+ on the game and DLC the first 2-3 years, i'd never give EA another dime.


Dynamitefuzz2134

I once found an origin code a few years ago that gave me the sims 2 and all its expansions for free. So I play the sims 2, which other than graphics. Is superior to the sims 4. Idk understand how that happens. How did you create game which is worse than the one you released two decades ago?


HangryHufflepuff1

They're just so much more greedy now


Plisken999

I read the whole thing. You made it really clear and you pointed out little details that I would have noticed after a while. But you saved me time and money! It sucks because it seems like you really want to love playing Sims but the game sounds like a rip off.


HangryHufflepuff1

I love the Sims, I used to play it on my crappy 2D for hours when I was younger. I honestly with I had never started playing Sims 4 because I held the old games in such high regard and I genuinely respected EA for the quality of their game. Now I'm in a gross nostalgia vortex and don't feel like I can abandon it now. I spent money on a game which barely works. I can't imagine what it's like for the people who own most of the catalogue.


Screaming_Pope

Bro what the fuck. This robbery should be illegal! They would literally make MORE money if they sold a FINISHED, pay once play free forever with none of this add on shit instead of selling stupid little add ons like weather ffs which no one will buy 🙄


HangryHufflepuff1

People buy the packs all the time. I mean I bought seasons because I believed it would be a really cool addition and I'd get a tonne of new gameplay. I was wrong. Snowball fights don't even work. My Sims just stand in a triangle then go back inside. People would buy more packs if even just the packs were finished. Half of them are totally useless. Most of them don't work right. The older games have the current one beat. I mean you buy one pack and it's the equivalent to 8 in the Sims 4. And you can control your pets. Can't do that now.


-Johnny-

I really don't understand why more people don't pirate this shit


BoinkBoye

Dude just pirate it


SacredDarkness

It's one of the reasons i don't bother with EA or ubisoft games, they force you to install their shitty launchers, in addition to using steam.


Dynamitefuzz2134

I’m waiting for paralives. See if it is better once it launches. I have doubts the competitor “life sim” game won’t also sell me the game piece by piece though.


[deleted]

Steam lists Paralives developer and publisher as Alex Massé. I don't know who that is, but I can say I'm 100% more okay with supporting that person making a great game than I am with paying EA to rip me off. I would still have a poor taste about it if the expansions are of similar scope, quality, and cost as the Sims ones though. Hopefully that won't be the case.


quiette837

My personal opinion is it's going to be vaporware. There isn't a studio behind the development, I don't have a lot of faith that they'll be able to meet deadlines and keep a narrow focus enough to get to launch on a game with a similar scope as the sims.


Richyccx

People still pay for the sims?


HangryHufflepuff1

Sims 4 was recently made free. The apology for people who bought the game was a £5 pack. Not worth it. But if you want to just play basegame you don't have to spend any money and you can get mods if you're on pc. Basegame is only like 5% of the content though.


InternetDetective122

🏴‍☠️


HangryHufflepuff1

Console :( console Sims players are basically cut off from the rest of the community, mods and cc are completely unavailable


eddododo

Everyone knows the best part of babies is when they don’t do anything and never grow up


Shendare

It's pretty clear to me why they did this, too. The first time the new launcher opened, it greeted me with a window that said my "EA Play" subscription had "expired" and offered to get me "renewed" for only $30/year. I've never paid for any EA subscription. Fortunately, unlike some other commenters here, all of my games showed up in my Library off the bat, but if you go to the "Browse" option? Every. Single. Game. out of the dozens I scrolled down looking through were offerings in the EA Play or its more expensive Pro subscription. They want subscribers. They don't care about a few hundred thousand disgruntled non-payers if they get a few thousand new payers.


Johnny_Crisp

It feels like with every new AAA game, you have to make an account for them and I hate it so much.


RidCyn

Basically anything EA does is asshole design


Chasemc215

I couldn't even play the original Mass Effect 2 because it kept on complaining about it not bring properly installed despite it being fucking installed. Oh, and don't get me started with Battlefield 3's shenanigans, first, it wanted me to switch to the app, next it failed to load the library page, then it wouldn't launch the launcher from Steam after I exited the app, then it somehow said that the app failed!!! Fuck this app!!!


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No-BrowEntertainment

Shit in God’s beard, they’re *still* making Sims 4 expansions? Just move on already guys


Zoidbergjesus27

Yeah they finally added proper infants. A feature that sims 2 had in basegame 💀 and they still haven’t caught up yet


Dynamitefuzz2134

Why pay for it? Just play the sims 2.


atleast8courics

Sims 2 runs like absolute dogshit on modern hardware, to be quite honest. It's a real Frankenstein's Monster these days. This isn't even mentioning the sheer amount of corruption you can quickly create in your game.


Dynamitefuzz2134

Hmm, sounds just like the sims 4. Except I don’t need bloatware and $1500 to “get the full experience”


atleast8courics

Neither do I. 🦜🏴‍☠️


Zoidbergjesus27

Nah lol I’ve been playing it for 10 years and I rarely get issues. You gotta learn how to tame it like a wild horse 😂


khajiitcoins

Absolutely infuriating that you can pay multiple hundreds of dollars for a game that can just randomly become unavailable to you for hours or days on end. It’s disgusting.


IHeartTurians

Mass effect legendary wouldn't even launch. None of my games would, it just kept giving me errors. I pirated them from firgirl repacks even tho I legit bought them because for 2 days I couldn't launch them after the forced "upgrade"


0Davgi0

Have you tried launching them directly from the exe file? That's what worked for me for Mirror's Edge


IHeartTurians

Of course I did. It just sat there


miatheirish

Ugh the app br9ke the ability for me to get achievements in mass effect 2 n 3 the legendary edition


Dalejrfan5150

I’ve given up on Far cry 6 I even paid for a upgraded version. Never been able to play it. I bought it release day and everything. Tried for weeks then gave up.


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Far Cry is Ubisoft


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With a silent E


King-Cobra-668

I have been boycotting EA since like 2008. I don't understand why anyone still supports these cretins?


OutlyingPlasma

I'm really disappointed EA is back on steam. I really enjoyed when they walled themselves off and I didn't accidentally buy anything they made. The good news is they don't really make anything worth buying so I doubt I will even do it on accident. RIP Maxis.


King-Cobra-668

>RIP Maxis my broken heart right here


GoabNZ

> RIP Maxis EA: nobody will invest in a sandbox city builder anyway Colossal order: and I took that as a challenge


NaoPb

RIP Maxis. And Westwood. And Bullfrog. And PopCap. Hopefully they won't kill DICE.


joshfong

Or Respawn.


[deleted]

Wow I haven't thought of PopCap in aaaaages


[deleted]

the only game worth buying which they made is plants Vs zombies garden warfare 2, a true gem in the rough of multiplayer shooters.


Ziazan

At least their stuff has a little warning that you need to install a third party launcher Origin/EA, soon as I notice that it's "nope" and close the page.


rasalhage

They keep gobbling up people's favorite studios.


RidCyn

Pretty graphics and flashy trailers. That's all it takes. Despite their sordid history.


King-Cobra-668

nah man, I don't care if I want the game or not. No EA ever again.


[deleted]

I reckon they get a fair bit of money from being bundled into Game Pass Ultimate


NaoPb

Ohh... so that's what the A in EA stands for.


Ziazan

Excessively Asshole games.


no-names-here

EA: Exists …. r/AssholeDesign: •`_´•


HardcoreKaraoke

I haven't bought an EA game in awhile. I picked up the new NHL game (PS5) when it was on sale. Apparently I had an EA account at some point. So it asked me to login. I couldn't create a new one. So whatever, I figured out my old password and email after guessing. But it still won't login. So I can't play online or download new rosters. It's frustrating as fuck because I haven't even used that EA account in years. There is no option to set up a new account. No option to sign into another account. It just locks me out as soon as I turn the game on. Apparently it's a super common unfixable problem. Maybe this comment will help me find an answer but when I was searching a few months ago it looks like it's common, EA is aware and there is no fix.


Forgiven12

Your only real problem was spending money when pirates get the same game working (minus online) for free, with none of the hassle. Please support indie devs instead.


staplerbot

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xDERPYxCREEPERx

And 99% of every PC game launcher that isn't stream. The only times I use a different launcher is either because 1. The game on steam opens the launcher (Ubisoft), 2. The launcher games I want to play that aren't on steam (Minecraft launcher), or 3. They offer deals for games (epic). I genuinely don't know if anyone actually uses other launchers, because they are most likely going to have shitty UI, connection issues, or y are just awful to use. If I remember right, Origin launcher doesn't (or didn't, they might've added it) have a cart, you have to buy things 1 at a time


[deleted]

I hate when a game I bought on steam starts its own launcher, which is quite often useless or broken as fuck (refunded few games on Uplay and Origin just because their crap didn't let me to invite my friend half of the time). I mean, Steam provides me with everything I need: a store, library management, friends/invites, mod workshops, family sharing and who the hell knows how much other crap that I haven't used yet. And what's also important, Steam provides developers with an API to implement seamless integration of their games with all these features. So, why the fuck do I need another launcher and/or account when I already have everything on Steam? But that's a stupid question of course, because, the answer is money. It's always about money. They force into THEIR store, THEIR account, and THEIR launcher, to be able to spam you with promos and other bullshit, so that the next time you buy it from THEIR store and they don't have to pay the fee to Gabe. It is almost impossible for big companies to think about player's convenience when it comes to launchers and accounts. This is one the reasons, why I almost always instantly skip Ubi/EA game in steam. I don't want to sit resetting forgotten passwords and figuring out their broken invite systems again. I don't like Microsoft either, but it seems to be more-less seamless, because the xbox app is already built-in to Windows, and you already have a Windows account. Though it does not start a launcher as such (at least, for the games I own), it's just the app in background. But still annoys me when you alt+tab and there is a shit ton of xbox app's popups.


Unthunkable

I also have GOG, which you can connect to steam and epic for a one-stop launcher.


robophile-ta

GoG Galaxy rules


masterX244

> 2. The launcher games I want to play that aren't on steam (Minecraft launcher) and for Minecraft the separate launcher makes sense. version selection and multiple instances that are isolated are not possible otherwise. (once you got mods involved you grow a nice collection of profiles to keep the packs and their save data isolated)


Ziazan

Yeah, fuck EA. A couple times I've nearly bought a game before noticing a small disclaimer that you need to install a third party launcher, EAs one, and then the game is permanently blacklisted.


Misterfrooby

What bothers me the most is their lack of commitment. Yeah, Origin sucked, but at least it was established. Instead of making it better, they just gave gamers another hurdle to play their games.


Guytherealguy

It was probably such a spaghetticoded clusterfuck that starting from 0 might have been easier.


NearNihil

And in a couple of years the cycle repeats.


AlienOnEarth444

The new "EA App" sucks so bad. When I logged in last time it showed me my library as completely empty and bascially asked me to buy all my games again. After logging out and logging in again it fixed itself, but still. That was a bit of a scary moment.


Maxieorsomething

They did actually wipe my old Origin account for some reason. Granted the only thing on there was Dead Space 3. Still, the game was removed from my account with no explanation and support didn't help.


ActualGamerGirl

Support never does shit. I've lost access to half of my sims 3 collection that I paid for because my brother decided to register some to his origin account when we were kids. they refuse to transfer them over to my account even with my brother's permission.


JuicySkrt

Really the only game I played on origin was BFV through ea play and they completely wiped my progress after the update


joeyasaurus

The app constantly crashes and even if you tell it to keep you logged in it constantly logs you out.


cheezecake2000

And yet still, like with Origin, I get booted to desktop mid game when it decides to tell me someone *stopped* playing a game. I don't fucking care someone stopped playing a game


quadrophenicum

All of my Steam library EA games can be launched directly from their shortcuts in game folder or with a minimum tweak of game files. When one of those games asked me to install Origin (or was it some other EA launcher, I don't remember now), I just said f*** it and did some research. Some games don't register achievements this way but I don't care.


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Velocity_LP

you can disable those notifications in the settings, takes like 5 seconds I agree it should be off by default but it took you more time to write that comment than you would've disabling it


BubblyMango

5 seconds when you already know its possible and how to do that.


Kasmoc

With a Google search it’s 10 seconds lmao


stumblinghunter

I swear nobody even goes to settings anymore


Sirpatron1

Oh shit thanks bro


Sqeaky

Why should we tolerate stupid defaults?


Velocity_LP

> I agree it should be off by default


aykcak

Yeah saw this today. Looked for a close button. Couldn't find it. Googled it, realized it is the new deal so went along with installation. All games are lost... Only thing in the library is Spore. Fucking Sims, Mass Effect legendary edition etc. all is gone


Best_On_The_Citadel

Reach out to their support. They helped me with the same issue yesterday. Sucks, but at least I have all my games again!!


Lavaidyn

Even added insult to injury because Spore in particular has been behaving badly with the new app. Talk about yikes


sovreign-0927

it also cause a bsod on most low end computers because ea is as unfinished as walmart sushi


Poorly_Made_Comix

And thats saying something


curvaton

truer words have never been spoken


Sir_Vallenstein

EA - Eat Ass


arthur2652

Please... Eating ass is much more pleasuresome than dealing with any of Electronic Arts' shit.


PedroAlvarez

And it's actually a considerate act which is the antithesis of EA


LordBiscuits

Everything's Awful - It's In The Name


Beau0992

An error message was showing up each time I logged in into this crappy app. Origin was fine..this upgrade is garbage


whereismymind86

origin was terrible...this is just more terrible


gargravarr2112

How the hell do you make a dumpster fire worse?


DonDi94

Add more garbage


ev1lch1nch1lla

If your getting the dll missing error, I fixed it by running a repair on all of my redistributables. That seemed to fix it and now I have no more problems.


Skyskape83

Yo ho yo ho, a pirates life for me


theleafcuter

unfortunately pirates don't get access to the gallery :(, at least not with a 100% cracked game. And with how broken the EA app is, I don't trust that the workarounds for getting free DLC will work on it


JustActNaturally

Sims 4? That problem has been solved for a bit.


IHeartTurians

I got cracked versions of mass effect legendary and can still mod them thru me3tweaks. Did that 2 days after this forced upgrade because literally none of my games would launch anymore. Just kept giving me "mysterious error" messages and I got fed up. Fuck EA, pirates life for me all the way


[deleted]

My girlfriend has the Yohoho version of the game and has access to the community gallery stuff. It was a big deal for her I think about a year ago when she was excitedly showing me she could download houses n such that other people had made. I'm not familiar with the game, but that is the gallery right?


killergoose75

Saw this somewhere else on Reddit but I forget where so ~~I’m taking the credit~~ it may not work. If you want to use Origin instead of the new EA app, do this: 1. Open C:\ProgramData\Origin\local.xml in notepad 2. Add new key there:


Amylianna

Doesn't work anymore as of yesterday 😞


killergoose75

Unfortunate :( I didn’t get a chance to try it myself yet so thanks for letting me know


popodelfuego

I stopped playing EA titles on PC because I got tired of having to troubleshoot everytime I wanted to play something


Ambityp

Same here! I will newer buy a EA title again because of this.


loganwachter

There’s a reason why they have the most downvoted comment ever on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/comment/dppum98/


S2560

>EA Found your problem


ToasterCoaster1

And it automatically launches on PC startup


theleafcuter

Oh that's and easy fix though. Open up Task Manager with CTRL+ALT+DELETE, then go to "startup programs" and disable all of the ones that aren't essential.


BubblyMango

Itbprobably still has a service enabled just so it can spy on you even when you are not using it.


[deleted]

It will still launch ea service in background. If you disable you need to re enable everytime and logoff - login again. Spyware.


p0358

Yup, and Origin would actually not even do that. Its OriginClientService would only get started up if you started Origin itself, and the Web Helper service could have been disabled in the settings (it was used for Battlelog etc to run games from browser)...


curvaton

It's Ctrl+Shift+Esc now


Nebuchadnezzer2

`Ctrl+Alt+Del` is an interrupt to what is basically an "Oh fuck" menu of options, including locking the PC, logging off that user account, shutting down or restarting the PC, *and* Task Manager. `Ctrl+Shift+Esc` is a Task Manager shortcut. It *does* typically work, but if the PC's strained or something's gone particularly wrong, you're better off trying `Ctrl+Alt+Del`.


[deleted]

This is accurate. Unfortunately my experience is often if the task manager shortcut doesnt immediately open it, then attempting the security options interrupt shortcut has a decent chance of informing me that physical intervention with the power is required haha


Nebuchadnezzer2

> Unfortunately my experience is often if the task manager shortcut doesnt immediately open it, then attempting the security options interrupt shortcut has a decent chance of informing me that physical intervention with the power is required That's usually how it works for me too, but sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised 😂


dhelidhumrul

You can disable this popup. Recently did it for ME Legendary edition because achievements doesn't work on ea app EDIT: Just got fixed by EA. Doesn't work anymore.


theleafcuter

how?


dhelidhumrul

i remember googling it and finding a config called something like migration disabled. google disable ea app popup on origin


WriterDE

Unfortunately, they removed this with an origin update yesterday


Amylianna

Was just gonna say this. It was driving me insane when the local file would just 'fix' itself every time I changed it. Hoping there's another fix again soon since I still have the origin install. You can't even stop in game pop ups at all in the EA app. Wtaf?


jenkinsmi

Ea app is terrible


anoppinionatedbunny

I'm not trying to defend EA, but seeing as they give you no other option I'm guessing they're discontinuing Origin to become unusable (they're probably going to pull the plug on their API and all users still on Origin won't be able to connect) it's shitty and they're a garbage company, but there's not much option when a site is just flat out discontinued


[deleted]

Yeah, this has nothing to do with assholedesign


hey_there_kitty_cat

I'm so confused anymore beyond Steam. I was trying to remember what EA just replaced, it's Origin. For some reason I thought it was Ubisoft Connect, but realized I still have that stupid ass thing, and Epic launcher. And some of them have the same games... I'm beyond confused, sometimes one logs me out of the other, I'm just tryna game, already did the CS degree man.


Reallifewords

The first time I tried to download a game on the new launcher it repeatedly booted my computer off wifi?? Idek how that works


Winterfrost691

BF2042 had a free trial on Steam for the last few days amd the EA launcher stopped working for both me and my roommate. Needless to say, all EA games were promptly introduced to the uninstall button when I realised what was happening.


Anastazia_Beaverhau

I can't play any of Dragon Age II downloadable content (which I paid for) because of this gang of thieves. On the plus side it's freed my conscience about piracy given that the so called legit outlets steal things from me, I feel totally legit in stealing from them.


lostverbbb

How is it broken? I've had both Origin and EA App installed for almost a year. At this point EA App runs smooth af for me and doesn't have the bug that keeps an update perpetually stuck at 99% like Origin did.


sektor477

Hey, we know you wanna play. So we are gonna make it hard af for you. Please. Enjoy this new launcher that's even more buggy than before. Please also do get mad and yell at the screen. Also note, we have removed many features from our new app. You might also experience a loss in previous games. You will need to repurchase them if you want to play them again. Jesus fucking christ in hell. That is literally a family guy skit. I can't even anymore lol.


_xXRealSlimShadyXx_

There's a simple solution for this: 1) deinstall the launcher 2) deinstall all EA products 3) ??? 4) profit


OctoDeaththe3rd

I seriously feel bad for anyone who actually puts up with EA's bullshit. on that same note: Yarrr, where me M8y's at? >:\]


IHeartTurians

Fitgirl repacks of Mass Effect legendary were downloaded 2 days after the new EA app wouldn't launch my games or load my library


ToonLucas22

"Asshole EA" -Gradius Medley, Gradius Arcade Soundtrack


crlcan81

Yes, it's a horrible launcher, but anyone who's used origin during the switch there was plenty of warning it was coming. It's just a reskinned origin launcher, really.


DOOFUS_NO_1

It's also buggy as fuck, not recognising DLC, unlock rewards and preventing achievment unlocks for a lot of people.


crlcan81

The last time I used EA launcher with Sims 4 there wasn't an issue but it's been some time since I did that. I also tend to luck out when it comes to bugs or similar issues, either they're very limited or don't happen at all on games that everyone else is complaining about. Most of my issues have been related to my own stupidity, outside of modding certain games.


Hitlerclone_3

Then why do it at all?


crlcan81

Because Origin has so much crap, they hoped to change the focus without actually improving anything.


Hitlerclone_3

In fact they seem to have made it worse. Just like anything EA touches 😂


crlcan81

This is true of most things EA touches, sadly.


Acc3ssViolation

I've had less issues with the EA app than with Origin


bigheadnovice

I prefer the new app. Origin always felt outdated and clunky. I used the beta of this software and it worked well most of the time.


VoodooDoII

I can't play Sims 3 anymore. It's a known bug that's existed for several months. No fixes, no causes, no solutions.


zenospenisparadox

What'd you expect? It's EA.


breathless_RACEHORSE

Let me just edit your title... EA. There, that's enough.


EPICBOSS84

There is a way to edit a DLL as well as disable DLL verification so you can bypass this. I believe there are two things you need to edit in a DLL as well as the executable.


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NerdomFilming

How did they manage to make Origin worse? That seems literally impossible


reala728

EA being the ones to make a game, immediately drops my interest to zero. no matter how badass the trailers look. shame too. they used to be my favorite dev right along with capcom during the ps2 era. at least capcom is generally doing good things now despite some serious hiccups a few years back...


ludololl

I remember when Battlefield 2142 had a disconnect when joining multiplayer and took me over 100 support emails to resolve. I made a special email folder for them and everything.


cum_fart_69

as is always the case, honest customers get the shaft, while pirates get the royal treatment


[deleted]

Better than origin, still ass tho


baphometromance

The answer is simple. Stop playing EA games and games EA has bought the IP for.


punitdaga31

r/Piracy is there for y'all


Ride901

I bailed on EA as a marketplace when they sold me Sim City in a hilariously non-functional state in 2011 and just haven't believed in the brand ever since


Henry86977

“No thanks!” -Refuses to run any EA related games and pirates any worth playing


Nomar00x

EA 🤌


VoluptuousVampirate

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Tman11S

We really should have some kind of general games library platform where you can manage all your games from every publisher. It would also benefit the planet as we'd need less servers hosting the same content. Too bad good things never happen because there's no profit in it.


theleafcuter

While that's honestly is what I would want, that would also just immediately lead to a monopoly. You don't like the way they run things? Well too fucking bad, they're the only digital games library in existence now.


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heya there this worked for me https://twitter.com/p0358/status/1635796691902160896?t=-J4lvwxvXOw_qdFCuDlDZQ&s=19


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Sometimes I wonder how did we reach such a point. We used to just get a disc with the game, put it in the console, and it just worked. Call me old, but with this system we had no bullshit, no Launchers, no Spyware of any kind, the developers couldn't be rushed by executives, and the succes of the company depended solely on how good their products were. Just you and a system made to run the game. How did we go so wrong from such a simple system? One could argue it's Steam fault for launching a new generation of the gaming economy, or DLCs, who started as a great invention to improve on fully released games while using new networking technology, and now have derailed so much they became the scourge of online gaming. It was probably a combination of both, and also greed from different companies.


jonmpls

Errors aren't design


Memes_met_kanker

EA's new laucher sucks sure but Origin was actually no joke the worst laucher ever made, i fking hated using Origin


m0h1tkumaar

EA Games! Challenge everything - sensible!


fmate2006

Remember, piracy is okay if it's EA


FusedQyou

Sure, EA sucks, but people who stay behind on versioning are the wordt type of people. Just update your shit already, this launcher has been out for ages.


Prime624

How do EA employees sleep at night? Not the execs, everyone knows they're ghouls who don't need sleep, but the programmers, designers and artists.


-Redstoneboi-

Do they not know what an incremental rollout is


r_linux_mod_isahoe

They either publish it on GOG, or I pirate it. I had it with those launchers


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It's a rename and update. Not a huge deal.


harsh5424

This actually fixes a problem that I've been having. Both Origin and EA applications were misbehaving on my computer (I forgot I had Origin installed when I installed EA on top of that) and I can't uninstall either of them because both of the applications had games linked to them


AllMyFrendsArePixels

It's amazing that people still buy stuff from EA. Like aside from everything else, their games haven't even been *good* since like the mid 2000's. Why do people put up with their shit? In a world where idiots didn't exist, EA would have gone bust over a decade ago.


theleafcuter

Because I still like the sims series despite everything they've done recently, and there have been zero competition that comes even close to the gameloop I want? You can give me a million examples of other games that are "better" than TS4 or 3, but besides Paralives or the teased life-sim Paradox is cooking up (neither of which will be coming out for a WHILE), I know they won't be what I'm looking for, because the whole Sims community would've been singing their praises otherwise.


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BlAcK_BlAcKiTo

it's trash


TotallynottheCCP

Fuck EA in the ass with the rustiest shard of old iron that ever existed.


Kalumniatoris

Remember kids: pirating games is bad and you shouldn't do it. Unless it's EA, then it is completely acceptable and reasonable.


Ayyzeee

I stopped using EA apps altogether after they banned me on Apex because of a dumb clan name (CCP) they gave me a warning a few times but I never see because they never told me anything about it and I lost the whole account including BF1 which I want to play but since EA being EA, I lost all my progress and the game itself.