Hello.
I did start to talk about this in the other thread but in all honesty it were more of an "Off topic" discussion that was not very relevant or even correctly presented. So I start this thread instead to focus on this topic that I did get after the (mandatory
) update of Origin and the game. The text below is a copy from a "journal" I did write on DeviantArt in an attempt to get help from the Sims 4 players that are on there. But so far no answer (a bit early really). I did write on EA answers but the only "help" I did get from there were a request to update my unupdated game and Origin client. And that will not happen...
Quoted text: Hello.
I'm not familiar to doing things like this so I don't know how it will end. But it does not hurt trying I suppose...
What it's all about is that the TS4 game install on my, now upgraded, laptop does not work at it used too and now I'm desperately try to find a solution to this. I will not tire you out with details here but it mainly breaks down in two separate issues. For reference, I do have the game installed on this laptop Computer "A", and an desktop, Computer "B".
The first thing is that the game do not launch correctly. On Computer "B" Origin is outdated. So when I double click the TS4 icon it brings up a menu asking what I want to do. I say that I don't want to update Origin and stay offline. After the log in the game continues to launch, only bringing me a quick note that Origin have been kicking me out (due to a needed update). And the game is offline. Good!
On Computer "A" a double click on the TS4 icon brings up the log in but now I'm in the Origin client and must put myself offline. But this short time is enough for Origin to grab the game updates. Updates that I don't want and if they are in the client they can only be ignored a few times before I'm forced to install them. Even though automatic game updates in disabled. And just because I put myself offline do not mean that I'm offline totally, I must log out afterwards. And I must launch my game from here, not from the TS4 icon.
The other thing that don't seem to work is the so called "culling" system. In the not updated version of my game (it's been about two years now) my sims are all safe and sound. Whatever happen, my little sims are carrying on with their life, untouched by dangers like accidents, weather, and what not. Heck, I had a teenage girl getting hit by lightning right before my eyes and she is perfectly fine today! But in my updated version of the game sims seems to be "culled" left and right. It does not matter if it's sims from "my families" or from the "other families". The game engine does not care, it just "deletes" them. Last time I did try to play the game even called me into a family just to show me that it was about to turn one om my beloved sims to ice. Yeah, like something from a terror movie or such...
And as you sure can understand this is not something I can or will play with. So my hope is that there is someone out there with deep knowledge about Origin and/or the Sims 4 that can tell my A: How to launch my game offline and stay offline, and B: How to make the updated game NOT "cull" my sims. Neighborhood stories is OFF but I do not trust the setting. The sims is set not to be effected by the temperature but in the not updated game the setting is ON and so far I have not lost a single sim because of low temperatures.
If you ask me about mods the answers is yes, I have them. But it's about the same mods in both installs...
End quoted text.Any input to this is welcomed. As it is now I can not play the game on my laptop as I don't know who of my sims will get "culled" and why or who are not in the game since last time. As I did tell MrsFlynn in our PM conversation, I had a backup from before the massive update. I could had used that but now I have some new gameplay to the save. And I can not merge that save into the desktop computer game.
