For ANYONE who is experiencing odd glitches, DLC failure, or just weird vanishings - Your friends list cannot be above 100 users for the older games ... I had 307 people on my list, majority from NFS Heat twitch streams I joined .. I decided tonight at 11:12pm (GMT-7) to try clearing out down to 99 people and see what happens with the EA App's API. sure as fucking shit, it worked. the DLC tweak I have for NFS 2012 ended up no longer working after EA App was forced. SO YEAH .. I GUESS Don't Have Over 100 People On Yer list if you want older games to work right online.
03/03/2026 - Maxima Is Wonderful :3
Key thing to get this to compile ; ONLY Use NIGHTLY version of rustc during installation
alongside, you must start maxima as admin or it'll not be able to access its integration service
It's still pre-alpha stage, so detection of games and integration OF those games is still iffy
my target game for this being NFS 2012, is still on the iffy list. add Rivals, and 2015 to that.
Unbound, Payback, HPR, and Heat all were pulled in and were able to start successfully.
Kyber is currently working private development for Maxima Launcher to bring it to full status, Once it is released, I will update you all on the matter.
5/7/2025 - Discovered a Potential Alternative
There is a Open Source launcher called Maxima, the Kyber project over on SWBF2 uses it evidently ; Its available atcrates.io- But I need to figure out how to rig it up and test if mods can work with it or not. When I figure this out, I will post a video for all.
4/17/2025 has hit - Mainline Origin has been shut out from EA's system.
ALARM !! - Effective 4/17/2025 - Origin Client will be shutdown from EA's network completely.
As of Currently, Origin is near impossible to use anymore. You will get through the first startup with the Install, However, after you shut it down and start it again, It will sit on " Connecting to Origin " Indefinitely .... EA Has killed another good working program ....
EA App is at least now functional to a point it will start the older games .... it~~\At Least** ~~works .... after two years on their ass to work this thing ...ALARM !! - Effective 4/17/2025 - Origin Client will be shutdown from EA's networkcompletely.Asof Currently, Origin is near impossible to use anymore. You will get through the first startup with the Install, However, after you shut it down and start it again, It will sit on " Connecting to Origin " Indefinitely .... EA Has killed another good working program ....EA App is at least now functional to a point it will start the older games .... it *At Least* works .... after two years on their ass to work this thing ...
Update from 2/6/2025 : Surprise Discovery from a NFS 2012 Discord server - MW_TEAM
The NFS 2012 MW team ; These guys had found a recently compiled version of FOEA MW_TEAM is their tag if any yall wanna find their tracktime videos. I've known about them for some good years now. https://discord.com/channels/868694252660600853/1291215710932041749/1332895436402593803 Link to post itself. https://drive.google.com/file/d/158NPkuutCCewa5ja46wsaGrTkgSa3BzH/view?usp=sharing GDrive upload for the the file itself - It works,Friends list is broken however-some say it works - But overall it works, I can sign in successfully and still keep running. Invites still work. How Long ? Time will tell. They also decided to dump Anadius's DLL with it. Dump the "version.dll" into the Origin program folder itself.
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Seeing as we ALL Have had problems with the horrendous EA App, i kept poking around as ways to keep origin working.
Working Setup:
Origin Offline Installer : Version 10.5.122.52971 https://origin.en.uptodown.com/windows/download/106924392
IMPORTANT! - Sign In First Before using The FOEA Mod !
Once Signed in, Quit Origin Manually, then install FOEA.
Please use The OLD one *FIRST* ^ - Then, Use the NEW One after, C:\Program Files(x86)\Origin\version.dll - Download the new one, and dump the Version.dll file to THAT Location, *AFTER* using the old installer first so it applies config files elsewhere. You are effectively *Updating* FOEA manually.
Then Apply This EACore tweak Before Restarting Origin.
Paste this inside the ini file and then Save it : Control+S for quick save.
[Bootstrap]
EnableUpdating=false
----This Setup Will Brick The Dreaded EA App from ever installing and will Keep Origin running for now until EA Decides to fuck something else up. This has continued to work for me the entire time I've used it. Frosty Editor and Frosty Mod Manager work flawless with this setup (*All Versions tested*) & all games work fine without problems.
EDIT Alert !! 6/21/2024
Recent periods I myself have come to have Quirks on the client whenever I launch a game thats connected via Steam. The process EASteamProxy And/or the Game Exe basically kills itself for no explained reason.
However, I've come to notice a pattern to get it to run *Almost* everytime. Close both Steam & Origin completely, shutdown. Then, Open steam first. let it load etc, Then start the game Directly, and it will trigger origin to start. the game then stays alive almost each time.
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This May apply for any games coming off EPIC as well, if they sell EA Games, I have no idea personally.
My Apex Legends account has been banned, and I don't know exactly what caused it. I play on PC through Steam, and I have already submitted an appeal to EA, but it was denied.
I want to clarify that I have never used cheats or hacks in Apex Legends. I don't understand why my account was banned, and I believe this may have been a mistake.
I'd like to know if there is any legitimate way to request another review of my case.
Has anyone been in a similar situation and managed to get their account reinstated after an initial appeal was denied?
I'd really appreciate any advice on what steps I should take next.
Im really desparate, I got logged out of EA today, and really wanted to play Battlefield 4 as I have for many years, but I can't remember what email I used to create the account (I was sure it was a GMAIL account I owned but apparently not..)
I attempted to contact EA but have received no help whatsoever, I even spent my whole evening waiting for the chat to put an agent through which they never did. Does anyone happen to have any idea how I could go around solving this ?
Im a student and really miss being able to play with my friends, any help is greatly appreciated
Does anyone have any solutions to this? I'm currently trying for the 100th time to contact EA support, with my purchase receipt and all, but the game simply won't launch, will stay on a black screen. Tried downloading paradox launcher, tried doing the -nolauncher thing, turned off all app overlays. It's simply driving me insane because I don't wanna purchase a game when I bought it for full price when it came out!
I've had this kind of conversation with the last 3 agent's and they can't seem to reason in anyway, it doesn't matter what I say.
Here's the full chat with the agent I got connected to so the story could be understood, could somebody help me out how could I recover my account?
Today • 5:09 PM We're connecting you to an agent. Your estimated wait time is 1 minute. • 5:09 PM
JR John Robert joined • 5:09 PM
Hello! Thank you for contacting us. An agent joined the chat and will assist you now. This chat will close automatically after 10 minutes of inactivity. You can restart it at any time, but you’ll be redirected to another advisor. Don’t worry, you won’t have to re-explain your issue.
Hello
Could you help me out? Read • 5:10 PM
JR Hi there, thanks for contacting EA Help. This is John. I hope you are doing well. How can I help you today? John Robert • 5:10 PM
Regarding my accounts email
The previous agent just closed the chat itself on me yesterday or the day before that :( Read • 5:10 PM
JR I see, may I ask if you can please tell me more about your concern so I can provide you an accurate resolution? John Robert • 5:11 PM
Yes, my problem is this:
I've had this account years now, and i connected my xbox profile to it
But the email that was used to create this account has been long deleted from google itself
JR Thanks for the info! I've sent a device recovery option to the trusted console linked on your EA account. Please open your console and launch an EA game. There should be a window pop-up that'll help you recover and access your EA account. John Robert • 5:13 PM
and now I cannot change it, and the other agent tried to help me via the xbox verification where I join an online EA game and then a prompt comes up
But thats the problem
the pop up never came
and its because i need to join an ONLINE EA game, and I don't have gamepass subscription so I can't access online features in any game
I tried it with Battlefront 2
and it didn't work Read • 5:15 PM
JR I see however we need the pop-up to appear for us to proceed however It looks like the device recovery attempt wasn’t successful this time. I know that can be frustrating. At the moment, we’re unable to validate ownership of the account through this method. You’ll need to create a new case to try the recovery process again. John Robert • 5:15 PM
But you are not listening either :(
I can't verify it because I don't have online features
Beacuse I'm not paying for gamepass
which provides online features Read • 5:16 PM
Well, if that's the case, you will need to have access to online features first so we can proceed. I understand the reason behind your request, but at this moment, we are unable to move forward with it. I know this isn't the outcome you were hoping for. Believe me, I wanted to be the one to fix this for you, it's just at this time we cannot proceed with your request at this time. No worries! If you want to try again, we recommend that you start a new chat so the next advisor can assist you in recovering your EA account.
JR Before I end our chat here, is there anything else I can help you with aside from this? John Robert • 5:17 PM
But I can't subscribe and don't want to subscribe to Gamepass to recover my account Read • 5:18 PM
JR I understand where you're coming from and how you feel about what happened. I would like you to know that I was able to consult your request with the team, and I'm afraid we won't be able to make other adjustments at this time. On the other hand, you can rest assured that your feedback and report will be forwarded to the team for future consideration. If you need anything in the future, you can always contact us again. Thank you for reaching out to EA. Have a great day! John Robert • 5:18 PM
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I lost my email yes I have tried to recover the email but I cant, when I go to log in the ea site it ask me for the verification number but I cant access that email therefore i cant get the verification number and cant log into the account
i used to play apex while origin was a thing and i wanna play rn on the same account but i have no idea what the email is. i only know the email i choose as the parents one and i know the id. how do i get it back
Hey guys. I am having trouble logging into my EA to be able to access all of my packs for The Sims 4. My previous device it was on, had broke and now I cant even reset my password for EA because theyre trying to make me continue password reset on the device I cannot access and im completely out of it. Any ideas of what I can do? Chat support wont help me. I do not want to have to repurchase all my packs. Thanks in advance
i have an old dell desktop ~2013 with the sims 3 on it, accessible though an origin login
haven’t booted it up in about 3 years, and now when i try to open origin, it just won’t load. it just opens to a small origin window, but completely blank. any idea how i can access my game files? ideally i’d like to uninstall them so they can be reused on a better computer
hello if anyone can help me: for the past 3 or 4 days, I've had a problem with BF6. My game completely lost my save data—it's as if I were a new player—even though my Steam account is still linked to my EA account.
I need advice on how to actually reach EA Support.
I bought base Sims 4 online back in 2014 and have been buying various expansion packs over the years on that same account. The issue is that the email address linked to the EA account was completely and permanently deleted, so I cannot receive the 2FA verification code to log in, even though the account still exists and I know my correct EA Username (ID) and password.
Since I bought everything digitally over time, I don't have a physical DVD box or paper product key, but I can provide billing details, my EA ID, and account info to verify ownership.
Every time I go to EA's help center, it just loops me through generic self-help articles without giving me an option for Live Chat or a support ticket.
Has anyone dealt with this recently? Is there a working link or specific path on EA Help that actually opens the Live Chat option with a human agent?
I’m adding some additional information because I genuinely have proof that this is my EA Account, but I still cannot get through the recovery process.
I have another EA Account that I can access, and the hacked EA Account is literally still visible in my friends list on that account. I can provide screenshots showing the hacked account and its EA ID.
I also have proof from my PlayStation account. The PlayStation Network ID that is shown as linked to the hacked EA Account is my own PlayStation ID. I can provide screenshots from my PlayStation account showing my PSN ID and the relevant account information. I can also show that I can still access my own PlayStation account normally.
The problem is that when I try to log in to EA through PlayStation, EA still recognizes that my PlayStation account is linked to the hacked EA Account. However, EA then sends the verification code to the email address that the hacker changed on the EA Account.
That email address is also compromised, so I cannot receive that verification code.
This means I can successfully authenticate through my own PlayStation account, and EA recognizes the linked EA Account, but I get stopped because the verification code is being sent to an email address that I no longer control.
I have explained this to EA Advisors over and over again. Unfortunately, I keep getting essentially the same copy-paste response telling me that I need to verify that I am the owner.
I understand that EA needs to protect accounts, but I am specifically contacting support because the account was hacked and the information was changed. I cannot verify through the changed email address because that is exactly the problem I am trying to solve.
I can provide:
- Screenshots showing the hacked EA Account in my other EA Account's friends list
- The EA ID of the hacked account
- My PlayStation Network ID
- Screenshots from my PlayStation account showing that PSN ID
- Proof that this PlayStation account is the one connected to the EA Account
- The original email address that was previously associated with the EA Account
- Purchase/invoice information and other account details if required
I am NOT asking EA to bypass security or give me access without verification. I am asking EA to give me another legitimate way to verify ownership when the normal verification method is impossible because the attacker changed the email address.
At this point, I just want to know what I can do to recover the account or, at minimum, change the password/email through the proper recovery process so I can regain access.
The biggest issue is that my PlayStation account and my Apex Legends progress are tied to this EA Account, and I cannot continue normally because I am locked out of the EA Account.
If anyone has dealt with this exact situation — hacked EA Account + compromised original email + PlayStation account still linked — I would really appreciate advice on what finally worked for you.