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The Sims 4 Tutorial: How to Play Offline

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When opening The Sims 4, the game will automatically connect to the internet. If you want to play The Sims 4 Offline, there are 2 ways to solve this:

  • Via Origin
  • Via Game

When opening Origin, you’ll be automatically connected to the net. You can solve that by going to the Origin Tab on top left and selecting ”Go Offline”.

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After launching The Sims 4, the game will think that you’re not connected to the internet and you’ll be switched to Offline Mode.

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This can also be done by going in The Sims 4’s Settings panel and selecting ”Other”. From there, just untick the ”Online Access” option and you’ll play the game Offline.

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Playing The Sims 4 Offline will reduce the Main Menu loading time, but there’s a disadvantage and that’s no Gallery. You’ll only be able to see your creations and your statistics!

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Reticulating splines as a webmaster for Sims Community over the last 11 years. You can find me here writing articles and doing reports on your favorite life sim games, among other things!

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Jasson Tanardi
Jasson Tanardi
10 years ago

You can log in into Origin without internet connection too, just type in your password and you’re ready to go 😀 😀

Savannah Bewley
Savannah Bewley
10 years ago

do you need the disk to play offline? ?:-)

Softball
Softball
6 years ago

No but sometimes you do and you can have a wii or Xbox to hook up to your computer or laptop

Minnie
Minnie
10 years ago

I dont know,where to find a code ,to play :/ they dont send me that on my email

Ari
Ari
10 years ago
Reply to  Minnie

You don’t need the code if you buy the digital copy 🙂

Zasha
Zasha
10 years ago

thanks this was sooo helpful

nisse andersson
nisse andersson
10 years ago

origin might just be the worst ever…….
worst ever.
ive just played like 3 times nd i usually play alot more but since origin is there and blocking me from playing….

mel
mel
6 years ago

EXACTLY!!!!!! Let the church say amen. Amen! Origin is ruining my enjoyment in playing and tanking my love for The Sims franchise. Everytime I go to play, it never has my origin info saved (im forgetful), or the game needs an update (at least 15-20 mins on fast internet), or Origin itself is updating (also atleast 15-20 mins). And they dont allow you to play during these times. I HATE it! I used to play at least 3 times a week. Its an outlet for me. Its my me time. Now I play maybe 3 times a month…. PATHETIC!

alison
alison
10 years ago

origin is the worst!!!!!!! was just playing when my laptop reset, turned it back on to see origin was doing an automatic update go on to find all my details gone after the update and telling me I have to activate the game again but it wont let me because I’ve already activated it!!!!

Emily Elliott
Emily Elliott
10 years ago

I do not have internet conected to my computer and origin will not let me play sims 4. It has already been downloaded to my computer. So what can i do???

makayla williams
makayla williams
10 years ago

It want let me sign into origin..THE WROST THING EVER
And i cant play offline what type of shit is this :pissedoff:

Maddie cook
Maddie cook
10 years ago

:reallypissed: :reallypissed: and I’m also 😀 😀 because I can play offline without stupid origin origin is so bad just go to sims 4 menu and put it offline

Anita pea
Anita pea
10 years ago

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philline
philline
9 years ago

I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong on my sims 4 i don’t have the community gallery i only have my own how do i fix this?

Katie
Katie
9 years ago

This is fucking stupid I can’t play my game becaus origin is blocking me? I don’t have Internet service at my house right now so I can’t play? Absolutely retarded why can’t I access it? What do I do about this I didn’t waste 100 bucks on a fucking game I can’t even play? What kind of shit is this

selena babb
selena babb
9 years ago

I was playing sims 4 last week. And I used game time for 2 days and now it won’t let me play the game because of the game tinr

Violet Nessen
Violet Nessen
9 years ago

I am currently at a friends because my net is out and I cant not play my Sims 3 offline like I used to and I miss being able to not have to be connected to origin to play.

Jhoie Trajeco
Jhoie Trajeco
9 years ago

can’t play it offline. Please fix this so we can play it offline.

Jodi Waszak
Jodi Waszak
8 years ago

Thank you for your help really appreciated it, my folks don’t have Internet 🙂 I thought I wouldn’t have been able to play, would have been a long week!

Tabitha
Tabitha
8 years ago

This is really missing me off. I’m trying to play offline and it will not let me. I can play for 5 MAYBE 10 mins before it tells me the game has stopped working and shuts down on my. Closes out the entire program. What the hell???

Tabitha
Tabitha
8 years ago

I’ve tried playing offline and it won’t let me. After 5 10 mins the game shuts down because it says it’s having problems. And it force shuts down the game.

Karina
Karina
5 years ago
Reply to  Tabitha

literally not helpful at all lmao thanks for nothing

mel
mel
6 years ago

Dear Origin,

WE HATE YOU! Stop hijacking The Sims!!!!! We don’t want your login bullsh*t, your origin updates, or your technical issues… We just want to play the damn game!

Samm
Samm
6 years ago

How can i buy expansion packs without being online? my computer doesn’t have internet and I really wanna buy the dogs and cats expansion?

Brian Brown
Brian Brown
6 years ago

Quinn

Ashleigh
Ashleigh
6 years ago

i have brought the game of origin and it will not let me play it how do i play it

Taniysha
Taniysha
5 years ago

I
I HAVE A NO GAME

Angela
Angela
4 years ago

When there is a problem with Origin/EA website, which there is now, and you haven’t logged in to set Origin to offline, then it’s useless. I can’t play any games now as I can’t login to set it to offline mode.

Santasia
Santasia
4 years ago

I got the sims 4 island cd if I buy a expansion pack from the cd can I play the expansion pack without WiFi ?

Bluebarry
Bluebarry
4 years ago
Reply to  Santasia

Ugh, bird brain! Just get Sim city whatever. And play it offline…Derpy Dork!

Depressedagain
Depressedagain
4 years ago

How do I play it offline. And is there a way I can get it offline?

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Daniel Harrington
Daniel Harrington
4 years ago

works for me