Origin

What works

All the functionalities I need to play The Sims 4.

Before Origin dropped the support for Windows XP (a week ago), I had a legacy version of Origin running without any problems on a 32bit prefix. At that time I was running wine-stable 4.0. With Origin dropping the support for XP and forcing to update to version 10, I could not longer make it run after switching my wine prefix from XP to Windows 7. I could not even install the new version of Origin.

So I decided to install the latest version of wine staging (5.0).

I created a new x64 prefix with PlayOnLinux, Windows 7. Vanilla installation. No additionnal components to install. I was prompted to install Gecko, which I accepted.

Use this configuration:

Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1920x1080

Run the OriginThinSetup.exe found on the Origin site for Windows 7 OS (the 63.8 Mo version).

Uncheck all options on the Origin installation menu (no automatic update etc)

wait for the installation to finish et voila

In Origin settings do not forget to disable Origin In-Game

About the SIms 4:

Since I previously had a working version of the sims, I only had to do a partial install of the game. During the finalization of the installation of the Sims 4 I got the following error : 327682:11. I ignored it, restarted Origin and the Sims could be launched. During the Sims install, do not check "create desktop/taskbar shortcut".

What does not

Workarounds

What was not tested

I tested only what was required to install a game, setup origin, play the game. All I need

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: AMD
• Driver: unknown

Additional Comments

I am running 

GPU    Radeon Vega 3

Some applications may work better with a 32-bit wineprefix (this is obviously not true for 64-bit games). You may also have to install some native DLLs to get a game working (commonly this is done with winetricks) - some of them may only work in 32-bit mode (these are issues in Wine, winetricks can't do anything about them).

To install Origin in a separate 32-bit wineprefix issue the following commands:

export WINEARCH=win32
export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine.Origin-32-bit
wine OriginSetup.exe

From now on, simply use the Desktop launcher to start Origin. If you want to start Origin from a terminal, you have to export the WINEPREFIX (repeat above command) first whenever you open a new terminal.

It's recommended to use the Origin Desktop launcher.

If you want to start it from a terminal you should first change into Origin's installation directory.

Example for default installations:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Origin
wine Origin.exe

Example for 32-bit installations (see above):

export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine.Origin-32-bit"
cd $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program\ Files/Origin
wine Origin.exe

To avoid this simply disable Origin in Game. Start Origin and click in the menu
Origin
-> Application Settings
-> Origin in Game
-> Untick "Enable Origin in Game"

Symptoms:

• Origin sporadically crashes with "C:\Program Files\Origin\Origin.exe: double free or corruption (!prev)" or "*** glibc detected *** Origin.exe: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x7cf3b940***".
• Origin doesn't show up although the Origin.exe process uses the CPU completly.

This issue is tracked in bug #35041.

Workaround:

Use taskset to force the app on one CPU core only. Execute in a terminal:

taskset -c 0 wine Origin.exe

Be warned that this may decrease the overall performance of games launched from Origin.

This issue is tracked in bug #33159.

There's a patch for wine in this bugreport which workarounds this problem. Please note that it is very "hacky" and not a clean solution (while it solves problems for Origin it may cause other apps fail), so this patch can't be added to official wine. To use it you need to download the wine sources, apply the patch and compile your own Wine.

Symptom: Both OriginSetup.exe and OriginThinSetup.exe fail to install/update successfully since Origin version 9.5.11.2855. You get a message "Error installing Origin: Something went wrong during the installation. Please reinstall Origin" and afterwards "UPDATE ERROR: Your update could not be completed. Please download and install the latest version of Origin from https://download.dm.origin.com/origin/live/OriginSetup.exe".

Fixed in Wine 1.7.55 (2015-11-13, bug #38417).

Workarounds:

• Reinstalling with the full installer obviously doesn't work.
• Download the full Update zip-file from http://download.dm.origin.com/origin/beta/OriginUpdate_9_10_1_1501.zip
  If the link is outdated you have to adjust the version number to the current one, which is printed in the first window that pops up when you start the current OriginThinSetup.exe. Please leave a comment if you find an updated link.
  Then unzip it in the directory of your Origin installation (e.g. ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Origin).
  Thanks Jürgen Doser for the report and tip, and thanks to the following people to keep this info updated: Michael Alexander, Allen, mactrix.

Symptoms:

• At the end of a game installation it may stall at 99% (or even earlier) or on "Installing...".
• After quitting a game you aren't able to restart it again ("Play" is greyed out).
• If you quit Origin after playing you get a warning "Close Origin: It's recommended that you quit [NAME OF GAME] before exiting Origin. Do you want to exit anyway?"
• "Last Played" and "Time Played" are not updated.

Workaround for earlier wine versions:

• In this bugreport you'll find a working patch for wine.
• If you don't want to build your own wine from source, you can use the "kill EAProxyInstaller.exe" workaround:
  Wait for some time for your HDD to stop working (indicating the installation is done) and kill EAProxyInstaller. To do this type the following in a terminal:

      killall EAProxyInstaller.exe

  The game should immediately become ready to play. If you kill EAProxyInstaller.exe too soon, Origin will keep offering to install the game. Killing the process too soon is not harmful and the game can always be installed again.