Origin is so bad

[SLOTHINSPACE]

Anyone know how to fix this, i used ea play on steam to play bf4 premuim version, when the 1 month ended i wanted to play the strandard version i have on origin, i still have the bbf4 install files, i go locate game and when i select bf4 origin crashes as does not let me open it again not matter what, anyone got any idea's thanks

[tkitch]

uninstall and reinstall?

[SLOTHINSPACE]

2 minutes ago, tkitch said:

uninstall and reinstall?

yes this fixes the crashes but if i do the process again and located the game it happens again, i will just reinstall it but annoying that i have to if i have the install files

 

[Kilrah]

Because you usually can't reuse files between launchers for a whole host of reasons including DRM.

[SLOTHINSPACE]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Because you usually can't reuse files between launchers for a whole host of reasons including DRM.

Okay thank you i will just delete the files manually and re install though origin, would you recommended just doing this  ?

[tkitch]

yes.  you have to install through origin to play there. 

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

31 minutes ago, SLOTHINSPACE said:

Anyone know how to fix this, i used ea play on steam to play bf4 premuim version, when the 1 month ended i wanted to play the strandard version i have on origin, i still have the bbf4 install files, i go locate game and when i select bf4 origin crashes as does not let me open it again not matter what, anyone got any idea's thanks

 

Isn't there a way to verify the integrity of the game files before launching the game. That same thing Steam offers. I remember seeing it on Origin, but couldn't walk you through on how to do it. 

[LogicalDrm]

-> Moved to PC Gaming

[NekoBubbles]

For secrutiy and legal reasons you can only play said game from the launcher/company you bought it originally from. You can add it to the libary of another launcher but legally and actual playability you need the original launcher you downloaded it from cause that other launcher will see it as a foreign application. 

EX you bought a game from xbox live. And you're playing it on PC. You can't port it over to Steam cause the game doesn't have an authorized STEAM key. Its a Xbox Key and Xbox key's bought from the Microsoft store only work from the Xbox app NOT the steam app. 

However if you would have bought the game through the STEAM launcher you could yes use it on steam. The launcher you bought it originally from matters for legal reasons as to avoid any misused keys and or stolen keys.