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Revision as of 20:21, 6 April 2012
Origin is a digital distribution service for PC games. Created by EA in 2011, it has grown to over 9 million users. Considered by many to be in direct competition with Steam, EA has seen fit to remove some high profile games from Steam.
Fix Origin Can't Connect To Internet/Can't Log In
If Origin cannot connect to the internet and won't let you log in, try opening the command prompt and running this command: netsh winsock reset
Enable Steam Overlay in Origin Games
To enable the Steam overlay, first you should disable the Origin overlay: Open Origin Click the gear symbol in the top right, settings Click the in game tab Uncheck the box next to "Enable Origin In Game" Click Done Quit Origin Now, you will add a shortcut to Origin.exe in Steam. Open Steam Click "Add a Game" in the bottom left, then "Add a Non-Steam Game" Browse to your Origin.exe file (default is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\Origin.exe") After selecting Origin.exe, select "Add Selected Programs" There will now be a game in your Steam Library called Origin, you can change the name and icon by right clicking on Origin in your library and selecting Properties. Start the Origin.exe shortcut in your Steam Library, and open the Origin game as you normally would. When you are in-game, you will have the Steam Overlay by pressing Shift+Tab (default). In order to stop showing up in-game on Steam, you have to close your browser and exit Origin.
(Note: this may not work for all origin games).
Free License for Previous Purchases
Recently, EA has begun giving members access to games that have been previously purchased. Reports mention that it is either tied to games that you can enter your EA account information in, or games that have been installed via disk or other online game services (i.e steam).
