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EA Games

EA Games through Epic Games

Some Electronic Arts games require the EA App (link). The description page for these games will contain "Third-Party Manager EA app". When installing EA games from Epic, Heroic will automatically install and manage the EA application.

At this time, Heroic will only manage the EA application for EA games bought from the Epic store. If you have an EA game bought directly from EA, you may follow the steps on this page to sideload the EA application.

EA Games through the EA Application

How to Install the EA App

  1. Download the Windows EA App installer, https://www.ea.com/ea-app#downloads
  2. Open the Heroic Games Launcher
  3. Click Add Game
  4. Write EA App in the Game/App Title field
  5. Click Show Wine Settings and select a Proton-GE version of your choice, typically you can select the latest numbered version
  6. Click RUN INSTALLER FIRST
  7. Select the EAAppInstaller.exe file downloaded from EA's site in Step 1
  8. When you reach the login screen, exit out of the EA application
  9. Click Set Executable and navigate to the prefix folder
    • By default, this path will be $HOME/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/EA App
  10. Locate the EADesktop.exe in the EA prefix folder:
    • By default, this path will be $HOME/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/EA App/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EADesktop.exe
  11. Click Open and click Finish
  12. Locate the EA App in the Heroic library and click Play Now
  13. You may proceed to the next section to learn how to install your EA games

How to Install EA Games

Note: When installing games through the EA application, EA games will be installed to the following location: $HOME/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/EA App/drive_c/Program Files/EA Games.

  1. Locate the EA App in the Heroic library and click Play Now
  2. Sign in to the EA application if you have not done so already
  3. Install a game of your choice
  4. When the installation is complete, close out of the EA App
  5. Open the Heroic Games Launcher
  6. Click Add Game
  7. In the Game/App Title field, type the name of the game
  8. Click Show Wine Settings
  9. Under Show Wine Settings, select a Proton-GE version of your choice, typically you can select the latest numbered version
  10. Under Show Wine settings, select the WinePrefix field and select the EA App prefix created in the How to Install the EA App section
    • By default, this path will be $HOME/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/EA App
  11. Click Select Executable and navigate to the folder of the game you installed in Step 3
    • By default, this path will be $HOME/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/EA App/drive_c/Program Files/EA Games/GAMENAME
  12. Select the game executable, click Open, click Finish
  13. Locate the newly installed EA game in the Heroic library and click Play Now, your game will now be playable directly through the Heroic Games Launcher

Repair EA App

If the EA app suddenly stops working after an update, you will need to re-run the EA installer. This section will cover how to do so.

  1. Download the latest Windows EA App installer, https://www.ea.com/ea-app#downloads
  2. In your Heroic library, locate the EA App
  3. Open the Settings
  4. Click Run EXE on prefix
  5. Select the Windows EA App installer you downloaded in Step 1 and wait for it to finish installing.
  6. EA will now be re-installed and repaired.
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