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Will Origin ban an account for installing pirated version game on a PC

18 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/will-origin-ban-an-account-for-installing-pirated-version-game-on-a-pc.182270/

kartikoli
kartikoli Original post #1
Mar 23, 2014 at 10:05 AM
I want to play my BF3 (original) on a friends PC but he has pirated version of BF4 installed so i am worried if i login to my account then what will happen. Will Origin detect a pirated BF4 and ban my account?

Please suggest as i dont want to get banned and lose around 7 games in my library
kunalht
kunalht #2
Mar 23, 2014 at 2:21 PM
I want to play my BF3 (original) on a friends PC but he has pirated version of BF4 installed so i am worried if i login to my account then what will happen. Will Origin detect a pirated BF4 and ban my account?

Please suggest as i dont want to get banned and lose around 7 games in my library
No.
Just dont copy any pirated game data to origin folder.
You can play.....
kartikoli
Mar 23, 2014 at 2:25 PM
No.
Just dont copy any pirated game data to origin folder.
You can play.....

thanks a lot i was worried so didnt wanted to try and eventually ruining all
flyingcow
Mar 23, 2014 at 2:43 PM
yes, i had nfs underground and they banned me when i opened origin, saying they found pirated data on my PC, i madea new origin account, i had my credit card info stored but how can i retain it?
N
Mar 23, 2014 at 2:46 PM
^Underground? Origin? Trolling right?
kunalht
kunalht #6
Mar 23, 2014 at 2:46 PM
have you tried to add that game in origin?
rajatGod512
Mar 23, 2014 at 3:40 PM
Nothing will happen , I have Mass Effect 3 (non-origin) installed in the same folder as other origin games ... origin didnt do anything , and NFS underground has no connection to Origin , was that game UNDERCOVER by any chance ?
kartikoli
Mar 23, 2014 at 8:36 PM
Played BF3 for an hr and nothing happened :D , So sad that i have to play crysis 2 pirated version as origin's version doesnt work getting "size of shader to big for int 16" error
rajatGod512
Mar 23, 2014 at 9:53 PM
Played BF3 for an hr and nothing happened :D , So sad that i have to play crysis 2 pirated version as origin's version doesnt work getting "size of shader to big for int 16" error

Thats the same problem kunal had ! :p [MENTION=145360]kunalht[/MENTION]
kartikoli
kartikoli #10
Mar 23, 2014 at 10:10 PM
Thats the same problem kunal had ! :p [MENTION=145360]kunalht[/MENTION]

Many peoples are facing same issue and no solution available over the internet
kunalht
kunalht #11
Mar 23, 2014 at 10:11 PM
LoL yeah!
i have same problem with crysis 2.
& there is no way to fix it :oops:
rajatGod512
Mar 23, 2014 at 11:13 PM
Thats why I went with the steam version ... Kunal also had steam but I gave him my origin key , so he downloaded origin one and ran into problems :D :p
kunalht
kunalht #13
Mar 23, 2014 at 11:16 PM
Thats why I went with the steam version ... Kunal also had steam but I gave him my origin key , so he downloaded origin one and ran into problems :D :p

yeah!:evil: :mrgreen:
flyingcow
flyingcow #14
Mar 23, 2014 at 11:39 PM
yes it was undercover and i dont know it was the same error i wrote or not, but my brother said he getting error therefore i said like that only
be save thn sorry
kartikoli
kartikoli #15
Mar 24, 2014 at 7:15 AM
Thats why I went with the steam version ... Kunal also had steam but I gave him my origin key , so he downloaded origin one and ran into problems :D :p

I have steam version as well, Is it working good
abhidev
abhidev #16
Apr 18, 2014 at 5:42 PM
I had pirated bf4 installed (not in the origin folder though)before installing the origin version....when I installed origin version it somehow took the pirated bf4 saves sync it with my origin account...I quickly deleted the pirated one, downloaded the original...started it and it didn't...I was scared that my account might have been banned...tried repairing it and it then worked :D
kartikoli
kartikoli #17
Apr 19, 2014 at 8:28 AM
Oh that was close. You are lucky bro
abhidev
abhidev #18
Apr 21, 2014 at 4:36 PM
yeaa...but my SP stats were synced without playing SP with the Origin version :D