[Bug 31438] [EA Origin]Unable to download game since the new version

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31438

--- Comment #12 from rkfg  2012-09-03 07:30:11 CDT ---
Oh, I've added that without comments. Sorry, here's the explanation.

If you're just want to play ME3, you actually can do it by downloading the
installer, unpacking the game and importing some data into registry. The link
to the ZIP can be acquired from the console output when launching with
WINEDEBUG=+winhttp, it's hosted on akamai so seek for "akamai" there or grep
it. The link should include the auth key which is unique for your account or
session. Shutdown Origin, grab this link with wget and then unpack the archive
to "/Program Files/Origin Games/Mass Effect 3" in your Origin prefix. Then
import the data above into registry with regedit /S

Now start Origin and you should be all set. The game will complain that it
should be updated, just click Not now; if you choose to update it will
indifenitely prepare download or check because of the bug. I suspect it may be
related to files and not the network since repairing the install leads to the
same indefinite preparing.

You can download and unpack any DLC the same way, just restart Origin and let
it check the files, you'll get 100% instantly and DLC should work.