Ok Folks, Go patch the game. went to ea land . com and redownlaod the game DO NOT UNISTALL . it comes up with a repair option. Just click the download button. do this then start the game . pick tso it will update the updater and it will restart the game . I did this now I am back on. I do this all the time when I get errors. It fixes the game. edit ....save your shortcut strings. the update takes them out . no need to worry about tso client patch. just save the main shortcut string