How do you disable the Origin Overlay?

[Netzach Sloth]

The requirement for using Origin is annoying, but it's not a deal breaker; if it turns out that I can't disable the overlay though, I'm getting a refund.

I logged into Origin normally, and set it to disabled; it's still enabled launching through Steam.
I tried to disable it after launching on Steam, but it has a little Lock symbol that says I can't disable it in "Restricted Mode."

Is there something I'm missing?

[Netzach Sloth]

Looks like you have to start the game from the origin launcher, if you don't want the origin overlay.

It's ridiculous; Steam doesn't force you to use their overlay, origin doesn't force you to use the overlay, so why am I forced to use origin's overlay if I run the game through Steam?

This is frustrating, I think I'm going to get that refund now.

[Rukyaa]

i have the same problem. When i try to launch the game from steam it auto start origin launcher. This is really annoying

[Netzach Sloth]

Originally posted by Rukyaa:

i have the same problem. When i try to launch the game from steam it auto start origin launcher. This is really annoying

It's not just starting the launcher, it's starting a new launcher, so even if you try to have Origin configured in the background, launching from Steam starts a new process that doesn't let you change settings, and ignores any settings set with the already running launcher.

Even UPlay isn't this overbearing.

[Rukyaa]

anyway, it's pretty silly to make us wait 6 hours to download it (my computer is not heavy) to have it on steam if i need to wait 6 more hours downloading it on origin lol