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roberta591
Hero (Retired)
3 years ago

Re: game and DLC disappeared from collection when installed from steam

@KateHanami   This is one of those one way or the other. First let me say that Origin is the DRM for this game so if you play the Origin version or the Steam version w/ Origin DLC Origin is still going to be running. The EA version of the game installs different then the Steam version install. I think if you install the Steam version and link to Origin, the Origin version gets uninstalled because the two versions don't play well together.. Then when you start the Steam version it should ask you to link to EA and the DLC from your Origin account should install to the Steam version. BTW - Sims 4 is free to play on the EA app. Also when you pay for the game and DLC you don't own the game - what you are getting is a license to use the software according to the EULA (remember that pesky thing - end user license agreement). The DRM is the same - If you have the Steam version you have to have a Steam account to play. If you have the EA account you have to have an Origin account to play. I have bothand have no problems.  

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  • KateHanami's avatar
    KateHanami
    3 years ago
    @roberta591 you kinda mixed things a little
    1 I bought the Origin version long ago while still was paid
    2 I bought a few DLC over the years
    3 I installed the F2P game from Steam
    4 EA app asked for an update today
    5 only Steam Version on my collection, no EA App or Origin version, and no DLC
    6 I launched The Sims from EA App, it launched Steam, and Steam tried to launch EA App