Sims 3 expansion won't download
We are having this problem in February 2023 - with only the Pets and Into the Future Add-ons. SIms3 base game plus 9 other add-ons install correctly, just not Pets and Into the Future. We've be...
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- Your EA ID:
MisterMurre - What content is not installing:
- The Sims 3 Island Paradise
- The Sims 3 Pets
- The Sims 3 Showtime
- The Sims 3 University Life - An EA Error Report ID Number:
5fa8e7d2-b42b-4867-a201-0ffd5a2b1dc0
EA_Cade
Community Manager
Community ManagerHey all,
Thanks for the Error ID's you've provided, they are super helpful in these scenarios.
At this time we've got this issue under investigation and I'll provide any updates we get in this thread.
Thanks!
I honestly don't think you guys are even trying to fix this problem. It's been weeks. This is ridiculous, we just want want we paid for!
That's EA for you . . . This is not the first time I bought something and then was never able to play it. If there were any other way to play Sims 3, my fave game from childhood, I'd ignore EA altogether.
- Your EA ID -- My EA ID is needthelou
- What content is not installing sims 3 Showtime and island paradise
- An EA Error Report ID Number: it's stuck on preparing to download. Just says download error
I wouldn't mind so much if the customer service I have received was useful. Ive been trying to get through to someone via emails, having someone constantly not listen to you and copy and paste troubleshoot links that sometimes are in a different language is exhausting, to say the least.
Thank you for taking the time to read people's problems here, I really hope this gets fixed.
I've got this problem too. Nothing seems to get Pets to download, including the Origin thing, on both of my computers. Keeping an eye on this thread in the hopes that we get some kind of solution cause I don't know what else to do.
If it helps,
EA ID: Magnuisance
Content that won't download: Sims 3 Pets
Error Report: fb717261-d6bb-4854-93a6-87eefaed4afd
I’m having this same issue with 3 of my expansion packs, but I’m not even getting an error code. It’s just perpetually stuck preparing the download but never making any progress. 😞
EA ID: boo985boo
Content that won’t download: The Sims 3 Pets, The Sims 3 Showtime, The Sims 3 Island Paradise
- @jmlsims WE want sims 3 back!!!!!!!! we paid money for it!!! I would have to rebuy all of sims3 again on Steam to get rid of this EA APP hell. You guys are pure evil for not fixing sims3 and forcing us onto EA App without our game
Sims 3 island paradise and university will not load at all, no work around works. They have ruined our games
This is still an ongoing issue. When will it be fixed?
The Origin workaround found in the thread is no longer available to windows users.
