"Me1620;c-17971279" wrote:
@Rsanda - I was wondering if you followed Ciane's method to install and backup store items. Her method is described in her thread How to Install Store Items. Do you only backup the download folder or do you backup the DCCache and DCBackup folders?
Nope, I don't use any method whatsoever. I just take a backup of *.Sims3Pack files and reinstall them all in one go if it needs be. Nothing wrong has happened with the game so far.
My guess for why it required me to redownload them, is because whatever DRM they implemented probably thinks I am on a different PC for some reason after I upgraded to Win11. Because the Sims3Pack files completely behaved like they have been downloaded from a random third party piracy website, even though they were official legit downloads. And I am guessing since you can't just copy paste the contents of DCCache to let's say your friends computer, my already installed Store content got disabled as well because it thinks I am on a different PC.
Another theory of mine to give an answer to why the Origin backup still worked even after the OS upgrade, is because I think 1.69 might use the Origin account as a DRM measure instead. That version is already very tightly integrated with Origin. EA even disables peoples expansion packs if they bought them from a third party website instead of an official provider. Since EA/Origin already has that much control over that version, it makes sense if they were to tie Store file validation to Origin accounts tbh.
These are all theories obviously. But it is all I have anyway :)
