EA you are violating your own terms

"SPARKY1922;c-16574133" wrote:
Hi @Feythful

I started getting a lot of problems right after the 1.69 patch then the problems got worse when i moved to windows 10 and then even worse after some origin updates, it got to the stage where i was trying to fix my game after updates with hardly anytime to play anymore-)

I have had another hard drive placed in my desktop with windows 7 on it ( I did it this way so i could install both Sims 2&3 on there) .. then without being connected to the internet I installed a pre 2012 3 base game disc followed by all the other game discs in the series and after ITF had installed I used the superpatch.. (I cannot remember if I had to be on line to do this but don't think so as I had already downloaded saved it from an earlier time) The game loads and played fine no origin/internet required but unfortunately for me the sim graphics looked terrible and it has taken me some time to resolve that but now my game runs fine and my graphics are fixed so I am hoping to leave all my Origin/windows 10 woes behind me-)

I read somewhere that the store content had to be downloaded separate for the disc version of the game as opposed to using the digital versions and while I had no clue if this was true or not I used a laptop ran my pre 2012 base game disc and the store allowed me to download all my content so that has now been been added to my game and showing up okay..

I never got an Origin notification at all although i did not go on the internet and if you are using a pre 2012 base game I had no idea that origin can make you use the program and make you patch to 1.69? If Origin can pick up your pre 2012 base game and convert it to the 1.69 patch forcing you back into the digital version of the game I would be tempted to buy another second hand cheap pre 2012 base game and make sure Origin is uninstalled and you have turned off the internet when installing the discs and that should do the trick.

Funnily enough for sims 2 I had to download Origin once to install the UC version then launched the game to create a game folder then changed the exe file in program files as another 2 player had instructed me to then I was able to uninstall origin completely and still be able to launch the 2 series easily-) Of course I did this first before sorting out my 3 game but in some respects 2 was a heck of a lot easier to sort out which I would never have thought it would be lol

I hope you mange to get something sorted out as I know what it feels like when you want to play and cannot..

Sure glad you worked all your problems out !
Know how it feels to feel like you're spending all your time fixing problems instead of playing the game.
I purchased Sims 3 by disc when it was released, think in 2009 ?
Then as time went on they gradually introduced us to Origin, by selling game packs, and stuff packs through it.
Not knowing where it was leading, a lot of people fell for it, me included.
Where it was leading was exclusively Origin in all Sims 3 & now 4.
Currently I use 2 different computers one has Sims 3, & 4 with Origin, the other is a laptop with Sims 3 without Origin.
That's my setup right now, and what I've stuck with to make it work for me, but thinking about changing it soon.
Not sure exactly what I'm going to do yet, but mulling it over.
Not sure how compatible windows and Origin are. People forget its not just about the hardware of a machine that helps a game
work well or not, its also about the software the system uses and the platform of the system, whether or not they play nice together
or not.