Steam sale—base game only
In case anyone's interested, Steam is selling the TS3 base game for $2.99 right now. The packs are the regular prices ($20 each), except for one bundle that's 50% off (not a good deal compared to typ...
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"5782341b77vl;c-16646566" wrote:
I've been thinking about switching my Sims3 over to Steam for a while (I already got some games on there like my Left 4 Dead 2 game).
What all do I need to do to switch the Origin version over to a Steam version? Will I need to repurchase the store items that I have, or could I cut and paste my "download" items into a desktop folder, then reinstall afterwards? Also is going to be an issue with my Sims account, since I will still have Sims4 on Origin (add to that, my Origin and Steam name is the same).
I'm still cheesed off about my Showtime getting messed up. All attempts to fix it (short of just buying a new one) has failed. Since I MUST now go thru the hassle of buying a new Showtime pack as a replacement, I may as well start replacing the whole Sims3 series with Steam.
You will need to purchase first the base game and then the EP/SPs on Steam. Uninstall the Origin version (I pulled my user game folder out first for safekeeping), clean registry, install the Steam version. Adjust any Core Mods you may have from the 1.69 back to the 1.67 versions.
Register the base game and WA on the TS3 store site to get 1,000 store points for each one, these two older offers are still being honored. Register the remaining purchases as well if you wish.
On the store content and worlds, you will need to redownload from Purchase History and Launcher reinstall all of it. But not repurchase. The former downloads won't work on the newly registered Steam version but they are still yours to download and install provided you continue using the same player account.
