Steam sale, all Sims 3 content (until July 9)
Steam is having its summer sale, now through July 9th. The base game and all packs are $5 each, as usual. For anyone who doesn't know, to buy a TS3 pack in Steam, you have to first own (or be buying...
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@5782341b77vl Make sure to clean your computer's registry with a tool like Piriform's CCleaner (the free version is fine). A messed up registry, or one with duplicate entries, might cause your game not to launch.
Your Saves, SavedSims, Library, and Mods folders will transfer just fine between installs. Your Sims3Pack cc, installed into .dbc bundles in DCCache, would also transfer, I believe. Store stuff has to be redownload and reinstalled, although it's of course still free. All of this has been done by plenty of other players without any issues.
I have a Steam install of TS3, and I also have Origin installed on that drive for other reasons. Origin doesn't even "know" that TS3 is installed, and it's certainly never tried to patch or otherwise take over.
P.S. No worries @ZeeGee , threads like these were meant to be derailed. Besides, if people are considering buying the Steam version, how much work it would be to switch and what they could keep with the new install are extremely relevant questions.
Your Saves, SavedSims, Library, and Mods folders will transfer just fine between installs. Your Sims3Pack cc, installed into .dbc bundles in DCCache, would also transfer, I believe. Store stuff has to be redownload and reinstalled, although it's of course still free. All of this has been done by plenty of other players without any issues.
I have a Steam install of TS3, and I also have Origin installed on that drive for other reasons. Origin doesn't even "know" that TS3 is installed, and it's certainly never tried to patch or otherwise take over.
P.S. No worries @ZeeGee , threads like these were meant to be derailed. Besides, if people are considering buying the Steam version, how much work it would be to switch and what they could keep with the new install are extremely relevant questions.
