Hey there, I'm getting back into the Sims 3, and I'm very pleased to see the store isn't closed yet. That said, I have no clue how to download all my points again. I also used to have a file with all the store content, to make clean-up generally easier, is there any reason it wouldn't work? It's been a number of years, and several computers since. Thanks! Special thanks to all who've kept on playing The Sims 3. It truly is a great game.

KCNDreams If you list the items you'd like, maybe someone can figure out whether there's a cheaper way to get at least some of them. For example, when you own the greenhouse set, I believe the Best of 2012 compilation is almost free on the Daily Deal. (You might want to buy one other item in the compilation, on a steep Daily Deal discount; let me know if this is relevant to you and I'll dig up the details.) So even if you have no cheap way to directly buy other items in that compilation, you'd still get them for very few points. I agree that some premium items are extremely overpowered. NRaas Retuner can help with a lot of this in that many OP values can be tuned. Some items are fun anyway, or their overpowered nature doesn't otherwise affect gameplay—who cares if your sims are level 10 in glassblowing; it doesn't have any bearing on the rest of their lives. I especially enjoy items that add new skills for this and other reasons. Some CAS and BB items are nice too, especially for people who don't want to use custom content, but I could do without too much of it.

That is a very sensible solution!I ended up completing a set that was massively discounted, then got super lucky that the daily deal's May 2012 compilation ended up free -- I think since I had all the Gothique stuff from it, I didn't *need* to purchase anything else to get it for free. I didn't really understand how that all worked, but I think I'm getting it, and will be checking in on other compilations that go on sale. What I invested the rest of my simpoints in was the Animals Abound Outdoor set, after learning that that purchase nets you TWO children compilations. I still have 100 sim points, that I think I'm hoping will be enough to get some more sales, since I had way more one-off items than I first thought.

I like to get the compilations and sets after I've bought a few items already in them. The price gets more discounted on all of those items together and even more so when you already own some items, than getting them individually. If I take some time to look around I find things I have belonging to one compilation or another, or set. Getting something in the Daily Deal and then looking through what compilations or sets its affected is fun. 990 ought to get one or two sets, especially discounted ones. I still find odd interesting things in my build-buy catalogue which came with sets.There shouldn't be any problem re-downloading if you've still got the same account you bought them on. I find that already having the launcher open helps, and don't download too many at once. I find that maybe 4 or 5 items at a time, by clicking on the ticks and then download, wait until they're finished and then do the next one's. Maybe write them down as you go, in case you have to refresh and lose your spot. Something like that. If you don't have your launcher already open you might wonder what's going on while it is loading it all up to open and then download. And, I can't remember if they automatically install or not, so you'll have to go over to the installed items tab in your launcher to check if they're installed and if not then you need to do that too.Your file with all the store content won't automatically receive the new store content if its just a sub-folder of your downloads folder. You'd have to slot all of that in yourself after. Fun!

KCNDreams The Store downloads from another computer may work, and you can certainly try them. But it's more likely they won't work, especially if you use the EA App, so it's probably best to download fresh copies. Sign into the Store site and click Store > My Store Account > Purchase History. As for what to buy, what do you like? As mentioned, do you have some items from sets where you might want the rest of the set? And check out the spreadsheet in the second post of the master Daily Deal thread (sort by Oldest to make sure you're viewing the right post) to see whether any items or sets you'd like ever go on sale, and if so, when. Daily Deal (DD) 2018 Rotation List and Sales Help | EA Forums - 1821670 You can also list some items or sets you'd like, here or there, and ask for help figuring out the cheapest way to acquire them.

KCNDreams Take a look at this thread: Cheapest way to own compilation/sets/venues! | EA Forums - 1857088 Search for oh my goth , or just scroll down, and you'll see the cheapest way to acquire it if you own nothing from it already. But you do own the Multi-Tab, so you're partway there. The next questions, it looks like, are how many items you own from Technophobe No More and the May 2012 compilation, or rather how many points those items are worth at full price. That determines whether you can buy either of the two sets at a cheaper price than Oh My Goth, which does not go on sale but has enough overlap with May 2012 that if you own the latter, the former is free. I'm not suggesting you buy the items listed in the link above, only that it's a good way to get a sense of how you might proceed here. For what you own, there may be a better path. What I do in these situations is I add up the points of the items I own in a set and compare them to the lowest sale price of the set. If the points from the items I own are higher than the sale price, the set will be free for me when it goes on that sale. Otherwise, I would pay 90% of the difference when the set is on sale, i.e. if my items are 100 points short of that lowest sale price, I'd pay 90 points to complete the set. Then I can look at the items I don't own in the set and see whether any of them are on sale at any point; if they are, I can buy enough to lower or erase the gap between what I own and the sale price. If you want more specific help, let me know what you own in these sets (you don't need to link; just a list will do), and I can compare it to the available Daily Deal sales.

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DivinylsFan
Rising Ace
4 months ago
Another thing you could do is play the game for a day, or session, and note what you wish you had more of or anything in particular you'd like to look for in The Store, then go and find that, then go from there. And perhaps keep some in reserve for those times in-game when you wish you had some.
KCNDreams
Rising Rookie
4 months ago
That is a very sensible solution!

I ended up completing a set that was massively discounted, then got super lucky that the daily deal's May 2012 compilation ended up free -- I think since I had all the Gothique stuff from it, I didn't *need* to purchase anything else to get it for free. I didn't really understand how that all worked, but I think I'm getting it, and will be checking in on other compilations that go on sale.

What I invested the rest of my simpoints in was the Animals Abound Outdoor set, after learning that that purchase nets you TWO children compilations. I still have 100 sim points, that I think I'm hoping will be enough to get some more sales, since I had way more one-off items than I first thought.

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