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dhampy
6 years ago
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Can I prevent Origin from trying to install Sims 3?

I have Sims 3 on Steam.  It's modded to heck.  I am not going to try to rebuild it to play on Origin, especially since it seems like just about everyone can't get all their Steam-purchased DLC to be ...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    6 years ago

    @dhampy  Yeah, if you bought JFO on Steam, your two accounts are definitely linked now.  Origin has also had some significant updates recently, which might account for new behavior.  Does disabling auto updates in Origin help?

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dhampy
6 years ago

I don't remember intentionally linking them, but they must be since I bought Jedi Fallen Order on Steam and it plays through Origin.  That could be the problem.  I don't remember when the issue started, since I play games on Origin so seldom.

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puzzlezaddict
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6 years ago

@dhampy  Yeah, if you bought JFO on Steam, your two accounts are definitely linked now.  Origin has also had some significant updates recently, which might account for new behavior.  Does disabling auto updates in Origin help?

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    dhampy
    6 years ago

    I thought I had them disabled, but they were enabled.  An update might have re-enabled them, or when I cleared the Origin cache to get SW Battlefront 2 to run right again that lost the setting.

    It seems to have solved the problem.

    Solutions are always obvious once they're found.

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