So I bought the one and two re-release so I figured I would complete my 3 collection and maybe see if I could get Medieval. This is what happens when you click on 3, any of 3's DLC or Medieval.
"Things that make you go, hmmm..."
PurpleSweetTartSee my guide on how to workaround this error below:
Dead Links: Sims 3 Expansion/Stuff/Worlds at EA Store Sites | EA Forums - 11849408
for medieval, i found this one that works for me:
https://www.ea.com/en/games/the-sims/the-sims-medieval PurpleSweetTart
PurpleSweetTart Please post the links you're clicking that lead to that error, for reference.
I got far enough with this link:
https://www.ea.com/en/games/the-sims/the-sims-medieval
for the site to ask for my credit card information. I own all Sims 3 packs and worlds that are still for sale, so I can't take those as far, but googling "buy Sims 3 [content]" gives me links that work, for example:
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-3/buy/addon/the-sims-3-ambitions
puzzlezaddictHi, this is the address of Medieval's bad link: http://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims/the-sims-medieval. was it because the /en after EA? You can see a little bit of the red screen error so you know that I got it from the same screenshot I took last night. I thought, at first that the site was crashing because everyone was trying to get 1+2 but when it also did it with 3 and all of 3's DLC, I knew something wasn't right.
this link: https://ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-3 was not working last night as of 6:13 p.m. last night but is now functional? I'm really confused. you get brought to 4 if you type this: http://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims/ and I thought it would take me to the page with all of the games listed in squares like I saw last night when I when I was trying to buy 3's DLC. And if I was less frustrated last night, I would have taken a screenshot of that, too. How would we know to do the /buy/addon part? I did not have a clue about that, they should make that clearer, so thank you so much. I usually don't buy straight from the website but this is a just out of the box brand new computer and I have yet to install the EA app. I have to install other things before I do that to calculate available space left for our fav Franchise. I've estimated the entire Franchise to take 1 TB and 9 GB with everything. If I have miscalculated that, please correct me because I have a severe math learning disability, but my counselor told me to try and figure it out. Do I need the EA app to figure out which of 3's DLC I don't have? I know I had some, but in the EA App it only shows 3 basegame, if it was detecting packs, wouldn't the packs pictures be next to it? Can someone please post a pic of their game library so I can see what it looks like when all of the DLC is installed?
I know I bought Pets, Ambitions, the paranormal pack, World Adventures and a few others, I know for a fact that I do not have Into the Future. Perhaps they are long gone on an old account, that I cannot remember.
"Worlds that are still for sale" why would all of the world's not be for sale if the rest of the DLC and Medieval are? That's very counterintuitive. EA loves money, why would they not sell us everything for 3? Many people swear by 3 and never play 4. I just have this itch to play 3 for some reason now that 1+2 are out.
Anyway, thanks guys for the help, I really appreciate all of you.
PurpleSweetTart The entire game itself takes up about 32 GB. Store content may be another 5 GB or so, depending on how much you own. You can have as much custom content as you can download, but above about 10 GB (there's some variation), performance would be bad enough that you would want to cut back significantly. So putting aside saves, I would say you can estimate that the game will take up about 50 GB of space.
Saves can get large, and you can hoard backups, so it's impossible to tell you how much space they'll occupy in the end. But if you have more than about 100 saves, they won't even all load at the Main Menu, and no one needs that many backups. So I'd suggest allocating another 20-30 GB for saves at most, plus a little extra wiggle room in case you don't want to clean out your backups right away. That puts the entire game just under 100 GB, nowhere near a terabyte. It's always nice to have more space than you need, but that's not critical.
Sims 4, all current packs included, is around 60 GB, and you can use a lot more custom content without dragging down performance. Saves are smaller though, maybe 200 MB at the largest but usually more like 50-80 even if you've played them for a while. Sims 1 and 2 are significantly smaller than 3.
Yes, you'll need to install the EA App in order to see what you do and don't own. Open your Library (upper-left corner), click Sims 3, and select Manage > Manage add-ons. All of the ones you own should show up there. You can also click Add-ons above the Sims 3 game tile to see everything available for purchase and whether you own it.
I would suggest NOT buying Store worlds from there but rather using the relevant ea.com page. Worlds need to be registered on the Store site, and it seems like purchases through the EA App come with unusable codes more often than ones bought on the website.
When I said I own everything still available to purchase, I meant I own all expansions, all stuff packs except Katy Perry Sweet Treats, and all Store worlds (although I didn't buy Barnacle Bay, I got it for free because of some mix-up a long time ago).
