Uninstall your most recent EP then download and reinstall the digital version from Origin. Instructions here.
Could you post the exact wording of the message you're getting ?
"Disc Authorization Failure"
"No game disc found! Please insert The Sims tm 3 University Life disc before proceeding."
The disc is in, I've taken it out and gone Nintendo on it (blowing off any dust and stuff the might've gotten in there) and it didn't work. I'm a newby at Sims, so question: Is there a way to change it from the University Life disc to another? I'm getting sick of the loading page, and icon.
@BookQn16 wrote:"Disc Authorization Failure"
"No game disc found! Please insert The Sims tm 3 University Life disc before proceeding."
The disc is in, I've taken it out and gone Nintendo on it (blowing off any dust and stuff the might've gotten in there) and it didn't work. I'm a newby at Sims, so question: Is there a way to change it from the University Life disc to another? I'm getting sick of the loading page, and icon.
Hi
No, you always have to use the latest release disc in order to play the game. Out of the expansions you have mentioned, University Life is the most recent so that is the one the game will want to verify. See if any of the tips below help. If not, you may need to use Origin digital versions to avoid needing discs.
Caspin
Disc authorisation error - some possible solutions
Quite a lot of Mac simmers are plagued by an error messages stating that their disc cannot be verified and advising them to contact customer services. Sometimes this message comes up again and again, even though the disc is in the drive and is genuine, and it is very frustrating.
Things to try:
1. Check that you really do have the correct disc in the drive. To launch the game you should be using the latest disc in terms of release date (which may not necessarily be the last one that you installed). It's quite easy to pop in the wrong disc in error if you have a lot of expansions, so it's worth a quick check.
2. Examine the disc closely and see if there are any areas of damage such as small scratches. Ensure that the disc is clean and undamaged. If the disc is dirty or damaged it may stop functioning correctly. You can try to carefully clean the disc and then try again.
3. Ensure that your disc drive is working properly (it probably is fine, but let's rule out a problem with the actual drive). Try putting in a different disc, for example play a music CD or try a different DVD such as a film. Then you can be sure that it's only your TS3 disc that is a problem.
4. Sometimes the game is very temperamental. It will give the error message several times in a row, then will suddenly accept its authenticity and start working again. I've had this happen a few times for no apparent reason. Try popping the disc out and shut down your Mac. Restart and then pop the disc back in. Try to launch the game and see if works. Try this a few times and you might get lucky and find that it starts working again.
5. If you cannot get it to work, then you may wish to consider uninstalling the disc version of the game, then registering the game code on Origin so that you can download and install the digital version. This will not cost you any additional money because you already own a game code. Once you have installed a digital version of the game you will no longer need a disc (although you will instead have the potential hassle of using Origin).
I'm having the same problem with the Supernatural expansion. I own the disc and it says there is no disc when it's in there. There is a scratch on my disc but when I uninstalled it, it let me reinstall it. I uninstalled it again and tried to install it through Origin with my code but it says the code is in use. I want to uninstall all of my sims expansions but some of them are strictly downloaded through Origin (I have no disc for them) so I don't want to risk losing those because I no longer have access to those codes. Any ideas???
