I've supposedly managed to download Late Night and the stuff pack now, they're highlighted on the bottom bar of the Sims 3 launcher, but now I get a prompt about a "licensing issue" regarding the game whenever I try to press the play button (again, throught the Sims 3 launcher, not Origin). So now I can't start the game at all.
@maddew123 Please post a screenshot of the error. I don't recognize it, so it would be good to see its exact presentation.
This is the error message!
It's in Norwegian but it translates to:
A problem(/an issue) occured during the validation of your ownership of the game. Please confirm your game registration key and reinstall the game.
Sims 3 is stuck on "finalizing" in the Origin client as well. I've deleted the cache several times, turned my macbook on and off, and logged into my account through the Sims 3 client but it just sends me to the Origin client again and then nothing happens.
@maddew123 The finalizing issue can usually be fixed by repairing the game: open your Origin game library, right-click on the Sims 3 icon, and select Repair. If that doesn't help, run the Origin reset tool and repair again.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/origin/origin/how-to-reset-origin-on-mac/
I really do think the underlying issue here is that you don't own the packs you're trying to play. Again, there's no mechanism to validate ownership of EA Play content in macOS, because that content isn't supposed to work in macOS. If repairing doesn't help, and you want to play on your Mac, try playing only the base game: uninstall the entire thing through Origin, run the Origin reset tool (again), and download the base game without the packs.
