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Anonymous
9 years ago
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How do I make Create-A-World recognize Sims 3 in Steam?

I purchased & installed Sims 3 via Steam. However when I try to install CAW it just says that I "must have base game installed"...I DO! How do I make stupid CAW recognize the install? I'm not int...
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roberta591
Hero (Retired)
9 years ago

@ShojoDaggerYou need to patch the pc version of the Sims 3 to version 1.69. This patch is only available through Origin. The patch 1.69 changes the structure of the game among other things. The game will continue to play as is. Your game has to be version 1.69 to add new DLC. You need to contact Steam support about how they want to handle this.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

After I posted this question I then lost track of it, sorry.

I did find a solution, on the Steam forums. CAW can be installed with Sims on Steam with a simple registry tweak.

Here is the link to the tweak instructions, for anyone else having this problem.  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=277022926

I was also pointed to this page explaining how to switch a Sim game over to Origin.  http://ts3tutorials.forumotion.com/t130-steam-installation-and-caw-by-littleminxundr#244

Personally, switching to Origin was an unacceptable solution to me. Others may want to switch to it however.

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