@mw1525My guess is your problem has to do with DRM and a couple of side issues. As I'm guessing I will not go into detail. Version 1.69 of the Sims 3 game runs under Windows 11. The problem here is your not running the game as prescribed by the publisher. You do not own this software. What you paid for is a license to use the software. Please read the EULA. The DRM has changed since this games release. I'm not going to bore you with the history. With a new version on the horizon this may have something to do with recent changes (one of my guesses). There have been several store patches that may solve your issue. The EA app installs the game differently then Origin. What worked under Origin may (or may not) work under the EA app. If this is a DRM issue then I don't think EA support is going to be much help. They probably don't know and even if they did they probably won't tell you. I once had a conversation with Will Wright about the DRM used in SimCity. Long time ago I belonged to a computer user group. If there was new software you can bet that before the end of the meeting everyone had a copy of it. The basic reason I don't run the game the way you do is that the disc version installs SecuROM which is a rootkit. It's not easy to get rid of and it is not longer supported by Microsoft or Apple. I now have the game installedthe way EA wants users to run the game and it works. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Good luck with your issue.
