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Proteus-846
13 years ago
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If I buy a Sims 3 Expansion Pack in Origin as a Download, can I play with out a disc even though the base game uses a disc?

I own the Sims 3 in disc form from when it first came out, but I don't have any Expansion Packs. If I purchase one digitally in Origin, can I play the game without a disc? Right now, I can only play ...
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    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    since it installs locally to your hard drive, you shouldn't need the CD unless you want to make a clean re-install or something. Keep it handy (and the serial code) but your downloads should run normally inside the original Sims game. 

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Anonymous
10 years ago

this is very old but: well the base game is on origin but i have all the other sims 3 games on a disc. (origin on my mac). so if i download the discs on my mac, do i need to download the sims 3 base game on disc or can i just  have the base game on origin and the rest expansion packs like seasons etc on disc. would it work?

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rumbutter
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago

if you haven't already downloaded and installed the base game you will need to do that , otherwise NONE of the store items/expansion/stuff packs will work as they need the base game installed in order to work

if you do have the base game downloaded and installed then yeah you can install your disk pack's and play from your newest installed released game

for example i have  the base game , pets ,seasons since seasons is my newest one i will play from that one (the rest combine for playing)

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