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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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EA_Spectre
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13 years ago

If you download the base game and your expansions from Origin (which you should be able to do once you registered your games) you won't need the disc anymore to play.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I have to re-install all my sims i got the disk of TS3 and 2 expansions with it but what stops me from re-installing it all is that i have many, many expansions i bought as a download from origin. and i dont want to loose them. can you help?

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