Install sims 3 expansions but run base on origin
I have recently bought a sims 3 expansion and stuff pack but the codes were used, so I'm wondering can I install the expansions on disc and still use my origin copy of S ims 3?
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@XTraSWEPizzaHere This does work some of the time, and other times it does not, as in, Origin will only sometimes recognize the packs as installed and valid. So you'll just need to try it for yourself.
If you need to uninstall the packs, use the manual method here:
https://help.ea.com/en/help/the-sims/the-sims-3/manually-uninstalling-the-sims-3/
@puzzlezaddict Hey, should have mentioned this but when reading the disc it doesn't detect my sims 3 and doesn't continue
@XTraSWEPizzaHere You could try moving the Sims 3 program files to the location a disc would expect. Create a folder inside Program Files (x86) called Electronic Arts. Open Origin, right-click on the Sims 3 icon, and select Move Game, then choose that Electronic Arts folder, and Origin will move the files for you and adjust some other necessary pointers. Then try installing via disc again.
However, the problem may not be the game's install location but rather the registry entries, which look different in an Origin install than they do in a disc install. If this is the issue, then there's unfortunately nothing you can do here.
If you're still interested in buying more Sims 3 content, look for Origin to have a sale either the week of Black Friday or during the winter holidays. Steam may also have a sale on Sims 3 content; you'd need to rebuy the base game as well, but for only $5 (U.S.) extra, it comes out cheaper if you're buying several packs at once.
- @puzzlezaddict I have contacted EA support and got to talk with someone that didn't understand but they said I can't even install the disc no mattter what I do, so I guess I paid for paperweights
@XTraSWEPizzaHere Your disc should have come with an activation code. When Sims 3 was released the disc contained SecuROM and SafeDisc DRM. When Windows 10 was released both Windows and IOS dropped support for SecuROM and SafeDisc and the default DRM became Origin. After you get the download version from Origin there is no install limit and you no longer need a disc in the optical drive to play.
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