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11 years ago

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installing sims 3 onto a new computer?

So about a year ago i got the Sims 3 and isntalled it onto my home computer and my laptop with no problems. Now my home computer is very old (it was old when i installed the sims on it) and i want to...

technical issues

Anonymous
11 years ago
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you now need origin to play the game, install origin https://www.origin.com/en-us/download
I have my game on more tha one computer. My son and I both have same game installed on our own computers

scoots_magoots1

4 years ago

I have Origin and was able to install the expansion pack (Seasons), but it won't let me play until the original Sims is installed. I tried entering the code in, but I had already installed the code on another (old) computer and it won't let me register that same code on my new laptop... How can I get the game on my new computer since I am not going to be using it on my old computer??

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

4 years ago

@scoots_magoots13 Once a product code has been registered in Origin, it can't be used again. But you should be able to download the base game from whichever account you used to register Sims 3 in the first place. If you're not sure what account you used back then, contact EA customer support for help.

https://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/