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9 years ago
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My Sims 3 game updated after 3 years of no updating.

My Sims 3 game updated after 3 years of no updating and I now can't reinstall store content. It says to get the latest update even though it had a weird 2017 update. I tried repairing my game and then trying to reinstall it and it says the same thing. My Custom Content remains but the items I bought in game now won't install even though they were installed at one point.

  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
    9 years ago

    @SulfuricYZ490 It may be possible you have to redownload the items for the store. I think (not sure) that the store items were upgraded when the game was migrated to Origin. My game went through several patches when it migrated to Origin and I'm not sure what each patch did. Try deleting one item and redownload the item and see if you can make it work.

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  • There is no new version that I can see and the game does appear in Origin.

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    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    9 years ago

    @SulfuricYZ490  Does the launcher open? The version is in the lower left of the launcher. If the game is in the launcher then the game should be at version 1.69. The Sim 3 used to push updates (patches) and then there was the 1.67 manual super patch (the patch of all patches). Where the items you bought in game in the purchase history of the sims 3 store at thesims3.com?

  • No I am using the Origin version and I'm having issues with in-game store content like outfits and home objects. Not Custom Content but actual Maxis made buyable content.

  • No they are shown as  before installed and needing installed but when I install them it says on the after assessment that there was an error in installing and that I need to make sure to have downloaded the latest updates which I obviously have.

  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    9 years ago

    @SulfuricYZ490 It may be possible you have to redownload the items for the store. I think (not sure) that the store items were upgraded when the game was migrated to Origin. My game went through several patches when it migrated to Origin and I'm not sure what each patch did. Try deleting one item and redownload the item and see if you can make it work.

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