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EntityofDesire
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago

Patch "Install" status as of Dec 2017 & store patch download removed.

Having had issues where my Sims 3 launcher wasn't properly downloading patches as of December 2017, I recently re-installed my OS on a formatted drive and re-installed the Sims 3 from disc. This is w...
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igazor
8 years ago
"IreneSwift;c-16343327" wrote:
Do we need the store patch reinstalled every time we buy new store content? There are items I would still like to buy eventually, but there is no way I'm going to have my game tied to Origin and have it run in the background when I play.

No, the patches are the same for everyone and they hadn't been updated since Feb 2013. The file just needs to be present in the ContentPatch folder, it appears to be read during startup on Patches 1.67 and below.

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