Forum Discussion

Karmatic1992's avatar
2 years ago
Solved

Pets stuck on preparing

Glad some people are able to fix theirs, I have had Pets for a long time and now it is having the same problem and not downloading. Very frustrating going through hours of posts, trying everything suggested including things like run EA app as admin, from the video like "try installing direct x and Microsoft visual c++" which also hasn't worked. Hoping someone from EA can fix my game not downloading, stuck under "preparing" then getting the error after 2 minutes of preparing to download, now isn't even allowing the download to attempt to start after confirming to try and start downloading. 

  • Hi @Karmatic1992 

    I've split your post off into it's own thread. 

    It sounds like you only have the Mac 64-bit versions of Pets on your account- if you're now playing on PC, you'll also need the PC version of these packs in order to install and access your content.

    Live support can help get the PC version of your this pack added to your account, please contact live support from the help site here so they can take a look with you. I'd also recommend you attach this AHQ conversation when you reach out there so live support has further information to reference. 

3 Replies

  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    Hi @Karmatic1992 

    I've split your post off into it's own thread. 

    It sounds like you only have the Mac 64-bit versions of Pets on your account- if you're now playing on PC, you'll also need the PC version of these packs in order to install and access your content.

    Live support can help get the PC version of your this pack added to your account, please contact live support from the help site here so they can take a look with you. I'd also recommend you attach this AHQ conversation when you reach out there so live support has further information to reference. 

  • I have been on windows PC the entire time I have owned the game. Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 as well which I am using right now. I don't do mac for my own reasons. Not a fan. Not to mention I have had it on my PC for 3 months I uninstalled because I wanted to move it to my NVME on Saturday. This Saturday like 2 days ago, Saturday and now it won't install again. So I don't know why nor what is going on with it.  But it definitely was not a mac version or i would of never been able to have it installed on my Windows PC from the EA app since now cant use origin anymore.Not sure when it would of changed to mac if it did change

  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    @Karmatic1992 

    Please reach out to live support and have them check that you have the proper entitlements on your account- this isn't something we can check for over the forums as we don't have access to your account information. 

About The Sims 3 Technical Issues

Get help with issues in The Sims 3 from fellow Simmers.83,370 PostsLatest Activity: 5 months ago