play sims 3 without the disk
1. Installed sims 3 and ran off disk, ran fine for months and still does 2. Disk cracked at cener hole but still working 3. Talked to tech support and they set us up to run without the disk 4. Dow...
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What happens if you start the game from within Origin instead of the launcher ?
1. Start origin
2. Go to My Games
3. Cursor on The Sims 3 and pop up has Play button
4. Click that Origin Play button
5. Sims Launcher comes up
6. Click Play from Sims launcher and it gives the disk error
Did you actually uninstall the disc version and install the downlaod version ?
Any cd emulator software ?
Did not uninstall disk version. Will that cause game files to be deleted? My kid will not be happy if I lose her game files. Where do I get the download version to install? From the Origin app? From the Support site?
As far as I know, you need to uninstall the disc version and install the download one, yes. It's worth a try and no, you won't loose anything.
Make sure to make a backup of the folder in documents\electronicarts\thesims 3 (that's all your savegames and downloads and what else)
Here's a few tips:
- http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/03/faq-what-files-should-i-backup.html
- http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/02/tutorial-how-to-reinstall-the-game.html
You can then download the game from Origin and install that version. I'm not very Origin savy so I can't tell you exactly where that is and since it's late here, I'm calling it a night.
If you need more assistance I'm back online tomorrow (but remember I'm just a user like you and have nothing to do with EA).
