Redeemed the 20-digit Humble Bundle codes through Origin

I've activated 16 digit code. 

today I went to the humble bundle page to get the 20 digit code and activating the game again followed the instruction. But the game code on my Origin client didn't update.

Yes i got the wrong 16 digit that dident work, i waited a day and now i got the new code with 20 digits and... suprise, dosent work....

Cmon EA get your game on or give me the code to redeem on steam. yes they are better, just surrender plz.

Mines worse. I got the 20 digit activation code by going to the Info of Sims 3 in my games but that is now an invalid product code.

I just want to say, I only ever had BF 3 direct through Origin prior this. I have never had so much trouble getting a game working before. Fair enough, this is for charity and I am thankful but at the same time, this is a charity PR exercise that has seriously backfired.

The origin client rebooted my PC, consistently crashed. I reinstalled it. Even that was a drama. It was going to take 1 hr to just download the Originthin setup direct from EA. I ended up downloading the latest version of the Origin client from a 3rd party site. That worked. I then still got the download looping so I had to search the wonderful EA forums again (after waiting 1 hr for an online customer support chat who had no idea and told me to just reinstall the client) and use a different INI file. 

Finally got Sims 3 downloaded and it installed without any help from me.

And now I cannot go Online with the game due to the 20 digit product code, (which was automatically known by the product) now being invalid.

I cannot use the "Solved" instructions to fix this because when I get to the bit to enter my HB 16 digit code, that's been used.

Furthermore, I was downloading DS3 last night, went to bed, wokeup to an Origin client that had frozen again. I had to kill the process to get it going again.

Origin is a Joke!!!!!

If you purchased the Humble Bundle like I did which has Sims 3, High End Loft and Late Night.. The codes are listed under Origin, not Steam. That's where you could be going wrong.

I suggest (and could be wrong, complete newcomer to Sims and Origin):

1: http://www.origin.com/create - To create an EA/Origin account, its also up to you if you want to download the Origin client. I recommend doing so.

2: http://www.thesims3.com - Sign in using your EA/Origin account, then register The Sims 3 using your code (this code is unredeemable via Origin client)

3: In the Origin client, now add the other two Sims codes under Games>Redeem Code. Once you have done this, you may need to refresh/reload your games library.

4: Download and install whichever registered Sims games you want to via Origin.

You can also register your Sims games via the website instead of the Origin Client but as for downloading the product I wouldn't know without having the Origin client installed.

PS. On your humble Bundle page, click "Steam Codes" to redeem what games are avaliable for Steam.

Hope this helped, good luck.

lol, no. i have origin, i got all games on origin (but the sims) and the games steam was enable on steam as well. took me 20 sec for all games on steam, and 3 hours for origin games. They sell the sims on steam, so why not a serial code for steam as well?
both my 16 digit and my new 20 digit the sims 3 wont work, but the 2 expasion packs worked.

Solved. Read in another thread to go back to the original HB email 'Your Humble Bundle order is ready"

And follow your unique link and you will now have a new valid 20 digit product code. Then go to the Sims site to register there. It worked!!!

So, in the excitement of getting such a good deal on some amazing games, I quickly punched all of my codes into origin and claimed them.

Now I read that you must redeem the codes for the Sims 3 on their website (thesims3.com)...

Is this going to cause me any issues, if so how can they be fixed??

Appologies if I'm not meant to double post but...

I have also just read that the Tech Team are working to fix 'the issue'.

What exactly does this mean for me?

Hey,

I have the exact same problem, but only with the late night expansion and the stuff pack (already had the base game). Where did you read they are looking into the problem?

First problem:

It's normal we rushed and redeemed them on Origin, as the keys are listed as "Origin Keys" on the humble bundle site, and only if you click on a link with instructions you see that those keys are for thesims3.com page. I don't usually need instructions to redeem a HumbleBundle key or any other key as it's a pretty straightforward process, so I just redeemed them on the origin client.

Second problem:

If those keys are meant to be used on thesims3.com site, why does the Origin client accept them? The system should be bidirectional, if I activate a sims game on Origin, it should appear on thesims3.com page too.

Third problem:
Once a key is activated via origin, thesims3.com page says the key is invalid, so it's not possible to activate it there too.

The outcome of activating the games directly on origin is that we get no credit for having the games in the sims3.com page. So I guess that no achievements and other stuff about the games will show there. Don't know if further issues may appear in the future.

Let's hope for a solution and sorry I can't help.

i recently bought a humble bundle, and i was hyped to play Sims 3 but as it turns out i redemmed my 20 digit code and i refreshed my games, i checked the purchase history and nope, ... im getting really irritated please help - Arturo