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12 years ago

Run Sims 3 without Origin

This happens a lot and I'm getting tired of it. I strongly dislike how sim 3 makes me have to use origin to play the game and it gets on my nerves. Especially when I'm in places where I don't have wifi and origin won't let me log in without wifi and it kinda kills my whole weekend when I can't play sims 3 just because origin won't let me. Is there anyway I can go past the origin application and just click on the sims 3 shortcut and the game's dashboard will appear which actually allows me to play offline? Please and thank you.

technical issues

93 Replies

royalt48
7 years ago
All of mine were disc and I'm having the same issue... Looks like everything is fine but then I get and error message saying " unfortunately some 3 has stopped working" before it has even started... Help please. Do I need Windows to run it because I had it on a previous dinosaur of a Dell laptop with no internet and no windows and Sims were perfect.
Jadekeely
7 years ago
see i have the disc and everything it still wont let me play without origin,it annoying
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
7 years ago
@Jadekeely The only way you can install from disc and play without Origin is if you own disc copies of every pack you want to install, and if your base game disc was manufactured before September 2012. The later ones will force you to install Origin first and allow it to manage your TS3 install; there's no way around this requirement.

To find out which version your base game disc is, you can check the copyright date on the back, in the fine print. The version that requires Origin will also have an Origin logo on it, as well as a banner across the top that says "go social" or something like that.