Downloaded and installed the new EA Desktop app as prompted, but it refuses to load my Sms 3 game. I get as far as the splash screen, then it promptly exits to the desktop. Non of the usual solutions made any difference, so I had to uninstall the EA Desktop thingy and reinstall Origin, and my Sims 3 game load just fine. Anyone else having this issue?
"Nikkei_Simmer;c-18206480" wrote: Did you try this? https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Game_guide:Getting_store_content_to_work_with_the_Steam_version_of_The_Sims_3
...and I believe @igazor went through the same problem...in terms of being able to re-download the items from store.
@igazor: When switching from Origin to Steam, EA Store content would need to be re-downloaded and re-installed from Purchase History on the TS3 store site. Custom content, if you have that as well, should be fine as it is.
What I did when I made this switch not long ago, after confirming that my already installed EA Store content was useless on Steam, was to pull out all of the ebc files from the DCCache Folder. These are the actual store content installs. The dbc files can stay, those are custom content. Then I was able to download and re-install all of my purchased content from scratch. It was an annoying surprise, but only took a few hours to get through it all. Others may take longer depending on their Internet connection or how much content they own.
If you already have copies of your downloaded Store content saved elsewhere, you may not need to download them all again. Or it's worth a try to re-install a few of them that way, at least, to see if it works for you.
I didn't have any .ebc files in my folder as I didn't copy my store items over. Just my saves. So I was completely reinstalling EVERYTHING. And the launcher keeps saying "Sorry you do not own this item."
@GraceyManor - Sorry you had trouble getting your purchases to download. Glad you finally got things working. If you haven't done so already, now might be a good time to back-up all of your purchases, this way you can avoid any future issues with the store.
"mw1525;c-18206548" wrote: @GraceyManor - Sorry you had trouble getting your purchases to download. Glad you finally got things working. If you haven't done so already, now might be a good time to back-up all of your purchases, this way you can avoid any future issues with the store.
I do have a back up but those didn't work either :(
"mw1525;c-18206548" wrote: @GraceyManor - Sorry you had trouble getting your purchases to download. Glad you finally got things working. If you haven't done so already, now might be a good time to back-up all of your purchases, this way you can avoid any future issues with the store.
I do have a back up but those didn't work either :(
I now have a love/hate relationship with my sims3 store content. I have managed to download it all, some from a back up disc and some from the website. However in order for it to show up in my game I usually have to restart the game at least once sometimes more. When I downloaded from my purchase history/store I did notice at times I had to double click the item/set/world in order for it to show up on launcher. Also had better luck having game open then open launcher and website then download. Items would then install. To be honest its a real pain and takes away the fun most times. It has to be the launcher as I run sims4 and 2 from the app with no problem.
"mw1525;c-18206548" wrote: @GraceyManor - Sorry you had trouble getting your purchases to download. Glad you finally got things working. If you haven't done so already, now might be a good time to back-up all of your purchases, this way you can avoid any future issues with the store.
I do have a back up but those didn't work either :(
I now have a love/hate relationship with my sims3 store content. I have managed to download it all, some from a back up disc and some from the website. However in order for it to show up in my game I usually have to restart the game at least once sometimes more. When I downloaded from my purchase history/store I did notice at times I had to double click the item/set/world in order for it to show up on launcher. Also had better luck having game open then open launcher and website then download. Items would then install. To be honest its a real pain and takes away the fun most times. It has to be the launcher as I run sims4 and 2 from the app with no problem.
The Launcher was designed to use Internet Explorer and that has now been retired. I think the functionality of IE is now in some other browser, possibly Chrome but I'm not sure. This is possibly what is causing all the issues with the Launcher lately.
"mw1525;c-18206548" wrote: @GraceyManor - Sorry you had trouble getting your purchases to download. Glad you finally got things working. If you haven't done so already, now might be a good time to back-up all of your purchases, this way you can avoid any future issues with the store.
I do have a back up but those didn't work either :(
I now have a love/hate relationship with my sims3 store content. I have managed to download it all, some from a back up disc and some from the website. However in order for it to show up in my game I usually have to restart the game at least once sometimes more. When I downloaded from my purchase history/store I did notice at times I had to double click the item/set/world in order for it to show up on launcher. Also had better luck having game open then open launcher and website then download. Items would then install. To be honest its a real pain and takes away the fun most times. It has to be the launcher as I run sims4 and 2 from the app with no problem.
The Launcher was designed to use Internet Explorer and that has now been retired. I think the functionality of IE is now in some other browser, possibly Chrome but I'm not sure. This is possibly what is causing all the issues with the Launcher lately.
I can actually use IE via Edge now for sims 3 site but things still keep disappearing but I agree its the launcher. Now my launcher has a blank welcome screen one moment then a message its under maintenance another. LOL At least I can keep going to Appaloosa to play my game. just sometimes store content loads sometimes not.
