Sims 3 disappeared from EA app
When I started my PC this morning, my whole TS3 installation with all packs had disappeared from my EA app library. When I try to start the game from the desktop icon, the app says I have no access. ...
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Thank you for your help!
Here is what I tried without success:
- deleting the game and installing it again from the "new" copies on the EA app
- deleting the download folder
- clearing the cache of Edge & Chrome
- setting a new password without exclamation marks
- turning off my Norton firewall
This is what happens:
- The game itself with all packs seems to run fine.
- The previously installed store worlds couldn't be selected any more. Opening an old save in these worlds resulted in a black screen and a "severe loading error".
- If I try to download something from my store purchase history, the launcher opens and a "membership" login window pops up. This window never accepts my password.
- If I try to install store content from the old downloaded files on my computer, the process begins but fails at the end.
- It makes no difference if I install store content directly from the store or from the download dashboard within in game.
TBH the end of TS3 doesn't bother me too much, BUT I'm nevertheless scared that a hiccup of the EA app can destroy a 1000-€ game.
What if this happens to TS4? These technical problems are so difficult even to DESCRIBE, that there is no hope in the German customer service that barely speaks German.
@alanmichael1 The other suggestion I have is testing in a new admin Windows account (a local one) to see whether the Store content cooperates there. Aside from that, let's see whether anyone from EA has ideas.
As for Sims 4, its entitlements are somewhat less obscure and finicky, so hopefully this won't be a problem for a while at least. I do know the entitlements were reconfigured to some degree to be more compatible with the EA App as well.
Problem solved. Tonite I simply tried it again without further changes and the store worked like a charm. I have all my worlds back and can play with them. I'm so happy I could cry.
PS1: Guess my new computer next year will have a Ryzen processor then.
PS2: I own 22 pages of store content. Am I crazy 🤒?
@alanmichael1 That's great to hear, especially because the person I asked didn't see anything on your account that needed fixing.
I personally have [mumbles] pages of Store content, so no, you're not crazy.
Thanks for asking somebody ❤️
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