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Anonymous
12 years ago
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Sims 3 Installation offline

How do I install the Sims 3 without the Internet? And without Origin? I have a PC, windows 8. Also Origin is on my computer, I just don't see the purpose of using it for installation. Or the purpose o...
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    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    was having the same problem too. but figured it out!

    1. install origin and set up/login to account.

    2. cancel the sims 3 download in origin.

    3. restart computer and open origin to make sure the sims 3 is NOT downloading.

    4. with origin opened, go to my computer, right click DVD drive, and open.

    5. choose autorun.

    follow the steps of installation as before but, this time it will ask for language, like it should do, and SHOULD say copying instead of downloading.

    then the install screen for the sims 3 should pop up and your ready to go!

    hope this helps you like it helped me.

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
11 years ago

was having the same problem too. but figured it out!

1. install origin and set up/login to account.

2. cancel the sims 3 download in origin.

3. restart computer and open origin to make sure the sims 3 is NOT downloading.

4. with origin opened, go to my computer, right click DVD drive, and open.

5. choose autorun.

follow the steps of installation as before but, this time it will ask for language, like it should do, and SHOULD say copying instead of downloading.

then the install screen for the sims 3 should pop up and your ready to go!

hope this helps you like it helped me.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

That didn't work for us here either. Every single time we try to install from disc, it forces us into Origin and waits for us to click the game download link. Then, of course, Origin's downloader sits on the files (which are on the local disc) and gives us the "...is waiting for permission to download ..." *. Well, if it's waiting for permission, why isn't it asking windows to give me a "click yes" pop up message? And seriously, why can't we install from the disc and THEN log on to Origin to verify the game and do some updates? Either way some genius is going to crack the code and put pirate copies out there. The only people you are making it hard for are those of us that support you by ACTUALLY paying for the game. FRUSTRATION MOUNTING.... going back to Sims 2 on the PS2, because it doesn't make me download files I already have a physical copy of to play the game. If anybody figures out how to get this abominable "security feature" bypassed for us, please post! 

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