Sims 3 Won't Install Any Content
Hello everyone. I'm not sure this is the right place to put this, but I've already tried to get help on the Sims 3 forums. A lot of people are having this same issue, but no one has truly received an...
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Where did you get the invalid message ? On installing the game ? Did you use the code that was on Origin or do you have the disc and used that code ?
When I went to install the game it kept giving me an invalid code message. I've used the code for years, considering it's the code from the one I bought. I ended up having to use a code I found on yahoo answers, which some other people have had to do as well it seems. I would still like to know why I cannot use my own code, and how it is considered invalid now. The code I was using is from Origin, matching the one I registered my game with, but I couldn't use the disk because it's currently at my home. I'm on vacation right now. I suppose having to use another code isn't much of a solution, since it means I can't use my own copy. I think it's kind of stupid if others have had to do this too.
Was it after you used that code you found that you got issues with the Store content or before ?
Did you get the invalid message on the blue installation screen ? Is your code a DVD code or did you buy the base game on Origin ?
I feel like I confused you somewhere. The game was giving me the invalid code thing and still installing, each time. After I bought this new computer and tried to install the game through Origin. It was already registered, so I just used the code and downloaded from there. It would give me the invalid message even though that was my code, but it will install afterward. Through the whole time I was having the problems, I was using my code from Origin. It was a DVD code, and I would get the invalid message while on the blue install screen yea. The store content issue was while I was going through the invalid messages. I don't know if they're connected or not, but any time I tried to get in touch with help, aside from this, I was given the run-around. Hence why I had to go find a code to use even though I own the game. I'd really love to know why my code won't work.
See there's an issue with the codes for DVDs bought before Origin came out.
When did you buy the base game ? Is the code you have on the back of the manual/white sheet of paper the same as the one you have in Origin ? For me, the codes differe and I cannot use the one on Origin. It doesn't work with that one. The code on the back of the manual works perfectly.
I bought my game in 2009 and that was way before Origin. When they moved all stuff to Origin, they messed up with those codes.
So question is, could this scenario apply to you ?
