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2 years ago
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Switching to Steam - Can I still use Store content I bought?

I want to buy the complete The Sims 3 collection on Steam to, in all honesty, avoid the EA App and the endless barage of issues that periodically crop up while using it, which cause me to spend way t...
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    puzzlezaddict
    2 years ago

    @username12333  You can use your existing Store content in a Steam install.  You'll need to register at least the base game product code you receive from Steam, or else the Store won't know that the Steam install of Sims 3 belongs to you.  But you should get 1000 SimPoints for the base game plus another 1000 for World Adventures, so it's convenient to do so anyway.  You do not need to link your Steam and EA accounts.

    You'll also need to download and install fresh copies of all your Store items.  I'd suggest starting with a clean Sims 3 folder, installing your Store items, then moving over whatever you want to keep from the old folder.  But if that's too much hassle, at least delete all the .ebc files in DCCache, plus everything in DCBackup including ccmerged.package—you'll want the game to create a fresh ccmerged as you reinstall the Store content.

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2 years ago

@username12333  You can use your existing Store content in a Steam install.  You'll need to register at least the base game product code you receive from Steam, or else the Store won't know that the Steam install of Sims 3 belongs to you.  But you should get 1000 SimPoints for the base game plus another 1000 for World Adventures, so it's convenient to do so anyway.  You do not need to link your Steam and EA accounts.

You'll also need to download and install fresh copies of all your Store items.  I'd suggest starting with a clean Sims 3 folder, installing your Store items, then moving over whatever you want to keep from the old folder.  But if that's too much hassle, at least delete all the .ebc files in DCCache, plus everything in DCBackup including ccmerged.package—you'll want the game to create a fresh ccmerged as you reinstall the Store content.

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    username12333
    2 years ago

    Ok, so I just need to redeem the Steam base game registration code using my extant TS3 (Origin) account to be able to download the purchased Store items into the new install, got it. Thank you! 

    That said, they seem to have removed the reduced sale price from the Sims 3 Ultimate Collection on Steam, and I am reluctant to pay almost 200€ for content I pretty much own already (most EPs, at least), so I will not be going through with this, at least until they bring down the price again.

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