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Anonymous
13 years ago

the sims 3 install from disk

maybee im missing somthing obviouis but my fiance and I just purchased the sims 3 plus seasons at our local target superstore. when we got hom and tryed to install it it forces origin to install and its trying to have me download the game from origins. If i wanted to get a digital copy i would not have gone out of my way to get the hard copy.ive check the disk files and the game is on it 6.9g of game files. I first tryed installing it on her laptop compaq cq56-115dx specs of-Processor AMD V series V140 / 2.3 GHz 

  • Memory 2 GB
  • Hard Drive 250 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
  • Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition
  • Display Type 15.6 in TFT active matrix
  • Max Resolution 1366 x 768 ( HD )
  • Graphics Processor ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 Shared video memory (UMA)
  • Optical Drive DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM

it forced origin and tryed downloading game. so i tryed it on my computer my is an Accer unknown model at this time but it has-

quad core processor

12g ram

500g hard drive

windows 7

and a dvd dl capable optical drive.

so please tell me why i canot istll from disk. simply put i wouldnt spend fifty buks to by a disk to download a digital copy when i can buy the digital copy for 20.

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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    From what I'm reading, you do need Origin now to install the game but the files should stll install from disc. Origin is just needed for the verification process. I could be wrong of course but I agree with you that a disc is completely useless if they make you download the game.

    I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with your computer. Does it actually say it's downloading the game or just that you need to install Origin ?  

    Could you describe the steps in more detail (i bough the disc when it came out and have no experience how it works now so a little step by step would help me understand and maybe I'll be able to help you (pics are always great but you'll need to upload those to an external picture sharing site and then link here).

    Maybe someone else that also just bought the disc version has more info but I would love to know how it all works now.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    i have installed origins.

    i insert the disk, it auto runs. shows sims 3/origins scree with install button, i click install, it installs origins, then i get a log in/ register window. so i registerd to origins and loged in, now i have" my games" and "store tabs". i select my games and it shows a picture of the game case and a download button. i tryed re insterting the disk and it opens the soms 3/ origin screen again i click install again and it starts instaling origins again...any thoughts greatly appreciated.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    also i have tryed opening the files on disk and runing sims3setup.exe, it starts the windows setup\installer but as soon as it is done preparing to lautch setup winow opens with no content just the border. and then it closes and origins installer opens.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    the same thing happens when i try to install it off the disc. the setup launches, and the bar at the bottom loads, but when it finishes loading, it extis and the origin installer screen opens and i have no idea how to install the game. this is very frustrating

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    thats when i try to open it from the sims3installer.exe, otherwise it opens straight to the origin install screen. i already have oirgin installed btw

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