How To Stop Update?

Best thing to do is to set your game to offline mode now. Turn off automatic updates is one step but as soon as the game knows there's a patch, it usually wants to update.

So, best to login now, then turn Origin to offline mode.

Be aware that if you want to buy the pack on Friday, you'll need the patch. Hopefully a lot of mods are updated by then though.

I found it and have gone offline. :)

I'm looking at my Origin account now, but don't see the option to go offline?

Much as I'd like some of the patch features, I want my mods more.

I have disabled the wi-fi on the computer I play sims in entirely. I do my uni work on a laptop and I will basically only be using that during the week anyway. If you won’t use the computer you play sims on for anything else during the week, that’s an option to make sure it really doesn’t update before you want it too. I plan on enabling it again on Friday when I’m getting Get Famous. Will have to wait a few extra days for terrain tools and such, but hopefully some mods will have been patched already.