I did a research that it is possible to transfer my sims DLC from my origin account to my steam account. Though I tried all ways they told me and I still can't seem to transfer it. I have a lot of dlc in my origin account but realized steam is much cheaper so I bought some items there since I learn that there's a possibility I can do that.Though the support said it's not possible and I got confused. So I was wondering if the support just didn't understand my question so he said it's not possible or is it not actually possible so I should just get a refund?

Hi Sims community,I am having trouble with the following issue and hopefully will find some help on here. I have recently brought The sims 4 on Steam and having difficulties in downloading my dlc that I have brought from the origin platform. I've read online that this is the case that you do not need to re buy the dlc again off the Steam store is this the case?Has anybody else had any similar issues regarding this matter? any help would be muchly appreciated.Kind Regards

@crinrict @I was able to get the steam sims 4 base game. I already have it upload and I already link my account but what I realized it when I started playing, it turned on and it says I had every of my dlc. After that I went to create another household and realized my dlc items in origin weren't in CAS and they weren't in build mode either. I don't know what to do and I tried emailing the support but they just repeated the same thing even though the question was different. What should I do? I uninstalled 5x to see if it's a glitch but it's still not working. I even deleted my origin and steam and reinstall but it wasn't working either

@jarzzie You can't transfer them so they show up on your steam account but the steam version is capable of recognizing your DLC from Origin so you see it when you play on Steam.You do need to re-buy the base game on Steam if you want to be able to have packs on steam. If you do that, install the steam version, connect your account and then you should see all content you have bought on Steam & Origin.Origin will still need to run in the background.

Ive had about half of the dlcs for like 2 years and they've all just disappeared, don't know if these two situations are similar or if anyone's had the same issue?

@jarzzie When I last tried it worked fine for me. Not sure if something has changed.Where is your DLC installed ? In the Origin or Steam installation folder ? AFAIR, for me everything was re-downloaded to the Steam one. Maybe they changed stuff.Don't have much time today but can do some re-testing tomorrow. EDIT: Moved this post to tech and merged another similar thread into it. Guess I def need to do some testing to see if something is wrong. @BeardedEchelon Do you get an error downloading or what happens in detail for you ?

Can I transfer my sims dlc to my steam account?

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crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@jarzzie You can't transfer them so they show up on your steam account but the steam version is capable of recognizing your DLC from Origin so you see it when you play on Steam.

You do need to re-buy the base game on Steam if you want to be able to have packs on steam. If you do that, install the steam version, connect your account and then you should see all content you have bought on Steam & Origin.

Origin will still need to run in the background.
BeardedEchelon
5 years ago
Hi Sims community,
I am having trouble with the following issue and hopefully will find some help on here. I have recently brought The sims 4 on Steam and having difficulties in downloading my dlc that I have brought from the origin platform. I've read online that this is the case that you do not need to re buy the dlc again off the Steam store is this the case?
Has anybody else had any similar issues regarding this matter? any help would be muchly appreciated.
Kind Regards
jarzzie
5 years ago
@crinrict @I was able to get the steam sims 4 base game. I already have it upload and I already link my account but what I realized it when I started playing, it turned on and it says I had every of my dlc. After that I went to create another household and realized my dlc items in origin weren't in CAS and they weren't in build mode either. I don't know what to do and I tried emailing the support but they just repeated the same thing even though the question was different. What should I do? I uninstalled 5x to see if it's a glitch but it's still not working. I even deleted my origin and steam and reinstall but it wasn't working either
Clucker29
5 years ago
Ive had about half of the dlcs for like 2 years and they've all just disappeared, don't know if these two situations are similar or if anyone's had the same issue?
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@jarzzie When I last tried it worked fine for me. Not sure if something has changed.

Where is your DLC installed ? In the Origin or Steam installation folder ? AFAIR, for me everything was re-downloaded to the Steam one. Maybe they changed stuff.

Don't have much time today but can do some re-testing tomorrow.

EDIT: Moved this post to tech and merged another similar thread into it. Guess I def need to do some testing to see if something is wrong.

@BeardedEchelon Do you get an error downloading or what happens in detail for you ?
AndyZhang2896
5 years ago
If I buy DLC on the Steam platform, can I access it through my Origin platform? I have a base game, a few EP and GP on Origin, but wanted to get a new DLC from Steam.
jarzzie
5 years ago
@crinrict I have it downloaded for both since my dlc at origin won't download at steam, And the dlc I got from steam will only install in steam and not origin even though I connected/linked my account. Though somehow i manage to download the dlc from steam to my origin platform but when I opened the app it says it was downloaded but somehow my other dlc from the origin platform disappeared from build mode and cas.
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@jarzzie Just build mode and CAS or do you also not have the game play ?
jarzzie
5 years ago
@crinrict Yeah I just realized no I don't, I tried playing in origin but I only had the items and gameplay that came with the dlc that I bought in origin. When I tried playing in sims 4 ins steam, it also only had the dlc I got from steam. I had both sims 4 game since it didn't merge into one base game. Is it supposed to be merge into 1 base game or am I supposed to have two. I tried only downloading one base game but if I didn't download the other one it would not put the dlc i got on the other game
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@jarzzie

My Origin shows both versions (NVM the Play Pro thing) but you should have both the Sims 4 and the Sims 4 Steam. DLC from Origin should work with the Steam version but DLC on Steam does not work with the Origin Version.

When I tested this when it first came out, it would always launch the version I've installed last. So if I installed Steam last, it launched the Steam version even if I clicked on the Origin Version (you can tell by turning off Steam, then starting the game. If Steam starts, it's the Steam version, if not, it's the Origin Version).

I will do some testing tomorrow to see if anything changed