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puzzlezaddict
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4 years ago

Re: Will I be able to transfer all my Sims 4 DLCs to Steam from Origin???

@lihhital  You won't be able to use any of your Steam-owned content in macOS.  So it's probably easiest to just create a new Origin account and buying whatever you'd like to play on your Mac.  I mean, you could also buy codes for all the Sims 4 content you want elsewhere and register everything in Origin, but that could be more expensive than buying directly from Origin.

If this Mac has an Intel processor, you could instead partition the drive and install Windows on one side.  This is known as Bootcamping, and the idea is that you boot into the OS you want to use and run it natively either way, with no performance hit from virtualization.  A standalone Windows 10 license is probably cheaper than rebuying all your Sims 4 content anyway, especially if you find an older version on Amazon—since you only need the product key, you don't care if the install medium is from c. 2017.  Bootcamp is not available on M1 Macs though.

Your saves and other user data can be transferred between installs, accounts, or computers, so all of that should be fine no matter what you do as long as you use the same packs for the saves.  Trying to load a save without a pack present that the save formerly used could corrupt the save, or it might not load at all.

By the way, is there a reason you want to play on a Mac now?  Depending on the hardware of the Mac and Windows PC in question, you might be better off, in terms of performance, just sticking with Windows.

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  • lihhital's avatar
    lihhital
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    4 years ago

    @puzzlezaddict     Thank you so much for your answer!

    The reason why I want to play it on a Mac is that my main computer is a Mac, and this whole time I've been just playing the game on another computer that is not 100% mine. I didn't know that you can play the Sims 4 on a Mac when I bought the game on Steam (should've just done some research first and bought it on Origin in the first place lol), but luckily, I only bought the digital deluxe (kind of like base game) and haven't bought any extra stuff yet, and it was on sale, so it was not too expensive. And also, there's a sale in Origin for now as well, so I thought it would be a good chance to switch over. 

    I also thought about unlinking my Steam account from my EA account, buying another copy on Origin and then linking the Steam account back. Hopefully in that way I will have the game on both platforms. Would that work? Would the content be in sync (since I'm only buying the digital deluxe as well)? 

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    puzzlezaddict
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    4 years ago

    @lihhital  Unlinking and relinking your Steam account probably wouldn't work.  There's apparently a long waiting period (maybe six months?) to link another account, and I would guess it would apply to linking the same one again.  So you'll need another approach.

    It's possible you'll find the game on sale from some other digital retailer, in which case you could simply buy the product code and register it within Origin.  Here's a list of authorized vendors:

    https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/where-to-buy-ea-games-v2/

    Or you could create a new Origin account, buy Sims 4 in it, and then have it merged with your current account.  This is a bit of a pain, as you need to go through EA customer support, but you'd get a copy of the game right now at the current sale price.

    Or, I guess, you could ask EA customer support to remove Sims 4 from your Origin account so you can buy a new copy.  This might be the easiest approach of all, but it also requires explaining the situation to a support rep.

    Regardless of how you approach this, you'll be able to use your saves and other user content on your Mac.  You do need to transfer the files manually—they aren't stored on EA servers—but that's as simple as moving any other files from one computer to another.

  • 6sanpen5p132's avatar
    6sanpen5p132
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    3 years ago

    Hey my problem is that I play the game on EA and I want to buy the StrangerVille pack in steam and I didn’t install the game on steam so if I buy it the pack gonna work on EA??

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    puzzlezaddict
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    3 years ago

    @6sanpen5p132  No, you'd need to uninstall the EA App version of Sims 4 and install the Steam version instead.  You could then download all the packs you own from the EA App, and they'd work with the Steam install.  But if you buy Strangerville in Steam, it will only work with a Steam install.

    Strangerville is the same price in Steam and the EA App, or at least it is in my region, so it would be a lot easier to just buy the pack from the EA App.

  • ohwowlauren's avatar
    ohwowlauren
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    2 years ago

    How do you download the dlcs from the ea app and then put them in steam? i’ve been trying to figure it out but i have no idea how to

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    puzzlezaddict
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    2 years ago

    @ohwowlauren  When you've installed Sims 4 through Steam, sign into the EA App, open your game library, click Sims 4, select Manage > Manage Add-ons, and click Download next to the names of any packs you own through the EA App.  To be clear, you're not downloading the Sims 4 base game, only the packs.

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