Sims 4 won't install
I have downloaded the Sims 4 through Origin (after trying to install from disc didn't work) and it won't install. It downloads, finishes, then says it's installing but won't let me play after the ins...
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Had this problem for ages, was going into origin and then not doing anything? When origin is loaded click on the word origin in the top left hand corner, then click on add game. It will then ask you for the code which comes with your game. Enter this and then prepare for the wait as it downloads :-)
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I spent an entire day trying to figure out why the disc wasnt even trying to work, and then I was just exploring other options and found this. Incredibly poor execution on their part.
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Going to the Origin menu and Redeem the Product Code seems to have worked for me. It took 2 computers and 2 DVD drives to get this game to install. In an age of app stores, EA should be ashamed of releasing software with such an awful install mechanism that doesn't just work.
I just downloaded the $9.99 Black Friday 75%discount Sims 4 base-game via Origin because lets face it, I wasn't going to buy something s elemental for 60 dollars... It downloaded... But now it can't install! It just sends a beam of light across the bar (is this fishing?) until it gives me an error message, something about a VC++ run-time redistributable package wasn't instilled successfully... and codes the message with "1602" at the end... They don't sell discs anymore and frankly, I think downloading is better and more secure and they're ceasing to build CD drives in newer gaming computers anyway... There is no code that I know of to enter into origin because it is a DOWNLOAD... If I can't fix this, then I'm going to have to consider it to be some kind of theft... too many people are having this problem and as a person who has called The Sims their favorite game since Sims 1 as a five year old, it would be really sad to have to talk to a lawyer about the many thousands of dollars made on a product that isn't...well... a product... I want to see the Sims 5 some day so please... please help me with this!
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