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SimSizzle's avatar
SimSizzle
5 years ago

Can we play Sims 2 UC without Origin

Here's my situation:

I bought most of the Sims 2 disc, all except Pets and Uni

EA gifted us Sims 2 Ultimate Collection in 2014.

Sims 2 Ultimate Collection includes Fun with Pets and University

I have that installed on my machine, but I took Origin off my machine.


Earlier today I was trying to get Sims 2 Apartment Life with the disc to play but it kept crashing, and I navigated to Sims 2 Ultimate Collection to make sure it was still on my machine

and it is.

When I tried to click on the .exe for fun with Pets it asked for ownership verification, so I signed into my Origin account on one of my other machines and got the

disc verification number, and put that in.  It worked but it didn't include Pets or University.

Is having Origin installed the only way to play Sims 2 Ultimate Collection in full ?

EA did say a long time ago we can put these games on 5 machines, just took Origin off this one.

4 Replies

  • SimSizzle's avatar
    SimSizzle
    5 years ago

    Do I have to buy Sims 2 University and Fun with Pets in disc format to be able to play those two games included in Sims 2 Ultimate Collection I was gifted by EA in 2014 ?

  • Tremayne4260's avatar
    Tremayne4260
    Hero
    5 years ago

    @SimSizzle , if you own Sims 2 UC, you will have to play it with Origin installed. In order to play on disk, you'd need to uninstall the game as it is currently only recognizing the game as Sims 2 UC and not Sims 2 on disk.

  • SimSizzle's avatar
    SimSizzle
    5 years ago

    TreMayne, ty for taking the time out to answer my question.

    I'll play it on the other machine. It does have Origin and Sims 2 UC.

    But I do own University because EA gifted it to me in 2014 with Sims 2 UC

    I used to have Origin in this machine but I removed it.

    I just find it strange that the game was unlocked by using the cd verification code from Origin on the other machine associated with Sims 2 UC which has all

    the Sims 2 games, but it didn't unlock the whole game on this machine but Sims 2 UC complete is installed on this machine too.

  • Tremayne4260's avatar
    Tremayne4260
    Hero
    5 years ago

    @SimSizzle , that is odd. I know that if you have Origin installed and own Sims 2 UC, you can install it on other computers. 

    If you need any more help, just ask. 🙂 Mate54 and I are usually around.

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