Sims 2 Store Edition requires an installed copy of The Sims2. Please install the Sims 2 before...

pjericksim

Okay... I know this must have been answered 1000's of times over since EA dropped support for TS2, but I recently decided to return for some nostalgic gameplay.

How do you install TS2 without support from EA? EA recognizes I own the rights to the game because it's available for me to download from Origin, but when I go to install TS2 Store Edition [tried downloading the install file into a \folder] it tells me, "This product requires an installed copy of TS2. Please install TS2 before installing this product." What???

If I can get past this hurdle, I'll face another one: I have all the expansion packs and stuff packs... How can I install them when the original CD's required online verification that is no longer supported?

pjericksim

pjericksim wrote: »

[tried downloading the install file into a 'D' drive folder]

Cinebar

Forget all that. If you are just looking for all the content then Garden of Shadows site has everything from that edition.

pjericksim

@Cinebar: No, I need a complete re-install to begin with.
I'll worry about expanded content later.

Cinebar

Then I don't know. We don't get a free copy of TS2 Store Edition. What EA gave away in 2014 was TS2UC. I never uninstalled my base when I installed the TS2UC when I had Origin in my PC but that's a different subject. If it's in the Origin queue for you to download (TS2UC) then it should let you install it. I guess you will have to speak to someone at Origin site or one of their people who help you install using Orgin.

Rflong7

The Sims 2 Store addition is when the Store came out and you had to add the store to your game. It's not a game on it's own, is it? I remember it being a way for them to install the Store items.

You shouldn't need online verification with the disks. What message are you getting from trying to install the disks?
It will offer a chance to register them but you don't have to register the games; choose No.