Hi! I have a rather weird question to ask the forum. Is it at all possible to run Sims 3 off of discs on your desktop and at the same time stream Sims 3 from Origin on
a laptop? Or do I have to choose between the two - its either discs on both or digital from Origin for both?
I've finally decided to get a laptop that will run Sims 3 but I'm torn over whether to just go digital or not. Have an external Dvd drive so it's not a problem. What do you think?
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Also, if you are planning to install content purchased from the Sims 3 store, you may run into an issue with some of the items. A while back, it was discovered if you downloaded your content while having a disk install, that content will not install in a downloaded (Origin) installed game and vice-verse. So, you may be looking at re-downloading your content to fit your installed version.
However, playing from discs means you have to do a little extra legwork. First, you need to use the 1.67 superpatch as Origin is on a higher patch. The other issue is store content. While you can install store content using the launcher while staying on 1.67, you no longer receive the content patches as Origin handles them differently. Both the superpatch and the content patches can be found on line.
I personally use discs and have my firewall blocking Sims 3 so it can't populate the "featured items" folder. If you want to use the online content such as Simport, this isn't an option, but I don't.
Now, I one time had Origin reset its settings during an update and it patched Sims 3 to its most recent version. I was able to roll it by back uninstalling the basegame only and reinstalling using my disk, then using the superpatch to get it back to 1.67. I bring this up because if you're running Origin while installing, there's a chance that will happen to you.
If I use discs, I need to download and install the super patch and the store patches. But store items will be able to be downloaded and installed.
Whew! I'm glad I asked about this. I had totally forgot about the patches. Thanks again!
Edit: You can have the game installed on both machines though you are not supposed to use more than one copy at a time.
I will not be using at the same time, probably will use laptop the most, so hopefully no problem.
The way they (for some reason) coded/changed the store items is all tied into which version of the base game you have installed at the time of downloading merchandise. If you have the base game disk installed, download your items on that machine and when you make back-ups be certain to label the folder for 'disk install', or something like that. Same goes for Origin base game install. Just download your stuff to that PC and label your back-up folders 'Origin Install' or something clever like that.
I own the entire store plus most of the perks and it does 'suck huge lemons' that I had to download everything twice just to make certain it would work for the install.
**BTW, Be certain to store your back-up files on an external source for safe keeping as we don't know the future of the store.
Hope this helps.
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