This is what someone else told me: "You have to use Origin nowadays. I don't think there's a way around it. When I installed everything on my laptop when I first got it, it made me download Origin first."
I'm getting rather agitated, is anyone awake to help with this? Should I cancel the Sims 3 base I ordered?
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Base game discs manufactured after Sept 2012 or so that come in a white box, often with "Going Social" at the top, were a product refresh at the time and do require Origin.
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You could buy used, just know you more than likely won't be able to register a used game to your Sims 3 account. That doesn't stop you from installing and playing the game, but I can't vouch for the store and how that works. My base game is registered and I own the store and haven't had a problem downloading or buying from the store, even without using origin. Just my experience.
If you don't have the base game registered to your account then you want to buy the base game sealed and new to have store access. Register that to your account with the store stuff owned. (pre-2012 copy of course) EA shouldn't yank this one from your account since it's a code straight from a never been opened box. Otherwise, a used base game pre-2012 copy would work if you already have one registered. The packs can be used and I posted about used copies in your other thread.
Currently in the process of installing my disc collection as we speak. Halfway through and I'm still on patch 1.67. Store stuff works but I have a registered account to download from. Here are the steps I took:
*I don't know if step 5 is necessary but I was afraid Origin would phone home. After it's all done, you can turn it back on.
If you don't need Origin for any other game, you can uninstall it completely.
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UPDATE to the UPDATE: Nevermind, I found the manual .exe version, the rebuild continues...
Try installing an EP if you can, that will raise the patch level. Then try the Super Patch again.
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Yes, with ccleaner. The deed is already done per above (found the executable patch version that worked perfectly)
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