I used to use a combo of Origin and disks, but bought everything again on Steam during a big sale there when Origin started controlling the game so much. I can easily bypass the game and steam launchers too by directly using the game shortcut itself. I'm very happy with Steam.
And I'm actually surprised to see how many people who voted here use disks! Nothing wrong with that IMO. Just surprised.
Disks for me as well. Now when I had to reinstall my game back in my computer when my hard drive had died on me, I did some digital installs
including the ITF EP as well as the disk of some of the EP's. Now lucky for me, that was a few months before the 1.69 patch came out as I still don't need to use my ITF disk. But if I should ever have to reinstall my game for whatever reason, then yes, it will be all disk installs so that I can avoid 1.69.
Hi Emily, I play mostly on my desktop which is disc only, 1.67. I’ve never had problems with Windows updates interfering with my game. I also play occasionally on Steam on my laptop, no problems there either.
@Hejix There’s a Sim Game Selector program over at MTS that allows you to choose which EPS and SPs you want to turn on or off. Very handy. I really miss it when playing the Steam version.
So those of you who run the game using only disks, and you have Windows 10, did you ever find the Windows 10 updates messing with your game files, as opposed to those who run it through Origin or Steam, or no?
I've heard some horror stories and I'm just wondering. (Most likely I'm worrying too much because...that's always been me. )
No problems at all that I've experienced. On top of that, I still use Origin for other games with automatic updates turned off. It hasn't been an issue staying on patch 1.67 Disk install.
I could have spent less going the Steam route but I rather be free of all strings given the option. So I don't regret having to spend a little extra to replace my digital copies. Thankfully, not the whole collection but close to it.
I have a slightly different perspective to offer. Every single optical (CD/DVD) drive I have ever come in contact with has broken shortly thereafter. That includes internals built into computers, externals, and standalone players connected to a television. It's a Hidden Trait or something I guess. Therefore, my TS3 install has always been entirely digital even before Origin for Mac existed -- we had other legitimate ways to purchase and install digital versions back then.
Even before optical drives were everywhere, back when floppies were the norm, the novelty of "Now Insert Disk 43 of 72" to install large programs wore off long ago. It was always one disc towards the end of such installs that went bad before the others and the whole thing was never an efficient use of time.
Now on Windows, and having put up with the annoyances of Origin and 1.69 for a year, it's all Steam for me. I would have preferred to not have needed to repurchase the base game and all of the packs that way but it was less than $100 (USD) for the entire lot (excluding Katy Perry which Steam does not carry) on one of their prior sales similar to the one that's going on right now and I do not regret the decision.
I could have spent less going the Steam route but I rather be free of all strings given the option. So I don't regret having to spend a little extra to replace my digital copies. Thankfully, not the whole collection but close to it.
. . . So those of you who run the game using only disks, and you have Windows 10, did you ever find the Windows 10 updates messing with your game files, as opposed to those who run it through Origin or Steam, or no?
I've heard some horror stories and I'm just wondering. (Most likely I'm worrying too much because...that's always been me. )
I haven't had issues with Windows 10 messing up my disk install on my current laptop. (but I did have have an update glitch on a previous laptop. Details below**)
Current Laptop:
I have my TS3 entirely installed on the SSD OS drive (Drive C) which is 500 Gigs.
My installation on this laptop is that TS3 game files are installed on the boot drive (Drive C) which is also where the default desktop and documents folder are located.
However, my other games and user software load pretty fast anyway, so they are on D Drive, a 1 T mechanical drive.
Since their documents/save files are small, I retained the default documents installation on C Drive bc there is plenty of room.
** I DID have an issue with a bad Windows 10 update, on a different laptop that was initially entirely an Origin install.
My previous laptop had an Operating System SSD so small (128 G), that I moved the default desktop, documents folder and all game installs (eg, Origin) to the mechanical hard drive (Drive D is 1 T ). BUT glitched Windows 10 update that happened only once, caused me to end up with an obliterated desktop shortcut. The update created a blank default desktop on C drive entirely devoid of my user shortcuts, it had default stuff like trashbin)
Troubleshooting that, I found that the D drive desktop was still on D drive so a simple fix was to simply to rollback to the previous update and everything was fine again. (A good precaution -- just in case -- I did have C and D drive backed up on a My Book external drive as well).
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After hearing about the ill-fated Windows 10 Update 1809, I've disabled every instance of Win10 updating on its own, which meant having to go into Services and rooting about in the Computer Configuration menu...and then deleting the Win10 Updates tool. Which basically means that when Microrot decides to update my computer, it throws up an error and reboots, stopping the update cold - the boot config is set to stop the update and continue with the load-up without the update happening.
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So those of you who run the game using only disks, and you have Windows 10, did you ever find the Windows 10 updates messing with your game files, as opposed to those who run it through Origin or Steam, or no?
I've heard some horror stories and I'm just wondering. (Most likely I'm worrying too much because...that's always been me. )
Other than my settings being resetted (that happened once..., twice?) no, I’ve never had that fortunately.
Hey, do you happen to know where the Store Content patches are to download? I do not want to have Origin on this new computer (doing it all through disks), but I can't download my store items without having the "latest software updates." Are you able to help? Thanks.
That was a great effort, but I'm afraid the only thing the Steam forum link proves is that no one has a very long attention span over there. With one or two notable exceptions, even those providing support to other players tend to not listen when told something new (to them).
Not sure I blame (all of) them. Sorry this is a bit off-topic, but I sense that fewer of us here have 300 games on our control panels all simultaneously screaming "Play me! No, Play ME!" every time we log in. That kind of thing has to be really distracting.
Sadly I have to use Origin. It is so annoying. Always updating. ALWAYS!
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I was able to figure out my issue and all is looking good now. Too much to explain. But yeah I appreciate your help and sending links. (((Hugs)))
I would run disks...but my laptop doesn't have a disk drive.XD
@Springfairy556 , When my husband bought my new laptop I was shocked to find no disc drive (he knew it didn’t have one but never mentioned it to me), we bought an external one if I need it.
Origin, it just kind of happened over time, I think..? Used discs to install/run when I first started playing, then Origin came in at some point, lol. I'd love to switch to Steam though. I'm definitely surprised about the amount of people using discs; I always found them cumbersome..
Using disks, I don't have to update and open Origin just to play a game. The disk sits there waiting for me to start it... not waiting to report to EA what I'm doing.
Bought them all on disc, but discs have the risk of being broken or lost so I registered them all on Origin and always install and play through Origin. The discs are in a box in a closet somewhere under a pile of quilts I never use I believe.
It is much, much easier to install the game through Origin and unlike many here, I find it a lot easier for launching the game then finding and inserting a disc.
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And I'm actually surprised to see how many people who voted here use disks! Nothing wrong with that IMO. Just surprised.
And yeah I was just as shocked to see how many people still use the disks too!
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including the ITF EP as well as the disk of some of the EP's. Now lucky for me, that was a few months before the 1.69 patch came out as I still don't need to use my ITF disk. But if I should ever have to reinstall my game for whatever reason, then yes, it will be all disk installs so that I can avoid 1.69.
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@Hejix There’s a Sim Game Selector program over at MTS that allows you to choose which EPS and SPs you want to turn on or off. Very handy. I really miss it when playing the Steam version.
Same here.
No problems at all that I've experienced. On top of that, I still use Origin for other games with automatic updates turned off. It hasn't been an issue staying on patch 1.67 Disk install.
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Even before optical drives were everywhere, back when floppies were the norm, the novelty of "Now Insert Disk 43 of 72" to install large programs wore off long ago. It was always one disc towards the end of such installs that went bad before the others and the whole thing was never an efficient use of time.
Now on Windows, and having put up with the annoyances of Origin and 1.69 for a year, it's all Steam for me. I would have preferred to not have needed to repurchase the base game and all of the packs that way but it was less than $100 (USD) for the entire lot (excluding Katy Perry which Steam does not carry) on one of their prior sales similar to the one that's going on right now and I do not regret the decision.
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Exactly how I feel at the moment...
Current Laptop:
I have my TS3 entirely installed on the SSD OS drive (Drive C) which is 500 Gigs.
My installation on this laptop is that TS3 game files are installed on the boot drive (Drive C) which is also where the default desktop and documents folder are located.
However, my other games and user software load pretty fast anyway, so they are on D Drive, a 1 T mechanical drive.
Since their documents/save files are small, I retained the default documents installation on C Drive bc there is plenty of room.
** I DID have an issue with a bad Windows 10 update, on a different laptop that was initially entirely an Origin install.
My previous laptop had an Operating System SSD so small (128 G), that I moved the default desktop, documents folder and all game installs (eg, Origin) to the mechanical hard drive (Drive D is 1 T ). BUT glitched Windows 10 update that happened only once, caused me to end up with an obliterated desktop shortcut. The update created a blank default desktop on C drive entirely devoid of my user shortcuts, it had default stuff like trashbin)
Troubleshooting that, I found that the D drive desktop was still on D drive so a simple fix was to simply to rollback to the previous update and everything was fine again.
(A good precaution -- just in case -- I did have C and D drive backed up on a My Book external drive as well).
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Hey, do you happen to know where the Store Content patches are to download? I do not want to have Origin on this new computer (doing it all through disks), but I can't download my store items without having the "latest software updates." Are you able to help? Thanks.
Not sure I blame (all of) them. Sorry this is a bit off-topic, but I sense that fewer of us here have 300 games on our control panels all simultaneously screaming "Play me! No, Play ME!" every time we log in. That kind of thing has to be really distracting.
@emorrill - This is a good place to look too, though I am sure the files being offered up by @ZeeGee are exactly the same:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16341942/#Comment_16341942
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I was able to figure out my issue and all is looking good now. Too much to explain.
@Springfairy556 , When my husband bought my new laptop I was shocked to find no disc drive (he knew it didn’t have one but never mentioned it to me), we bought an external one if I need it.
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It is much, much easier to install the game through Origin and unlike many here, I find it a lot easier for launching the game then finding and inserting a disc.
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