![]() ![]() All expansion packs were published by Electronic Arts. Of the eleven expansion packs, seven were developed by Maxis Redwood Shores, while the other four were developed by EA Salt Lake. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įleven expansion packs were released for the 2009 life simulation video game The Sims 3, the third major title in The Sims series. ( September 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve this article if you can. The specific problem is: Poorly written sections, may require a complete article rewrite. I'm pretty sure there are no issues with modding.This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. It's quite possible to plug your own install keys in, and I did that as an experiment on a separate system (not my game system, and I ended up uninstalling it, for the record). The pirated part is just the cracked keys. I really just want to be able to play my game offline and in isolation from other stuff.įWIW, as far as I can tell, "The Sims 3 Complete Collection" is the same installers EA used to offer. I'm not sure why TS3 is still so expensive. Not long after TS2 went out of support, EA was offering the Ultimate bundle for download literally for free. I'm not a big Steam user, but I have a couple of games there. The ability to build totally different experiences is part of why I'm still playing. Each game I run is entirely different setting, gameplay, and mods. I don't think I can stop using a mod organizer that allows me to switch profiles. Since I've started using Sims 3 Mod Organizer, this is less of an issue, so long as I decide to stick with it. Will never play on 1.69 because easycasp won't work anymore on this.ĬCMagic also doesn't work. Even with other considerations aside, many to most of them cannot be patch-fixed nor modded properly and there is no support to be had here for any of them regardless of what the motivations are that the player may have had for obtaining them. The pirated versions, no matter how they are dressed up and marketed or made available, are non-starters. It's a very annoying platform to need to run through to get the game started each time, but it's not fatal and once the game is up and running it's exactly the same game as we 1.67 players have. Second suggestion if Steam is just not viable for whatever reason is to give the Origin/EA App 1.69 version a try. TS3 Store content will likely need to be downloaded fresh for use on the different platform, but none of it will need to be repurchased. For those not as familiar with the Steam version of the game, it's Patch 1.67 just like the disk and formerly available download install versions but the player must own or be purchasing a Steam version of the base game in order to even obtain any of the packs from the Steam Store. An expense is involved, but we are talking about less than $100 (US) for all EP/SPs in the bundle they typically have on sale, plus a small amount for the base game. ![]() My first suggestion, for what it's worth, is that if you expect to wish to continue playing TS3 for the foreseeable future then you want to seriously consider switching over the the Steam platform. Then again, my other game passions are Minecraft and Lord of the Rings Online (launched 2007), so maybe that's just how I roll. ![]() Sometimes I'm amazed I'm still playing it. ![]() This game is now ancient in digital-age generations, and that has its drawbacks. Is there any way I might be able to validate my legitimate purchases here? Does anyone happen to have EA-endorsed pre-Origin installers archived someplace I could get ahold of? I'm curious if there's any additional thoughts on this conundrum. This is starting to be an issue as I contemplate getting a new computer where I likely won't be able to transfer over my existing installed game. If I do so, though, it sounds like I'll never be able to ask for support on this forum again. That's just all the installers and a separate set of cracked keys. The way I've seen to be able to install a fresh game and stay on 1.67 is that Sims 3 Complete Collection pirated download. So, I have a bunch of valid license keys and no installers and no disks. (Brilliant idea - SOB) EA seems to have purged legitimate pre-Origin installers from the internet. (Hey, I never needed to install NoCD! It was pretty cool at the time.) Then when I could download installers from EA, I decided to save space and delete the installers I was keeping archived. I never had disks - I purchased direct download copies of the game and expansions from the outset. The issue is that I'm still hanging around on 1.67, and I want to stay there. For the first time, I'm considering using this download, so I thought it would be worth talking a bit about non-piracy options with it and whether NRaas would ever consider those. I saw a thread locked for someone using the most common pirated copy of the game. ![]()
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