After doing so, right click on the base game in Origin and hit Check for Updates or Update if you are already offered the update. You will need to register all your games on Origin in order to be able to take advantage of this. The Manager is part of the latest Sims 3 Patch and can be downloaded through Origin.
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How to get Expansion and Stuff Pack Manager If you turn it on, Sims 3 will update though. Be aware that this will affect all your Origin games and that you will need to manually patch each game if you turn it off. If you don’t want the patch, make sure to turn off automatic updates in Origin. I have left this article here for historical purposes.īefore installing this, please backup all your user files Updated December 12, 2015: This article is now out of date as the backup and restore process is the same as outlined in my article How-To: Backup and Restore The Sims 4 From Origin. But I don`t have the sims 3 base game on origin so it`s stuck at 99 percent installed because it wants the base game before it finishes.
It was matched to work the same way it does in Sims 4 and repairing the game through Origin works yet again. There’s also a change in how you can change your game language. You might need to logout and back in (there’s login issues atm because of an expired security certificate)
This update also seems to trigger our games to become registered on again (not sure if true for everyone) which gives you the base game (and WA if you have) Simpoints again. No more uninstalling stuff just because you don’t want supernaturals in a certain save game. Surprisingly, Maxis has decided to give us something new for Sims 3: An expansion and stuff pack manager that allows you to active and deactivate expansion and stuff packs as you please.