Open that file path and rename the Sims 3 folder. This is for Sims 4, but you get the idea:Ĭlose the EA App and kill the EABackgroundService in the Task Manager.
First, open the EA App, select Sims 3, then Manage > View properties, and you'll see the install location. If that applies to you, it's worth saving the game's current program files under a different name and reinstalling-this should hopefully give you at least one copy of each pack you own. I will keep updating this thread with more information.Ī few players have reported that different packs get stuck reinstalling each time.
This has been reported to EA, and hopefully it'll be fixed soon, but I don't know when. That means there is no viable workaround for this issue. Update: Origin can no longer be installed in Windows, so the original workaround (now under a spoiler) no longer applies. If you can't install any packs, please use this thread, and post an error report ID there instead: Update 2: For anyone currently seeing this issue-some packs installing but others not-please create an EA App error report, as described here:Īnd post the report ID in this thread along with a list of packs that won't download properly.
