Most of the Sims 3 players who have made the switch to the EA app have experienced this issue. You’re playing and then one day you boot up your game, and your store content is gone. Just. Gone. Inexplicably.
There have been a few fixes proposed, but usually nothing that lasts. I have, through some experimenting, found a cycle of two easy, quick settings to switch on/off to go between each time your store content decides it’s time for a vacation.
Details and steps below the cut!
***The fastest way to check if either fix is working is to put some of your store content sims3pack files in your downloads file again in Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Downloads. When you open your launcher, you can check the Downloads tab and see if it shows boxes for icons or if it shows that the content is installed already.
First, with the Sims 3 launcher closed, in the top left corner of the EA app click the 3 horizontal lines and then select settings out of options that drop down. From there, select “Application”. You should see this screen.
FIX ONE: Scroll down and turn off in-game overlay
That should be the first fix complete! Your store content items should show once more in your game
***If your settings are already set to the above, then follow the next fix instead.
FIX TWO: Moving back up, turn off notifications entirely
Make sure to load the Sims 3 launcher at least once with the new setting before changing your notifications setting back to what you would like.
Did it break again after Fix Two? Re-enable notifications, re-enable in-game overlay, and then follow Fix One again. ***Do not keep the in-game overlay on when playing Sims 3
Happy simming, my friends!
EDIT: Note - You may need to shut down your computer in between changing settings for the fix to take effect. Not restart, but shut down and then turn on again. This is what I’ve just run into on my own computer at least.
***None of this has been tested with decrapified sims3pack files. I’m honestly not even sure if those have been affected by the change or not.
2ND EDIT: well, sometimes these things work, and sometimes they don’t. I’m not sure why. At all. Sorry everyone. My suggestion is to convert your store content to .package files with the Multi-Extractor, and get some help from the lovely @blamseastore for your store worlds. If you have trouble with the multi-extractor, I’d still suggest going to https://blamseastore.tumblr.com/ for help. Installing these as .package files is the most surefire way to keep them from disappearing.
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Here We Go Again...origin updated my game without permission so I had to uninstall them. I didn’t like that I had to be signing in on origin just to play my game...I hope this helps though 😬
Pretty sure this is only displaying that everyone has had to re-download the damn game 10 times where it arbitrarily logs you out and refuses to authenticate you.
Should I reinstall Candy Crush Saga? It's so addicting I'm almost scared to. Should I start playing it again while I have a headache? It might cure it. 😄
