[Solved] How to get licence keys for Origin ?

[TracteurDim]

Hi everyone, I'd like to buy The Sims 3 and many extensions on Steam, but I want to install and play on Origin because I play on Mac OS.
Do you know where can I find the licence keys on Steam for putting them on Origin ?
Thx

[Xi Jinpooh, Lord of Man-Jynuhs]

As far as I'm concerned with that, you'll have to purchase everything again over on Origin if you want to play through Origin.

[igazor]

You would need to install and load up the Steam client program on a computer running Windows, logged in as yourself, to get them to display. If you have no PCs running Windows, perhaps you could borrow one from a friend for this purpose, then uninstall the Steam client program if they didn't have it to begin with.

And note that as mentioned in another thread (several of them by now), if your Mac is running Catalina for an operating system then there is no way to get TS3 for Mac to run until EA releases a patch to make the game compatible. That should be happening sometime in 2020. On Mojave and prior, this will still work to the extent that the Mac version of the game works at all (it's still a mess, unfortunately).

[Futa Fanatic]

Originally posted by Quella, God of Dream:

As far as I'm concerned with that, you'll have to purchase everything again over on Origin if you want to play through Origin.

Not true... this has been explained a gazillion times already... steam sims+dlcs can be transferred to origin but not from origin to steam

[Xi Jinpooh, Lord of Man-Jynuhs]

Originally posted by Game->Killah!!:

Originally posted by Quella, God of Dream:

As far as I'm concerned with that, you'll have to purchase everything again over on Origin if you want to play through Origin.

Not true... this has been explained a gazillion times already... steam sims+dlcs can be transferred to origin but not from origin to steam

I never said it was true, which is why I said it the way I did. I don't keep track of every single game in my inventory.

[Spacehamster]

I can confirm that every Sims 3 steam purchase can be redeemed on Orgin, I'm a PC user though, not sure about Mac.

[igazor]

Steam sure doesn't make this easy. Yes, the purchaser has the rights to the Origin version of the game and its packs without having to buy anything all over again, but they cannot get the required Origin codes out of the Mac version of the Steam client. They are not going to show up for use because as far as Steam is concerned, the purchaser was planning to play on Windows (even if they were on a macOS when they made the purchase). If they log into the Steam client on a Windows machine, then the codes will be revealed for them for usage on either Mac or Windows.

And again, the game will not currently install or play at all on macOS Catalina, the most recently released one, no matter how it was acquired. If the OP is on Catalina, they need to find a way to play on Windows, bootcamp Windows onto their Mac, or wait for the required compatibility patch (or the fourth alternative, ask for a refund). Catalina is a 64-bit only environment and is the first one that will not run 32-bit programs like TS3, so it's going to first need an EA produced 64-bit wrapper around the whole thing or some other way to trick the OS into thinking it's a 64-bit program.

[TracteurDim]

Thx for the answers !! I am connected on Steam on windows, but I can't see anywhere the product key !! Where to find it ?

[igazor]

Under Library, right-click on TS3 and select Manage > CD Keys. If you still have an old version of the client program, then CD Keys will be a command listed on the right under Links.

[TracteurDim]

It's done ! Thx !

[Sansyy]

when you redeem the keys on thesims3.com it links to your origin account