Game not showing up as Steam version on the EA app

[skye🌀]

I have the sims 4 on the EA app and it has a little tag thing that says it is from steam, (same with mass effect) and I recently got the sims 3 and I got some dlcs from a friend. I put the redeem codes in for the dlcs in the EA app and its part of the app now and it recognises its there but when I launch with Steam the dlcs are not there in the launcher??? The EA app understands that I own two other EA games through steam so I don't understand what is going on here. Also another note, the EA app knows i have dlcs for the sims 4 but they don't appear in the owned dlcs section for the game page so it's only recognised in the EA app.

(edit) When I launch sims 3 from the EA Library the dlcs appear, so I don't understand why they aren't being recognised because there is no problem when I launch the sims 4 and the dlcs are there.

[puzzlezaddict]

Sims 3's Steam version works differently than Sims 4's version. First of all, if you install the game through Steam, you don't get an Expansions & Stuff tab in the launcher. This particular feature is only present in patch 1.69, which is the Origin/EA App version. Steam installs patch 1.67. The packs will still load if they're installed; you just don't get to select which ones are active.

When you redeem a Steam copy of Sims 3 in the EA App or Origin, it doesn't show with a Steam logo because you don't need to play through Steam, unlike with newer games. Think of the logo as telling you that you own the game in Steam only, NOT in the EA App.

If you buy packs elsewhere and register them in the EA App, they'll work with an EA App install but not with a Steam install: you can only download these packs into the Origin/EA App version of the game. This is the reverse of Sims 4, where you can only download Steam-owned packs from Steam but can install EA App-owned packs in either one.

If there's some other issue you're seeing that I didn't cover, please clarify what that is.

[Glurak]

So i playn to buy this game. And i need to understand that right. When i buy it on Steam i can also activate it on EA APP but then its a different version and i have the same game twice. But two different versions?

[puzzlezaddict]

Yes, when you buy the game in Steam, you can also register it in the EA App. You will only see one copy of Sims 3 in each game launcher, and you can install the game from either launcher.

While Steam and the EA App install different patch levels, 1.67 and 1.69, respectively, these aren't really two different game versions. The game files are exactly the same for both patch levels. There are only two differences: one is the pack selector in the launcher, and the other is that Steam allows you to launch Sims 3 without having Steam running. If you play through the EA app, you'll always need to open the App first.