Confirm the next prompt, and the DLC should start downloading afterwards. Step 6: Click the X icon next to The Sims 3 to stop the download of The Sims 3 base game. It will show that The Sims 3 is preparing to download. Step 5: Click on the Sims 3 'preparing' box in the lower left-hand corner to open up the Download Manager. This sets up the base game and all the DLC to queue up. This will prompt you to 'install Sims 3' again, but just choose the folder you originally installed into. Click on any of the DLCs 'Download' button. Step 3: Re-open the EA app and click on The Sims 3 under 'Installed games', don't click the Play icon. Step 2: Completely close the EA App in Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del->Task Manager)(you may have to Expand Task Manager in Windows 10 to see all running tasks), killing both 'EA' and 'EA Background Service' by clicking them and pressing the Delete key. You may have to wait a short time while the application preallocates space wherever you decide to install the game at. But sure, the release notes were REALLY long this time, so it makes sense to just post a link.Step 1: Install EA Games App and install The Sims 3. And release notes have been posted previously, even for betas. Same for the release notes - in sim, they appear only once while updating, not useful for commenting on specific points in a forum, and for some (probably subconscious) reason I preferred reading them here for previous sim updates.

Not trying to open a discussion here, but in case of the Dev Updates, I rather read them here than on the official forums, especially when Chaotic Beauty did the formatting. So other than being able to read it before updating instead of while updating in the sim, it serves no purpose. We all get the update no matter what, and while it downloads in the sims download manager pressing the V key will bring up the changelog anyway. But ultimately uneccesarry if you think about.

Sims 3 download manager