Does Sim 3 need internet connection? (please help)?

[porcelain baby doll]

Ok so I bought Sims 3, and i have 2 laptops (one with internet and one without internet, and i installed it on the one without internet(its my newest) . Ok so loads of people say that you dont need internet connection to play the game, but when i lauched the game it said i have to first register the game online to be able to play it! please help! i searched the whole internet and it said that i dont need internet to play it! please help! i also installed the game sims 3 on the laptop without internet becos its way better in performnace! please really help i really need help! thanks for all who help me!

Ok so when i press the play button it says i have to register online the game to be able to play the game! it allways comes up and cant do anything! when i just press the button : (icon) sims 3 then it launches it and then i press (launch the sims 3 game) and then it says: you have to register online to prove you have ownership of this game or something like that...it alo says to try again and that i havetobe online! or maybe i am pressing the wrong launch the sims 3 button! please really help me!

[evaohell]

Why make another question just because you don't like or don't understand the answer?

Listen. To play the game, no you don't need internet connection.

Yes you do need to register the game to make sure you have a legal copy.


If your desktop does not have internet connection then you can't register the game. If you can't register the game, you can't play it on that desktop.


If your laptop has internetonnection, install and register the game. then play. You can disconnect the internet and play the game. As long as you have the cd in the drive, you could be in a subway playing the sims 3 on that laptop.


YOU NEED INTERNET CONNECTION TO REGISTER THE GAME. Simple.

[sailortinkitty]

First of all, it might not work on your Laptops. There are some company Acknowledged glitches and people are having too many problems to get into the actual gameplay on their laptops ( I hope you kept the receipt and stuff).

I'll try to explain this a little better. You need your computer to be able to connect to the internet. When you first put the game on a computer you have to do what you are running into right now. Then you need to download some updates for the game. Before you get to all this, you really need to update drivers on your computer. Updating the game and updating the drivers on your computer both require internet access. The good news is this might be the only time you have to register and update things -- bad news is you need to do all this.

Once you have everything up to date.. you won't need your computer to be connected to the internet any more. The game is not actually online so DURING GAMEPLAY you do not need to be connected to the internet. However, you may need to connect to the internet in the future for additional updates and if you ever want to download some extra items for free for your game.

[charx2]

Try going into My computer, and double click on the Sims 3 icon that should be where you dvd/cd drive is. That should start the autorun and then you should be able to press play and play it. 1 more thing, if you computer is slow because of the internet, then it has viruses/spyware. Clean it up and it should be fine. Internet connection does not affect the performance of a computer.