Steam allows you to remotely install games from your smartphone, just like you can with a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. You can download games to your gaming PC from anywhere, ensuring those big downloads are complete and the game is ready to play when you get home. You can also do this from any web browser.
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Download Game From Origin Do I Need Cd To Windows 10
Feb 14, 2017 - If you have a game installed on your computer and have either. With the game service such as Steam or Origin, and you only need. But if you install a game from optical media, quite often the product. Any game CD Keys on the computer and after a second or two, it will display the serials in the window. How to enable Offline Mode in Origin and play your favorite games without needing an active internet connection. Download the games you wish to play offline –- if you haven’t done so.
- You do install it to the HDD. You need the disk in the drive to verify you still have it. Otherwise you could just rent the game, install it, and take it back.
- Learn all about Product Codes, promotional codes, third party games, and how to redeem codes to your EA Account using Origin. Most of the time it will be added directly to your game library. If you need the code for any reason, there are a few ways you can find it. Origin won't let me download my game onto another computer. What can I do?
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This only works if you’re signed into Steam on a PC and if Steam is currently running on that PC. The PC must be powered on, and not in sleep or hibernation mode. Many PCs are configured to automatically sleep and hibernate by default, and that’s a good setting for saving power. So you’ll have to decide whether this is worth disabling a useful power saving setting.
To ensure your PC doesn’t go to sleep or hibernate when you’re away from it, head to Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options > Change when the computer sleeps. Set it to “Never”. You can still manually initiate Sleep mode from the Start menu.
How to Install a Steam Game From Your Phone
You can access this feature using Valve’s official Steam mobile app, available from Google Play for Android, Apple’s App Store for iPhone, and even the Windows Store for Windows Phone. Install the Steam app on your smartphone and sign in with the same account you use in Steam on your desktop PC.
Once you’ve signed in, tap the menu button at the top left corner of the app and tap “Library” to view your game library.
At the top of the Library page, you’ll see your “Current Steam Login”, which tells you which PC you’re currently signed into Steam with. This is the PC you’ll be installing games on. You can use the filter box to search for specific games or sort them by name or playtime and look through your entire library.
If a game is currently installed on your PC, you’ll see it as “Ready to Play”. If a game isn’t yet installed, you can click the download button to the right of the game’s name to begin installing it.
Once you’ve begun a download, you’ll see the download progress on this page. You can also pause and resume downloads using the buttons here.
You can also buy games in the Steam mobile app and immediately begin downloading them in Steam on your PC.
If you have a product key from a physical game or a website that sells Steam keys, you can now even activate these while away from Steam. Head to the Activate a Product on Steam web page and provide the CD key or product code. You’ll have to do this in your web browser because the option isn’t integrated into the Steam mobile app, but you can always do it via the web browser on your phone.
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The Steam app also provides other useful features, like a code-generating feature that works with Steam Guard to secure your Steam account. You can configure Steam to require a code generated by the app on your phone each time you sign in, in addition to your password. It’s also required for confirming trades on the Steam Community Market, which is essential when you’re selling your Steam trading cards for Steam credit.
How to Install a Steam Game From a Web Browser
You can also do this from the Steam website in any web browser. Be careful to only sign into Steam on PCs that you trust.
To do this, head to the Steam website and sign in with the same account you use in Steam. Hover over your name at the top of the Steam page and click “Profile”.
Click “Games” at the right side of your account profile page.
You’ll see a page showing the name of the PC you’re currently signed into Steam with and listing the games on your library. It works just like the Steam mobile interface. You can filter your games or sort and scroll through them. Installed games read “Ready to play”, while games you can install read “Not installed”. You can install them by clicking the download button to their right and they’ll immediately begin installing. The download progress will appear on this page, too.
In the future, you can bookmark this page and come directly here. The address is
steamcommunity.com/id/NAME/games/?tab=all
, where “NAME” is your Steam name.You can also purchase Steam games from the Store on the website and immediately begin downloading them, or activate product keys on your Steam account using the the Activate a Product on Steam web page and immediately begin downloading them.
How to Remotely Install Non-Steam PC Games
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Services like EA Origin, GOG Galaxy, and Blizzard Battle.net don’t offer a similar feature. However, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. It just means you have to set up a remote desktop tool on your PC. You can then remotely access it from another computer—or even your phone, if you’re prepared to navigate your phone’s desktop on a small screen.
Once you’ve set up remote desktop, you can do anything on your PC remotely, including downloading and installing games. Of course, it is a lot less convenient and streamlined.
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- edited July 2014Yes you can add it to your origin account and play through there
- edited July 2014Yes you can add it to your origin account and play through there
Oh that's true. I forgot. Thanks - edited July 2014I tried adding my physical Sims 3 games to Origin, and none of them work... so does it really work for Sims 4? I am just asking cause it didn't work for me!
- edited July 2014I tried adding my physical Sims 3 games to Origin, and none of them work... so does it really work for Sims 4? I am just asking cause it didn't work for me!
That's strange, mine are there anytime I want to install them. I think the only thing you have to do is redeem the serial. - edited July 2014
I can confirm that I have done this with expansion packs...I tried adding my physical Sims 3 games to Origin, and none of them work... so does it really work for Sims 4? I am just asking cause it didn't work for me!'In Short, The Sims 4's biggest problem is that The Sims 3 exists.' - Kevin VanOrd, Gamespot. Scored 6.0 of 10. - edited July 2014It's strange that it doesn't work of you. I suggest that you contact a EA rep. Hopefully you get one of the good ones who can help figure it out. When you enter the product code does it say invalid product code?0
- edited July 2014I tried adding my physical Sims 3 games to Origin, and none of them work... so does it really work for Sims 4? I am just asking cause it didn't work for me!
You have to uninstall the games loaded by disc and reinstall them via origin for it to work. You can back up your files so you don't lose anything.Origin ID: ForgottenAmber
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Friend of Liam - edited July 2014After you installed the disc copy, Origin will put the game in the game library. Then you can play the game without the CD!
- edited July 2014I tried adding my physical Sims 3 games to Origin, and none of them work... so does it really work for Sims 4? I am just asking cause it didn't work for me!
You have to uninstall the games loaded by disc and reinstall them via origin for it to work. You can back up your files so you don't lose anything.
Oh thank you!! A bit late anyway considering I sold all my physical ones months ago and bought them again through origin when on sale!! (Not on purpose, but I missed some features) But that must have been reason it wouldn't work. - edited July 2014If it works the same way it did with the Sims 3, if you want to play it without a disk, then you go into Origin and type the serial code into 'redeem product code'. This will put it into your library the same way it does when you install via disk.
I say this because I previously installed all my games via disk (because I like having the physical disks in case EA's servers decide to go wonky), and when I tried to load the game from Origin, I'd get a 'please insert disk' message.
So if you want to buy a physical copy, but you don't want to have to load the disk each time, don't install via the disk. Redeem the code found on the booklet, and then download it when it comes up in Origin.
Hope this helps!0 - edited July 2014If it works the same way it did with the Sims 3, if you want to play it without a disk, then you go into Origin and type the serial code into 'redeem product code'. This will put it into your library the same way it does when you install via disk.
I say this because I previously installed all my games via disk (because I like having the physical disks in case EA's servers decide to go wonky), and when I tried to load the game from Origin, I'd get a 'please insert disk' message.
So if you want to buy a physical copy, but you don't want to have to load the disk each time, don't install via the disk. Redeem the code found on the booklet, and then download it when it comes up in Origin.
Hope this helps!
This has been my experience with TS3 as well. If you install from the disk you have to have the disk in the drive. However, if you put the code into Origin and download and install from Origin then you don't need the disk.
This is a big assumption that TS4 will work the same way as TS3. Maybe it will and maybe it won't.1 - edited July 2014Hadn't thought about it because for sims 3 I've bought all on disc and always used the disc to play.
But I noticed all of sims 3 shows up under mygames in origin. - edited July 2014Hadn't thought about it because for sims 3 I've bought all on disc and always used the disc to play.
But I noticed all of sims 3 shows up under mygames in origin.
All of my Sims3 are disk versions, too. But I registered each one as I got them. I think that is more why they're in my Origin game library. I always keep the latest disk in my disk drive, anyway. I play every day, or just about, so there's not much use in removing it and risk it getting scratched, getting it in and out of the case. :shock:You can download (free) all three volumes of my Night Whispers Star Trek Fanfiction here: http://galacticgal.deviantart.com/gallery/ You'll need to have a pdf reader. New websites: http://www.trekkiefanfiction.com/st-tos.php
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/ - Yes. I played it from Origin by mistake. It works just fine.1
- ok I got a question if I was to put my sims 3 on my origin acc. will I be able to still use the disc I just want to have them on origin just for a backup just incase something happens
- ok I got a question if I was to put my sims 3 on my origin acc. will I be able to still use the disc I just want to have them on origin just for a backup just incase something happens
Hello @ginger893
It would be good to post your questions on this thread in the Sims 3 section
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/893122/thread-for-new-members-to-post-their-sims-3-game-issues#latest
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
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My Gallery Page https://tinyurl.com/Roseymow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase - ok I got a question if I was to put my sims 3 on my origin acc. will I be able to still use the disc I just want to have them on origin just for a backup just incase something happens
When you register your disc, origin will give you a free download version of the game. Yes you can still use your disc - Hello,I have a question. Can I buy the disc of The Sims 4 and downloaded to my laptop and still playing without the disc?
- Hello,I have a question. Can I buy the disc of The Sims 4 and downloaded to my laptop and still playing without the disc?
Yes. When you buy the disc version, you will have to install it through this thing called Origin. And from there, next time when you want to play the game, you just open Origin and play from there.1 - edited August 2017Hello,I have a question. Can I buy the disc of The Sims 4 and downloaded to my laptop and still playing without the disc?
Hello
You don't need to have the disc when playing the game. Log into Origin using the same origin account that you used when first registering the game, click on games library, click on the sims 4 picture and you can then play the game.
Also, welcome to the forums! Happy Sims 4 simming !
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
My Gallery Page https://tinyurl.com/Roseymow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase - I need help, can someone please check is this (link in picture url) is a cd or a downloadable one. I need to know before buying.
- I need help, can someone please check is this (link in picture url) is a cd or a downloadable one. I need to know before buying.
Hello @MasterPetal
Because you are a new member, you are unable to post links. Try instead posting h.t.t.p instead of the http that is at the start of the web address link.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
My Gallery Page https://tinyurl.com/Roseymow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase