If my base game was from a CD can I download Expansion Packs?

[caitlinrosee]

I had purchased the Sims 3/Ambitions combo pack AGES ago and now I can't find Ambitions. If my base game is from a CD, do all of my expansion packs have to be CD's as well, or can I download a digital copy of Ambitions?
Thanks!

[Wai]

You can mix downloads and disks.

[Schipperke]

You can mix downloads and disks.

In my experience, that isn't always the case.  I had to reinstall my game recently.  The base game and earlier EPs and SPs were all on disc, while the later ones were downloads.  I was able to download the two EPs just fine, but when I tried to download the two SPs, Origin gave me the message that they were not compatible with my game.  Why this should be I have no idea, as I had them installed before.  I tried Origin Help and they weren't any help at all - they just kept insisting that the downloads were compatible with the base game, which is a little ridiculous when Origin is telling me they aren't.

So I am having to do without two of the SPs that I paid for.  And I will never buy a download again, because I don't want to go through this again.  So I think people should be cautious about mixing the disc and download versions.

[MarianT]

If you registered your disc game, and you use Origin, you should be able to download your disc games from Origin. That was what I did for my last reinstall, back in June.

[Schipperke]

If you registered your disc game, and you use Origin, you should be able to download your disc games from Origin. That was what I did for my last reinstall, back in June.

Yes, that's what I thought, Marian.  And I don't know why it didn't work - all I know is that I can't download the two SPs that I paid for.

[Angélique]

You can mix downloads and disks.

I wouldn't dare doing that, because I've read several times on different sites about people with the same bad experience as Shipperke, when they've tried mixing downloaded games and physical disk installations on the same computer. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes not at all.