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So below is my guide to safe and error free patching and installing new expansion and stuff packs and basic troubleshooting.īRONWIN’S GUIDE TO SAFE PATCHING, EXPANSION AND STUFF PACK INSTALLATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING. PLEASE NOTE STEP 7 AND THE BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING TIP AT STEP 16. THE OTHER FILES IN THE SIMS 3 FOLDER ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF YOUR PROBLEM.ĪLWAYS assume that something in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 IS the cause of your problem.
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YOUR MODS AND CUSTOM CONTENT ARE UP TO DATE OR ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF YOUR PROBLEM OR 3. YOU DON’T HAVE ANY MODS OR CUSTOM CONTENT OR 2. The game protects those files (they are in a completely separate area on your hard drive in Program Files) and it is from those files that the files the game actually uses to play are created in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3. You only need to uninstall and reinstall if you have corrupted your actual game files and it is very hard to do this. AT LEAST NOT UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED TROUBLESHOOTING AS RECOMMENDED IN ITEM 16. IF YOU THNK THAT YOU NEED TO UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL, DON’T. This guide assumes that your computer meets or exceeds the game’s specifications. PRELIMINARY COMMENTS: Running the Sims 3 with outdated mods, custom content OR some other bad or corrupted file in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 folder is the most common cause of failed patches, failed installations of expansion and stuff packs, crashes and/or your game not working correctly. The guide will explain what is going on and hopefully let you correct your problem.
When this happens you run the risk of actually corrupting your actual game files.
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If you try to install with that folder in place you run a great risk of patch or installation failure.
The key to most install problems lies in your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 folder. To anyone that can help thank you so much and if you can't, well no harm done. So please i dont know what to do anymore and need some serious help with this issue. I have no idea what to do know and im getting sick of calling tech support and i need help. It still didnt work and when i tried to download a expansionpack through origin and it downloaded like the sims 3 was installed, but when it finished an error popped up saying that the sims 3 was corrupt and couldnt install. I left the game alone for a couple of days then decided to unistall it through my conrtrol panel and when i tried to reinstall it through origin it downlaoded but wouldn't install, the same problem you guys have been having and then i clalled for the third time we went through the same processes unistalling the sims 3 manually. Once it finished installing i opened up the launcher and the same error came up. A fews days later I opended up the launcher and the error came up agaian, so i called back and me and the tech person went through maunally unistalling the sims 3 and then he told me to reinstall it through origin. I then unistalled the game through my contral panel and then reinstalled it and the launcher opened, but i didnt start the game up and left it alone thinking the problem was fixed.
The patch didn't work and I got and error after it downlaoded and the launcher still wouldnt open. The tech person told me that he would send me an email for the super patch. When i opened up my launcher and it when it opended an error popped up saying that the launcher couldnt open and to see the log for more information. He then told me to restart my laptop and start my game. So, me and the person on the phone went through and figured out that my computer didn't meet the requirments for pets, so we went through and manually uninstalled pets.
#Origin download stuck on patching files how to#
A couple of weeks ago i called EA tech support because i was having problems with my game, it was crashing and i didnt know how to fix it.