The Sims 3 is not working error... URGENT! [SOLVED]

galaxy_simmer wrote::newfag:



Hi,


my Sims 3 is not working, at all. After trying to install the "Late Night", it's not working. Here, I'll tell the story.


 
So, after installing the "Outdoor Living Stuff" and "Late Night" torrents, I extracted them to files on my Desktop. I opened the Late Night folder, opened the "Installation Guide" and saw that I had to uninstall ALL of my Expansion Packs, including the Sims 3 base game, which I was hesitant to do. That would take FOREVER to do, and it would take even LONGER to install. But, I figured, hey, the Installation Guide told me to do it, so I should do. So I did it. I uninstalled every single Expansion Pack, including the base game, with "Your Uninstaller!" to remove extra orphan files and registry files. So, I uninstalled them all, restarted my laptop, and installed them back again.


So, I opened the Late Night Installation Guide once again after I installed Sims 3 University, Ambitions, Pets, Seasons, Generations, Island Paradise, Town Life, Master Suite Stuff, Outdoor Living, Showtime, and Late Night ( I am looking to download quite a few more Expansion Packs ) and of course, the base game. So, I applied the cracks that the Installation Guide instructed me to, after I updated to the latest version ( 1.55 I believe ). So... I applied the cracks, went to my launcher, and WA-LA, all of the Expansion Packs seem to "light up" at the bottom of the "icon" part. Except for Island Paradise. What in the world? But it gets worse.


I start up my game, and it stays on a black screen, without showing the Maxis and Sims 3 intro video, and finally, it says "The Sims 3 has stopped working" and that Windows will find a solution, but when it does it says something caused it to stop working, but it's unknown. I need help! Why isn't Island Paradise showing up? By the way, I updated the Island Paradise manually by going to the Support folder and clicking on the update, like I was supposed to.


Do I remove the cracks from the Expansion Packs I applied them to? Or do I have to RE-DOWNLOAD them all over again ( Ambitions, The Sims 3, and Late Night? If I uninstall The Sims 3, I have to uninstall all of the other EPs, correct? Gosh, I hope not. I spent HOURS re-installing those EPs JUST for Late Night. Most difficult EP to install. )


EDIT - I've also noticed that in my Documents > Electronic Arts > Sims 3 folder that there aren't as many files that there usually are. What's happening?