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Post by Guest Sun 18 Aug 2013, 16:42

Really sorry, pretty sure this is in the wrong place but i'm not sure where it would go Sad
I had a problem that i've come to the conclusion, cannot be sorted out. I'm going to have to uninstall and reinstall all of my games and content. I was just wondering where would I start with everything? I have quite alot of custom content so can I put all those files elsewhere temporarily so I don't have to find them all and re-download them?
Also, will I be able to reinstall my torrented packs in the same way? Basically, I just don't want to mess up any worse than I already have Sad How do I go about the re installation properly?

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Post by The_gh0stm4n Sun 18 Aug 2013, 20:08

Katatonia244 wrote:Really sorry, pretty sure this is in the wrong place but i'm not sure where it would go Sad
I had a problem that i've come to the conclusion, cannot be sorted out. I'm going to have to uninstall and reinstall all of my games and content. I was just wondering where would I start with everything? I have quite alot of custom content so can I put all those files elsewhere temporarily so I don't have to find them all and re-download them?
Also, will I be able to reinstall my torrented packs in the same way? Basically, I just don't want to mess up any worse than I already have Sad How do I go about the re installation properly?
Hello,

Can you maybe tell us first what your problem looks like exactly ? Maybe there is a way to fix it without un-installing (which, if done properly, takes a bit of time and effort).

If you're sure about it, you might want to give this here a try: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Uninstall
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Post by Guest Sun 18 Aug 2013, 22:36

Long story short, I moved some files which I shouldn't have and even after moving them all back, resulted in some major graphical and in-game issues.

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Post by The_gh0stm4n Mon 19 Aug 2013, 20:30

Katatonia244 wrote:Long story short, I moved some files which I shouldn't have and even after moving them all back, resulted in some major graphical and in-game issues.
If you haven't un-installed yet, you might try this though: go to My Documents/Electronic Arts and rename or remove the folder "The Sims 3". Then start the game again. Start a new savegame for now and play on for a while.
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Post by Guest Tue 20 Aug 2013, 00:16

Well I uninstalled and reinstalled everything, made my mods folder and put everything back in (i tested the game abuot halfway through re-installation). Now, I  went to load up my game and it said that some unofficial mods were not matched to my game and the game needed updating to avoid bugs and glitches. I went to patch and update my game but it came up with "Error occured trying to install the patch".
I have a feeling that this could have happened because I have some torrented packs and when I installed them, I had to mount them using Deamon Tools and blahblahblah. Anywho, when I clicked "computer" I have several copies of a removable disk version of Showtime, so I ejected 2 of them. This may have nothing to do with the error but just in case, I thought I would mention it, because i'm so stuck right now ._.

I've really screwed up and I feel so silly for it  ;-;

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Post by Guest Tue 20 Aug 2013, 17:05

You don't need to mount anything to install expansions. Just double-click the setup file.

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Post by Guest Wed 21 Aug 2013, 19:39

Torrented expansions? It's how i've always had to do it..

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Post by The_gh0stm4n Thu 22 Aug 2013, 05:28

Katatonia244 wrote:Torrented expansions? It's how i've always had to do it..
Hello,


I think what Shamrock meant was that if you download your games from "Games4TheWorld"

http://www.games4theworld.org/downloads.html

then you don't need to mount anything.


In case you haven't seen it yet, I would refer to this here Wink  https://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t1171-must-read-how-to-install-the-sims-3-correctly 

If you have tried to use the launcher for updating the game, and you get an error, please use the so-called "manual patch" (step #2 of the instructions).


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Post by Guest Wed 28 Aug 2013, 23:21

Okay, i'll try the menual patch and report back! Very Happy Thank you

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Post by Guest Sun 15 Sep 2013, 20:47

It's now coming up with a disk authorization failure Sad The patch worked I guess..

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Post by Guest Sun 22 Sep 2013, 11:25

Sorted it! Thank you for your help

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Post by J.T. Sun 22 Sep 2013, 11:31

Katatonia244 wrote:Sorted it! Thank you for your help
Problem solved, topic locked.
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