game launcher "error during startup" fix didn't work, multiple issues

hellowren wrote:I have been trying to install expansion and stuff packs for the past 6 hours. I have uninstalled everything, reinstalled it in order, patched, cracked, updated, etc. I did the manual update link for 1.67, the update installed in the Sims installer window, and then Origin started trying to patch something over and over again (it would complete a 1.6gb download, and then just start over downloading it again). Ended up cancelling out of it (not sure if good idea) and then my launcher started doing the "Error during startup, check the log etc" thing. I tried the fix for it by deleting the reg keys of an expansion pack I forgot to download/install (doh!!) and ran CCleaner to do a registry cleanout. Still not working. I just wanna play my games

more info: My base game is a purchase, as well as my High End Loft stuff, Master Suite, and Late Night (except I forgot to re-download/install that one during my mass uninstall/reinstall in chronological order phase, deleted regkey). I t0rr3nted Ambitions, Generations, Supernatural, and the 70s 80s 90s and Movie stuff packs. Reinstalled base game, installed expansions in chrono-order, doing stuff packs in between and Supernatural last (put that patch/crack files in base game/bin). I downloaded Sims 3, High End Loft, and Late Night through Origin and Master Suite through an Amazon digital download.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Is it something stupid simple, or did I do everything totally incorrectly?

hellowren wrote:The launcher would not update the game unless I did the manual one. It would just close whenever I hit "update". The Origin patch didn't start until the manual update in the Sims launcher finished, and then it just kept downloading the same thing over and over again. I let it finish like 4 times before I realized it was the same patch it was downloading again and again.

I did another mass uninstall of all the games and packs and am trying to just update the base game before I install anything else, like you said, but without using the manual patch whenever I hit refresh in the game updates tab the launcher freezes and Windows says "The Sims3 Launcher has quit working".


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It is also still saying my base game is incompatible with my currently installed expansions, even though there are none installed and I deleted all the regkeys/files associated with them manually.

edit: An EA message popped up saying "license server" is down and to try again in a few minutes, and it is also saying it's unable to connect to Origin, so there may be a server side issue happening at the same time. I'm gonna wait awhile and try again.

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Ok, yeah, now my Sims launcher just keeps crashing. All I've done is installed the base game (which I paid for). I finally just did the manual update and it updated to 1.67, but the launcher just keeps crashing.