unable to start game error

Hello there,

Can you try to run the game via the Game Launcher?
Do you happen to get an "Error During Startup" error? If so, please see this fix: https://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t6052-there-was-an-error-during-startup-please-see-the-log-for-more-details-fix

Good luck and please keep us updated!

Admin wrote:Hello there,

Can you try to run the game via the Game Launcher?
Do you happen to get an "Error During Startup" error? If so, please see this fix: https://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t6052-there-was-an-error-during-startup-please-see-the-log-for-more-details-fix

Good luck and please keep us updated!

The Game launcher opens and i can go through all the panels(uploads/downloads/updates), but when I hit play it pops up with the error in the picture above.

Hi again,

OK, thanks. Do you have any expansion packs installed, or just the base game?
If only the base game, did you update it?

fsociety wrote:Hi again,

OK, thanks. Do you have any expansion packs installed, or just the base game?
If only the base game, did you update it?

I have all of the expansions installed, i had downloaded and installed the "sims 3 complete" off of the games4theworld download site.  

It would load before and then crash a hour or two after playing so i tried the fixes from the links on here and now this is happening.

Hello,

Can you please join the Forum's Chatbox (top of the homepage)?
I'm there now.

Edin ElDi wrote:Hello,


They were showing up before this problem and its fix?

yes they were showing up before the problem and its fix

Edin ElDi wrote:Hello,


Ok so, which neighbourhoods are you missing?

Sunset valley is the only one that shows up.

i have downloaded the neighborhoods from the games4theworld download site since my last post but sunset valley is the only nondownloaded neighborhood i have

Edin ElDi wrote:Perhaps it will help if you delete the caches in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3. It's safe to do this, they will be regenerated. Also get the ones inside the folder called Worldcaches.

ive done both but its still the same, ive also went into the sims creator and im missing all the clothes and hair styles and what not.

im about to just uninstall it all and start over

I just completely factory restored my laptop and redownloaded the Sims 3 complete from this site and I installed the base game no problem.

I went to install all of the expansion packs and it said my sims needed to be updated so i clicked the sims 3 launcher on my desktop to update and it doesn't even open it just says "sims2launcher has stopped working", or something to that extent.


ALSO: am I suppose to use the install guide from here https://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t1171-must-read-how-to-install-the-sims-3-correctly   or the ones that come in the expansion folders?

also this happened.

I went from having 200+ gb free on my hard drive to it being full i had only installed the base game and 3 expansions what the hell is going on here? 

 ive been downloading and installing torrents since i was 10 im 26 now and ive never had such a hard time with something that should be so simple.

im really not trying to factory restore my laptop again and id really like to be able to get this game to work.  I dont understand what the problem is please someone explain whats going on here and how to get my space and game back

LadySpankumz wrote:I went from having 200+ gb free on my hard drive to it being full i had only installed the base game and 3 expansions what the hell is going on here? 

 ive been downloading and installing torrents since i was 10 im 26 now and ive never had such a hard time with something that should be so simple.

im really not trying to factory restore my laptop again and id really like to be able to get this game to work.  I dont understand what the problem is please someone explain whats going on here and how to get my space and game back

The Sims-3 downloads total approx 80 GB - unpack with Winrar and at least another 80 GB are "consumed".
Then install the lot and you will soon reach the 200 GB you mentioned.
The original CD/DVD's of all expansions and stuff packs total 81,6 GB, so yes, it takes alot of disk space.
Buy an external drive (is always handy).

On the other hand, when you only downloaded the base game and 3 expansions, it shouldn't take that much and in that case you might have a virus on your computer. The cause of that is definately NOT the G4TW downloads.
Check your system for virusses.

Edin ElDi wrote:Well, the file(s) you've downloaded, as well as the extracted files take up space, and then the installed game takes up some more. Once you have seeded for a while (less than 1.000 ratio is frowned upon ), you can throw out the files you've downloaded, though it might be a good idea to store them somewhere, should you need to reinstall for some reason. You don't need to keep the ones you used for installation, when you install a game you can throw those out immediately.

I re-downloaded and have installed sims 3 base and am now installing the The Sims 3 - 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff my question is how do i delete the file ive downloaded as i go so i can install it all?  When i try to delete the folder from winrar this happens  

thats the only way i know how to do it

LadySpankumz wrote:thats the only way i know how to do it

Rightclick on the downloaded .rar file
Choose extract to ...... (name of the .rar file)
You now get a new folder with again that same name
Open that folder and install from there.

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