Do I need to download a NON G4TW version of the basegame of THE SIMS 3?

Hi,

I have been trying to get the base game to work and I keep running into

Unable to start game

Service initialization failed (0x039e8474)

I have the complete collection of the sims game from this site, I got the stuffit expander and used that to extract files, I am running on a mac so I have created a new ISO image following the directions on the site, I have done the serial keygen included in the #crack, I have replaced the Crack files, and I still get the same message. I must have uninstalled and installed a dozen times by now.

Is there anything that I am missing before I go and download another version of the Base Game? and will other base games work with these expansion packs I downloaded from here?

Thanks again in advance guys :-)

A

//EDIT

Oh! it installs fine but I cant seem to run it I keep getting the error message.

Mod edit: Topic moved to the right section.

- Lady ElDi

Please download this version of the base game from this thread which is already put into a .dmg file as ripped it from my original copy. The torent from the g4tw doesn't work on mac's.

https://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t1961-the-sims-3-mac-dmg-file-download-links