The Sims 3: Showtime OUT NOW! (Download link)

TruStar123 wrote:I cant get this to work for mac the installer doesnt open

MrRod wrote:

TruStar123 wrote:I cant get this to work for mac the installer doesnt open

What you have to do is create an iso or dmg file with the same size of the unrared Showtime. Use Mac's Disk Utility to do this. Once you have this you have to copy all the rar file content in it. Make sure the installer is at the top of the image. Just double click to open it and everything will work perfectly. If you use the latest fix, you won't have a problem to play!


WARNING: After installing Showtime, my game won't save. I'm still trying to fix this, if anyone knows how to solve this, please let me know! Otherwise, once i find the solution to it, i'll post it.

JennySims3Love wrote:

I'm having issues installing on mac as well. MrRod can you please explain (in depth) how to make an iso or dmg file? I'm not too familiar with how to use the Disk Utility program.

grieralexander wrote:Hi BLekin, Did you update your base game to patch 1.31 first? It happened to me and updating the base game with the manual patch got rid of the problem!

JackLim626 wrote:Oh Man, I have a very slow download speed (100kb/s), when I download, it need to take weeks. Sometimes, it also fall till 0kb/s...

MrRod wrote:

JennySims3Love wrote:

I'm having issues installing on mac as well. MrRod can you please explain (in depth) how to make an iso or dmg file? I'm not too familiar with how to use the Disk Utility program.

No problem! I'll tell you step by step what you got to do to make the installer work.

First we have to unrar the Showtime file. I recomended you to use StuffIt Expander, as it creates a folder with all the files inside. If you're gonna use any other program make sure it does the same, otherwise it's better if you create a folder, throw the rar file in it and then unrar it. This is just to be completely sure that no file will go missing in your Downloads folder or wherever you downloaded the expansion. After that see how much space does it needs. In my case the unrared folder was 4,1 Gb. So with that information we open Disk Utility and click on New Image. It will open a bunch of fields to chose and write. The first one is the "Save As" This will be the name of the file in your computer, i named mine "Sims 3 Showtime" as i saved all the discs like that. Below that you can chose where to save the image we are going to make. Next one it says "Name". This is the name that will appear once the image is mounted as a disc, and in my case i named it "Sims3EP06". So till now it was mostly to be organized, but here comes the part where you have to pay attention to. Where it says "Size", the last option it gives us is to personalize and write exactly the amount of Gb, Mb, etc. As my unrared folder was 4,1 Gb, i made it 4,15 Gb just to be sure everything will fit. After this step just check if the very last field "Image Format" says "Disc Image reading/writing" or something like that. Click "ok" or "create" or whatever your version says and it will start creating it. Congrats! You just made the very first huge step towards installing the game!

Once it's done, i think by deafult it will open your empty dmg image. If not, just go to where you saved it and double click on it. You should now see it on the side bar of the finder. Go back to where you have your unrared folder of the game and copy all the content in it into the open empty image. Check you didn't left any file behind. You have to be sure than the first thing you see when you open the image is the installer. Meaning "Sims3EP06 > Installer.app (and all the other files)" and NOT like this "Sims3EP06 > Showtime Folder > Installer.app (and all other files)". You can now delete your unrared folder left on the Downloads folder. All the content has been saved in the image and every time you open it you will be able to access to it. DO NOT delete the original rar file (nothing will happen if you do, this is just to help others out)... Please be kind and seed! It's the proper way to be helpful to others. The admin and Lady have been very kind to gives us this games, and many other have been helping out with tech support here. So at least for a month or so seed so other people can get the game to! Otherwise karma will lag your game... =)

Well now the fun part! Open your newly created Showtime image and double click on the installer.app. You should have no problem now with it. Follow the instructions and install it! REMEMBER NOT to update to 1.32 yet as the fix won't be useful! Crack the base game with the fix and enjoy your game!

Hope this step by step explanation helped you! HAPPY PLAYING!

Blenkin wrote:Hi.
I am unable to install this on my windows 7 laptop.
I downloaded it, and then opened the instructions.
I tried to open the Sims3EP06Setup.exe file, like the instructions told me too, but i get a message saying "This product requires an installed copy of The Sims 3. Please install The Sims 3 before installing this product."

Any help please?

Admin wrote:

MrRod wrote:

JennySims3Love wrote:

I'm having issues installing on mac as well. MrRod can you please explain (in depth) how to make an iso or dmg file? I'm not too familiar with how to use the Disk Utility program.

No problem! I'll tell you step by step what you got to do to make the installer work.

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Hope this step by step explanation helped you! HAPPY PLAYING!

Hello,

You should copy this message to the "Fixes (Mac)" section and help other Mac users, really!

Recneps wrote:I downloaded, installed the crack, and started the game...but when it hit the loading screen, I got an error:"The Sims 3 has Stopped working", then it closes the game

LiliKitten wrote:so it goes in the UI folder
I'M SO CONFUSED
why doesn't mine look like that one ^

LiliKitten wrote:Yeah I know and I put it there and it still don't work

so could you like be a bit of better help than just saying what the installation guide says.

grieralexander wrote:

Recneps wrote:I downloaded, installed the crack, and started the game...but when it hit the loading screen, I got an error:"The Sims 3 has Stopped working", then it closes the game

Which FIX did you download, try to give us a little more information on what you downloaded and what you did, so that we may help you better. Know that patches 1.32, both versions are still bugged. These are the official updates released by EA; if this is not your case plese do post more information on what you have done this far.
Thanks!