Showtime Problems

I installed the Sims 3 showtime and your fix. The game loads up to the first loading page and freezes.
What should I do?

I'm having the same issue.

did you put the fix into every EP you have or just into showtime

I can't speak for ypendergrass, but I had the fix installed for every EP )and the game was working well) before I downloaded & installed Showtime. I followed the install instructions, but it gets to the loading screen and then just crashes, "The Sims 3 has stopped working." Any help would be really appreciated!

did you get the updated fix for 1.31 ? I had the exact same problem as you did then i used the update version and it fixed it.

Also are you using MAC or PC? if its PC heres the update fix www(.)mediafire(.)com/?4v296umhvcna1bk

The MAC hasnt been updated yet


EDIT: Put the fix into EVERY EP thats wat i did and it fixed it

I'm using a PC, Windows 7. Yeah, I downloaded the updated fix from the very beginning Sadly it's still not working. I removed all mods prior to installing too, if that helps.

EDIT: I had to clear every file in my DCCache file in the C:\Users\___\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 folder for it to work! Just a heads up for anyone else having the problem. Thank you so much for your help though

So you installed Showtime updated when it told you to

Applied the updated fix to each and every EP you have

removed mods

Did you try maybe deleting the cache files after removing mods? I dont know if it will help

No problem. Happy Simming!!

Same exact problem, everything up to date.
Deleted the DCCache.
Always crashes.
Should I delete all caches?

Try deleting the four cache files your folder and see if that does anything. Does it crash at the very start or at the loading screen?

very start.

EDIT:
didn't help.
Should I remove all .packages?
That's the only thing I haven't done.
But I installed MS Stuff yesterday.
The day before I installed the latest .package and .sim3pack into sims.
It worked fine yesterday.
Now that I installed showtime, it's all screwy.

try removing every package file you have

EDIT: You did get the Updated Ultimate Fix right?

I removed it and it loaded but my previously saved game was gone. I had another from a long time ago but my new one had achieved so much!

Sorry to hear that, you didnt remove anything from the save folder did you? That folder usually has backups of your saves incase your save is bad

No I did not. And I think the problem is the NRaas mods I have on it. They haven't updated in a long time so I think something is wrong with it's compatibility and showtime. But they have had problems recently so we will see.

if they havent updated the mod then there probably is compatibility issues

actually it is compatible with 1.31... but where do i find my version?

Your game version is on the bottom left corner of the launcher hover your cursor over the base game icon and it shows you your version

I just saw that 12.0 is equivalent to 1.30 so I'm good. I think I will do some testing to figure out what's wrong. Thanks~!

No problem

So to those out there that use NRAAS's Master Controller mod - that crashed my game immediately. Everything else on my game is fine but if nothing else works - locate your MC and remove it and replace it one file at a time. I have all parts of the MC mod and I replaced it one by one and no crashing.

But first - follow all the others steps:

1. Check that you have the ultimate fix
2. Delete Caches
3. Remove mods

If it's 3 and you don't have the MC mod, then remove all and put in a chunk at a time. That will narrow it down quicker.

@sugar:
fyi, I restored all the caches and I have my save file back.
I don't know why but it is fine now. ^^

Good to hear you got your save back, i know wat its like losing a save where you had alot done.

Happy SImming!!

So, now I'm at a loss. If I download Showtime, do I need to down load the fix too, or does Showtime come with the fix?

And after I download and install everything do I have to delet this and that for it all to work?

All I want is to download Showtime and play my game.

You could download Showtime but i would also download the Updated Fix and apply all the new fixes just in case. I applied every single fix and my game didnt give me any problems