I have tried everything and the Sims 3 is STILL not working.[SOLVED]

Hello!

I have been trying to get my Sims 3 to play now for 3 days. I have installed and uninstalled more times then i care to count. I have all expansions download except pets, my game is updated to version 1.33, i have download and applied the Ultimate Fix a few times but still nothing. I have even watched the YouTube video of how to apply the Ultimate fix and still nothing works. The only two games that i have actually bought are the Sims 3 base game and Ambitions witch are digital copies. When i open the launcher i get this message: NO game disk found! Please insert The Sims 3 Showtime game disk before proceeding. I have also tried to open the game itself trying to go around the launcher and i get this error message: Unable to start game Service initialization failed (0x0175dcbb). Can someone PLEASE help me? I would really like to start playing and i know it is possible from reading other posts. Thank you!!!!!

Admin edit: No problem, topic moved!

- ADMIN

I think you should get the latest pack's crack & then (After cracking ts3 base) move & replace the latest pack's crack. That's what i've done & it works.

I have applied the base game files from the ultimate fix and then applied the cracks from the showtime file and it is still giving me the error?

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Do i have to update the game AFTER i apply the ultimate fix game files?
and then the crack? or can i update the game before i apply the ultimate
fix game files?

Hello,

Sorry for the late reply!
I assume you downloaded the base game via Origin?

yes the base game and the Ambitions expansion i downloaded via Origin, all other expansions are torrents from your site and i did not download pets.

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And my Origin launcher is up to date as well. :-)

Hello,

Good! In step 2 here: https://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t1171-must-read-how-to-install-the-sims-3-correctly

Where it says:

A wise Admin once wrote:4. Open the "# Crack" folder in the Fix and drag & drop the .exe and .dll file in there to: C:\Program Files (x86)\The Sims 3\Game\Bin and choose "Replace" on the pop-up that appears, telling you the files already exist in that folder.[/size]

Do the following instead:

A wise Admin once wrote:4. Open the "# Crack" folder in the Fix and drag & drop the .exe and .dll file in there to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin and choose "Replace" on the pop-up that appears, telling you the files already exist in that folder.[/size]

Start the game afterwards and let us know the result. Good luck!

I'm sorry it took so long to post back, had some things to do today but......OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WORKED!!!!!!! Thank you soooooooo much! I wasn't adding the files for the base game and the cracks to the Sims 3 Origin file and once i did it works amazingly! Thanks again for your help!